Databricks Solutions Architect — Remote

ecsfederal; Virginia (MN); Hybrid; USD 175,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Active Public Trust Clearance

US Citizenship required

Job summary

ECS Federal seeks a Sr. Databricks Consultant in Arlington, VA (office/remotely) to design, optimize, and fine-tune Databricks environments for analytics and AI-driven insights.

You will enable clients to maximize data platform performance and value using Delta Lake, MLflow, and Databricks ML. Responsibilities include building ETL/ELT pipelines, optimizing clusters for cost efficiency, and integrating with AWS/Azure/GCP while ensuring governance and security.

Qualifications

• Experience with Databricks in production environments.
• Bachelor's degree preferred; experience may substitute for a degree.
• Strong proficiency in Python or SQL for data engineering.
• Ability to travel as needed to customer sites.
• U.S. Citizenship required for contract.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable ETL/ELT pipelines in Databricks.
• Optimize workflows and clusters for performance and cost efficiency.
• Integrate Databricks with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Implement data governance, security, and compliance standards.
• Collaborate with data scientists, analysts, and business stakeholders to deliver high-quality datasets and insights.
• Troubleshoot issues and drive continuous improvement in data infrastructure.

Skills

Python

SQL

Apache Spark

Data modeling

Data quality

Performance tuning

CI/CD

Git

US Citizenship

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Databricks

Delta Lake

MLflow

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

ECS Federal seeks a Sr. Databricks Consultant in Arlington, VA (office/remotely) to design, optimize, and fine-tune Databricks environments for analytics and AI-driven insights.

You will enable clients to maximize data platform performance and value using Delta Lake, MLflow, and Databricks ML. Responsibilities include building ETL/ELT pipelines, optimizing clusters for cost efficiency, and integrating with AWS/Azure/GCP while ensuring governance and security.