Director, Databricks Platform Architect: Unity Catalog Enablement

Infinitive; McLean, Northern (VA, KY); Hybrid; USD 170,000 - 215,000; Full time

Job summary

Infinitive is seeking a Director, Databricks Platform Architect to define a unified Databricks-based data platform and enable Unity Catalog governance across the enterprise. You will shape enterprise design standards, drive cost-efficient adoption, and ensure observability across environments.

The role leads platform vision, API design, data modeling, and collaboration with engineering, risk, and business units to deliver scalable data solutions while mentoring teams on best practices.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in data architecture or platform engineering
• Deep hands-on Databricks, Delta Lake, Spark, and Lakehouse knowledge
• Unity Catalog for enterprise governance, metadata management, and access control
• Proficiency in Python (PySpark) and SQL; cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)
• API architecture expertise (REST, GraphQL, OpenAPI) with security and observability
• Strong communication and influencing skills across executive and risk audiences

Responsibilities

• Define end-to-end architecture for a Databricks-based data platform with scalability, security and cost efficiency
• Design a self-service platform layer using Unity Catalog for data discovery, access, and observability
• Establish reference patterns to enable enterprise-wide reuse and standardization
• Lead design and implementation of Unity Catalog as central governance plane and cross-environment lineage
• Implement metadata, RBAC/ABAC and masking to meet regulatory requirements
• Develop observability for compute, storage, and catalog operations and cost optimization
• Architect RESTful/GraphQL APIs for secure data access and metadata integration
• Guide Lakehouse-aligned data models and ETL/ELT architectures integrated with Unity Catalog
• Collaborate with engineering, data science, and risk teams to align platform with business outcomes
• Mentor engineers on Databricks and best practices; contribute to architecture communities

Skills

Databricks expertise

Unity Catalog mastery

Python (PySpark) & SQL

API architecture (REST/GraphQL/OpenAPI

Data governance & regulatory knowledge

Communication & influence

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Terraform

Cloud IaC frameworks

MLflow

Kafka

Delta Lake

Job description

Infinitive is seeking a Director, Databricks Platform Architect to define a unified Databricks-based data platform and enable Unity Catalog governance across the enterprise. You will shape enterprise design standards, drive cost-efficient adoption, and ensure observability across environments.

The role leads platform vision, API design, data modeling, and collaboration with engineering, risk, and business units to deliver scalable data solutions while mentoring teams on best practices.