Databricks Platform Architect: AI, ML & Analytics Leader

Vizient, Inc; Irving (TX); On-site; USD 117,600 - 206,000; Full time

Job summary

Vizient, Inc. is seeking an experienced leader to design, engineer, and evolve the enterprise Databricks platform as a strategic capability enabling analytics, data products, ML, and AI across the organization.

You will develop reusable services, automation, reference architectures, and self-service capabilities while aligning with governance and engineering standards. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance developer experience, drive platform adoption, and deliver scalable,

Qualifications

• Relevant degree preferred; advanced degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field preferred.
• 7 or more years of relevant experience required.
• 3 or more years of hands-on experience designing, implementing, and supporting Databricks platform solutions required.
• Strong experience with Azure cloud services, cloud-native architectures, and enterprise platform engineering required.
• Experience with Terraform, Infrastructure-as-Code, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure automation.
• Strong knowledge of Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, Apache Spark, and lakehouse architectures.
• Experience developing reusable platform services, automation frameworks, self-service capabilities, and engineering accelerators.
• Experience supporting machine learning and AI platform capabilities, including MLflow, Model Registry, Feature Store, Vector Search, or MLOps practices preferred.
• Databricks certification, experience with streaming and event-driven architectures, enterprise-scale data platforms, or healthcare industry experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, implementation, and continuous evolution of the enterprise Databricks platform and its supporting architecture.
• Develop reusable platform services, reference architectures, engineering standards, and patterns for analytics and AI workloads.
• Build Infrastructure-as-Code, CI/CD pipelines, and automation frameworks to improve platform scalability, reliability, and operational efficiency.
• Create self-service capabilities, reusable templates, and engineering accelerators that simplify platform onboarding and deployment.
• Optimize platform performance, scalability, security, governance, and cost efficiency across cloud environments.
• Enable ML/AI capabilities with MLflow, Model Registry, Feature Store, Vector Search, and related Databricks tech.
• Partner with Enterprise Architecture, Data Engineering, Product Management, Cloud Engineering, Data Science, and client stakeholders to deliver enterprise platform capabilities.
• Evaluate emerging Databricks features and cloud technologies, lead proof-of-concepts, and recommend platform enhancements that support business objectives.
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and engineering guidance while promoting Platform-as-a-Product principles and engineering best practices.
• Drive continuous improvement through automation, innovation, and adoption of enterprise platform standards.

Education

Advanced degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field preferred.

Tools

Azure Cloud Services

Terraform

Infrastructure-as-Code

CI/CD pipelines

Delta Lake

Unity Catalog

Apache Spark

MLflow

Model Registry

Feature Store

Vector Search

MLOps

Job description

Vizient, Inc. is seeking an experienced leader to design, engineer, and evolve the enterprise Databricks platform as a strategic capability enabling analytics, data products, ML, and AI across the organization.

You will develop reusable services, automation, reference architectures, and self-service capabilities while aligning with governance and engineering standards. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance developer experience, drive platform adoption, and deliver scalable,