Databricks Platform Architect — AWS Lakehouse Leader

OpenTalent; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Hitachi is seeking a highly skilled Databricks Platform Architect to lead design and implementation of scalable, enterprise-grade data platforms using Databricks on AWS. You will combine deep data engineering expertise with architectural leadership and stakeholder engagement to deliver analytics-ready lakehouses.

The role emphasizes governance, security, and FinOps-driven cost optimization while enabling AI capabilities across GenAI, Vector Search, and Model Serving.

Qualifications

• Proven experience designing and implementing enterprise data platforms on cloud.
• Strong leadership and stakeholder engagement abilities across technical and business teams.
• Expertise in data governance, security, and compliance within large-scale environments.

Responsibilities

• Architect and deliver a secure, scalable Databricks Lakehouse platform on AWS.
• Design data platforms leveraging S3, Delta Lake, Unity Catalog and Databricks Workspaces for analytics and AI.
• Define networking architecture including VPC, PrivateLink, IAM roles, security groups, and encryption standards.

Skills

Databricks

Terraform

Kubernetes

CI/CD

GitHub

AWS

Spark/PySpark

Delta Lake

Unity Catalog

CloudWatch

Kafka

Airflow

MLflow

Tools

Databricks

AWS

S3

Delta Lake

Unity Catalog

Spark/PySpark

Terraform

GitHub

CI/CD

CloudWatch

Mosaic AI

Genie

Vector Search

MLflow

Kafka

Airflow

Kubernetes

Job description

Hitachi is seeking a highly skilled Databricks Platform Architect to lead design and implementation of scalable, enterprise-grade data platforms using Databricks on AWS. You will combine deep data engineering expertise with architectural leadership and stakeholder engagement to deliver analytics-ready lakehouses.

The role emphasizes governance, security, and FinOps-driven cost optimization while enabling AI capabilities across GenAI, Vector Search, and Model Serving.