Lead Data Architect — Databricks Lakehouse Strategy

Guidehouse; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 170,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance

401(k) Retirement Plan

Parental Leave and Adoption Assistance

Tuition Reimbursement

Job summary

Guidehouse is hiring an Associate Director, Lead Data Architect - Databricks in McLean, VA. You will define secure Databricks lakehouse architecture, manage environments and Unity Catalog structure, and lead data product standards.

The role requires strong data modeling, cloud expertise, and proven leadership in enterprise data architecture. You will mentor architects and engineers, oversee ingestion and orchestration patterns, and drive architecture decisions across teams to ensure compliance

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in enterprise data architecture, data engineering, cloud platforms, or analytics modernization.
• Experience architecting Databricks lakehouse solutions and Unity Catalog security and governance structures.
• Strong knowledge of dimensional, relational, canonical, and data-product modeling patterns.

Responsibilities

• Serve as deputy to the Data Workstream Lead and lead day-to-day technical architecture decisions.
• Define the secure Databricks lakehouse architecture, environments, workspaces, storage patterns, identity and access considerations, and Unity Catalog structure.
• Establish DataOps, ingestion, transformation, orchestration, integration, API, and other consumption patterns.

Skills

Databricks lakehouse

Unity Catalog

Data architecture

Data modeling

DataOps

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Guidehouse is hiring an Associate Director, Lead Data Architect - Databricks in McLean, VA. You will define secure Databricks lakehouse architecture, manage environments and Unity Catalog structure, and lead data product standards.

The role requires strong data modeling, cloud expertise, and proven leadership in enterprise data architecture. You will mentor architects and engineers, oversee ingestion and orchestration patterns, and drive architecture decisions across teams to ensure compliance