Field CTO - Public Sector

Socket.dev; Maryland; On-site; USD 264,000 - 363,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement plans

Paid time off

Job summary

Databricks is seeking a Field Chief Technology Officer for the Public Sector to serve as a senior, customer-facing technology and mission transformation leader for government and education accounts.

This individual contributor role focuses on data and AI strategy, public-sector operating models, and executive relationships, helping agencies modernize data estates while ensuring security and responsible AI.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of enterprise technology and public-sector transformation experience.
• Significant U.S. public-sector experience with government or education.
• Customer-facing leadership in pre-sales, strategy, or advisory roles.
• Strong background in data architectures, analytics, governance, and AI platforms.
• Experience with public cloud environments such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
• U.S. citizenship and active clearance preferred.

Responsibilities

• Build trusted‑advisor relationships with C‑level and mission leadership across public‑sector accounts.
• Shape executive thinking on secure data and AI modernization, lakehouse focus.
• Lead executive briefings, strategy sessions, and mission workshops aligning priorities to Databricks roadmaps.
• Engage architects, engineers, analysts, data scientists, and security stakeholders on design trade‑offs.
• Translate customer needs into reusable reference architectures and blueprints.
• Partner with sales, solutions, product, and services to drive multi‑year platform decisions.

Skills

C-level engagement

Public sector transformation

Data & AI strategy

Security governance

Cloud platform experience

Tools

AWS

Azure

Google Cloud

Job description

Field Chief Technology Officer (Field CTO) – Public Sector

Databricks is seeking a Field Chief Technology Officer (Field CTO) for the Public Sector business to serve as a senior, customer‑facing technology and mission transformation leader for strategic government and education accounts. This individual‑contributor role sits at the intersection of data and AI strategy, mission modernization, public‑sector operating models, and executive relationship building, working closely with C‑level leaders to drive multi‑year change on the data platform while representing real‑world needs back into Databricks. The role will focus on helping agencies, departments, and public institutions use the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform to modernize data estates, strengthen security, improve operations, and deploy AI responsibly in support of mission outcomes.

Impact you will have

• Build and maintain trusted‑advisor relationships with C‑level and mission leadership across public‑sector accounts, including CIOs, CTOs, CDOs, CISOs, program executives, mission owners, and transformation leaders.
• Shape executive thinking on secure data and AI modernization, emphasizing lakehouse and data platform modernization as a foundation for analytics, governance, and generative AI in public‑sector environments.
• Lead executive briefings, strategy sessions, and mission workshops that connect agency priorities, regulatory obligations, security requirements, budget realities, and workforce constraints to practical Databricks‑based roadmaps.
• Serve as a deep technical counterpart in the field with strong working knowledge of Databricks products (L200‑L300 proficiency) and the ability to credibly engage architects, engineers, analysts, data scientists, and security stakeholders on design trade‑offs.
• Translate recurring customer needs into reusable public‑sector reference architectures, solution blueprints, technical narratives, and thought leadership assets.
• Partner with Account Executives, Solutions Architects, product specialists, professional services, and ecosystem partners to drive complex, multi‑year platform decisions, expansions, and mission programs.
• Provide structured feedback from strategic public‑sector customers into Product, Engineering, and Field leadership, especially around governance, security, compliance, interoperability, and public‑sector feature requirements.
• Mentor senior field engineering talent and help codify playbooks for complex public‑sector engagements, including executive discovery, mission‑value framing, partner orchestration, and secure deployment patterns.
• Represent Databricks externally with senior public‑sector audiences through conferences, councils, roundtables, webinars, and executive forums.

What we look for

• 15+ years of experience spanning enterprise technology, consulting, and public‑sector transformation.
• Significant experience working in or with U.S. public‑sector institutions, such as federal civilian agencies, defense organizations, intelligence‑related environments, state and local government, or education.
• Direct experience in customer‑facing pre‑sales, technical strategy, architecture, advisory, or transformation leadership roles.
• Strong background in modern data architectures, including distributed data systems, data engineering, analytics, governance, and AI or machine learning platforms.
• Experience with public cloud environments such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
• Experience with mission areas relevant to Databricks public‑sector offerings, such as cybersecurity, public safety, fraud detection, benefits modernization, defense analytics, logistics, or geospatial and IoT‑enabled operations.
• Familiarity with public‑sector procurement realities, partner‑led delivery models, and the rhythm of government budget, program, and acquisition cycles.
• U.S. citizenship required and active clearance preferred.

Pay Range Transparency

Databricks is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The pay range for this role is: $264,000 – $363,000 USD. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including job‑related skills, depth of experience, relevant certifications and training, and specific work location. The total compensation package for this position may also include eligibility for annual performance bonus, equity, and the benefits listed above.

Benefits

At Databricks, we provide comprehensive benefits and perks that meet the needs of all employees. Benefits include health insurance, retirement plans, paid time off, and more. For specific details on the benefits offered in your region, please refer to the benefits page.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture where everyone can excel. We take great care to ensure that our hiring practices are inclusive and meet equal employment opportunity standards. Individuals looking for employment at Databricks are considered without regard to age, color, disability, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, socio‑economic status, veteran status, and other protected characteristics.

Compliance

If access to export‑controlled technology or source code is required for performance of job duties, it is within Employer's discretion whether to apply for a U.S. government license for such positions, and Employer may decline to proceed with an applicant on this basis alone.