Lead Databricks Lakehouse Architect - Governance & Security

Lumenalta; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401K Contribution

15 days paid time off

Professional development fund

Flexible working hours

Job summary

Lumenalta is seeking a senior solutions architect to lead a Databricks-based, GovCloud-enabled data platform initiative. You will own governance, security, and cost-controls while guiding a small team through discovery, design, and delivery.

You will articulate architectural decisions to security and leadership, and ensure compliance with CUI/ITAR classifications across data assets. Remote US-based role with flexible hours.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in solutions architecture or data engineering roles.
• Hands-on Unity Catalog expertise in production environments.
• Translate regulatory requirements into enforceable data policies.
• Experience with Delta Lake and Lakehouse Federation.
• US citizenship and ability to pass background checks.
• Fluent English, written and spoken.

Responsibilities

• Lead discovery across data, security, and business teams and document architecture.
• Design target-state Lakehouse architecture and governance blueprint.
• Own Unity Catalog governance including ABAC, row filters, and masks.
• Guide the build on AWS GovCloud and Databricks platforms.
• Present architecture to security reviewers and executives.
• Mentor ingestion engineer and ensure issue resolution.

Skills

Unity Catalog

Solutions architecture

Data governance

Delta Lake

Databricks Workflows

FinOps

Stakeholder management

Technical writing

Databricks certification

Education

Databricks Data Engineer Professional certification

Tools

Databricks Platform

AWS GovCloud

Job description

Lumenalta is seeking a senior solutions architect to lead a Databricks-based, GovCloud-enabled data platform initiative. You will own governance, security, and cost-controls while guiding a small team through discovery, design, and delivery.

You will articulate architectural decisions to security and leadership, and ensure compliance with CUI/ITAR classifications across data assets. Remote US-based role with flexible hours.