Onsite Azure Cloud Data Architect (Databricks & Synapse)

TEKsystems; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 83,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental & vision

401(k) Retirement Plan

Life Insurance

Job summary

TEKsystems in San Jose, CA is seeking a hands-on Cloud Data Architect to lead the design and evolution of enterprise Azure data platforms supporting analytics, AI, and BI initiatives. This role combines architecture ownership with hands-on Databricks and Spark development in a highly visible enterprise environment.

You will architect cloud data lakehouse/warehouse solutions, define scalable data frameworks, and drive governance, metadata, and lineage across pipelines.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science is required.
• 7+ years of experience in Data Engineering, Data Architecture, or Enterprise Analytics.
• 3+ years of experience designing cloud-based data architectures.
• Strong Azure experience including Azure Data Lake, Data Factory, Synapse, Databricks.
• Strong data modeling, schema design, and metadata management.
• Hands-on experience with Spark and Databricks.
• Strong Python and SQL skills.
• Ability to work onsite in San Jose, CA 5 days per week.

Responsibilities

• Architect and optimize cloud-based data lakehouse and warehouse solutions for analytics, ML, and enterprise integration.
• Define scalable data frameworks for ingestion, curation, transformation, and consumption.
• Evaluate and integrate Azure services (Databricks, Data Lake, Event Hubs) for high-performance data solutions.
• Implement standards ensuring security, interoperability, and compliance across the data environment.
• Partner with engineering and business stakeholders to align decisions with objectives and KPIs.
• Drive architectural reviews, proof-of-concepts, and future-state data patterns.
• Design metadata-driven architectures to improve lineage and data quality.
• Collaborate to implement active metadata approaches and data cataloging.

Skills

Data Architecture

Data Modeling

Metadata Management

Architecture Documentation

Onsite Availability

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science

Tools

Azure Data Lake

Azure Data Factory

Azure Synapse

Azure Databricks

Spark

Python

SQL

Job description

TEKsystems in San Jose, CA is seeking a hands-on Cloud Data Architect to lead the design and evolution of enterprise Azure data platforms supporting analytics, AI, and BI initiatives. This role combines architecture ownership with hands-on Databricks and Spark development in a highly visible enterprise environment.

You will architect cloud data lakehouse/warehouse solutions, define scalable data frameworks, and drive governance, metadata, and lineage across pipelines.