Enterprise Databricks Architect — Data & AI Platform

Guidehouse; New York (NY); On-site; USD 162,000 - 270,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental & Vision Insurance

Paid Holidays

401(k) Retirement Plan

Parental Leave

Education & Learning Opportunities

Mobility Stipend

Job summary

Guidehouse is seeking a Databricks Solution Architect to join our AI and Data team to support client projects in the utility industry. You will design governed data architectures, lead Databricks solution implementations, and administer Databricks workspaces across Azure/AWS/GCP environments.

The role requires hands-on Databricks experience, strong cloud/data architecture fundamentals, and collaboration with stakeholders, security, data engineers, and delivery teams to build scalable,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college/university.
• 7+ years of relevant experience in data architecture, cloud data platforms, data engineering, or technical solution delivery.
• 3+ years Databricks hands-on experience designing, implementing, or administering Databricks environments.
• Ability to translate business and security requirements into practical platform architecture.
• Strong SQL, Python, and Spark for data engineering and platform operations.
• Experience with Unity Catalog and cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, or GCP).
• Ability to lead technical discussions and produce architecture artifacts and roadmaps.
• Willingness to travel onsite in NY at least one day every other week.

Responsibilities

• Design governed data architectures integrating customer, account, premise, meter, and energy-usage data.
• Lead design and implementation of Databricks solution architectures for data engineering, analytics, and AI/ML.
• Administer Databricks workspaces and manage permissions, secrets, and jobs.
• Design and manage Unity Catalog structures including metastores, catalogs, schemas, and access controls.
• Define compute, cluster policies, and workload management patterns balancing performance and cost.
• Translate requirements into architecture plans and platform standards.
• Collaborate with cloud security, Identity, networking, and DevOps teams for secure integrations.
• Develop reusable architecture guidance, deployment patterns, and operational playbooks.
• Troubleshoot platform issues related to permissions, performance, and production operations.
• Advise clients on governance, cost management, and data-quality controls; provide technical leadership to delivery teams.

Skills

Databricks

SQL

Python

Spark

Unity Catalog

Cloud platforms

Data Governance

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Terraform

Git-based deployment

Databricks Apps

Job description

Guidehouse is seeking a Databricks Solution Architect to join our AI and Data team to support client projects in the utility industry. You will design governed data architectures, lead Databricks solution implementations, and administer Databricks workspaces across Azure/AWS/GCP environments.

The role requires hands-on Databricks experience, strong cloud/data architecture fundamentals, and collaboration with stakeholders, security, data engineers, and delivery teams to build scalable,