Databricks Platform Architect | Azure & Governance Leader

Blueflag-LLP; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Generous annual leave and holidays

Comprehensive health and dental plans

401(k) with company match

Life insurance and AD&D

Job summary

BlueFlag is hiring a Databricks Solutions Engineer to set standards for a premier data and AI platform at the VA. You will design, govern, and teach teams to deliver scalable, secure data solutions using Databricks on Azure.

You will build reference implementations, drive cloud-native patterns, and collaborate with security, networking, and VA stakeholders to ensure compliance and adoption across thousands of teams.

Qualifications

• 12+ years in data engineering or analytics.
• 5+ years on cloud data platforms (Azure preferred).
• 3+ years hands-on with Databricks and Delta Lake.
• Unity Catalog with governance experience.

Responsibilities

• Design the Databricks platform foundation in Azure Commercial: topology, Private Link, and secure connectivity.
• Set Unity Catalog governance and data security controls.
• Define lakehouse standards for data flow, table layout, and performance.
• Build reference pipelines for batch, streaming, and CDC.
• Establish MLOps patterns with MLflow and feature stores.

Skills

Databricks

Unity Catalog

Spark SQL

PySpark

Azure

Terraform

CI/CD

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Databricks

Terraform

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

Lakeflow

Job description

BlueFlag is hiring a Databricks Solutions Engineer to set standards for a premier data and AI platform at the VA. You will design, govern, and teach teams to deliver scalable, secure data solutions using Databricks on Azure.

You will build reference implementations, drive cloud-native patterns, and collaborate with security, networking, and VA stakeholders to ensure compliance and adoption across thousands of teams.