Principal Databricks Architect: Lakehouse Strategy Lead

Engg; United States; Teletrabalho; USD 190 000 - 260 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

Nimble Gravity seeks a Principal Databricks Architect to lead lakehouse and platform modernization engagements while serving as the primary technical voice in our Databricks partnership. This role blends deep technical architecture with executive-facing strategy, capable of shaping scope and delivering business value across cloud, data, and AI workloads.

Expect to design governance patterns, migrate legacy platforms to Databricks and Fabric/Power BI ecosystems, mentor engineers, and strengthen

Qualificações

• Must have Databricks Champion certification in good standing.
• Strong background in data engineering or data architecture with hands-on Databricks experience.
• Proven delivery of production lakehouse implementations (Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, Workflows/Lakeflow, Databricks SQL).
• Experience shaping scopes of work, SOWs, and technical risk reviews.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, with ability to explain technical tradeoffs to executives.

Responsabilidades

• Architect and deliver lakehouse and platform modernization programs on Databricks (Azure preferred).
• Design patterns for Delta Lake, medallion, and Unity Catalog balancing performance, cost, governance, and speed to value.
• Own technical direction for migrations from legacy platforms to Databricks and Fabric/Power BI ecosystems.
• Define ingestion, orchestration, CI/CD, testing, observability, and FinOps standards.
• Mentor engineers and run internal enablement sessions.
• Support the sales pipeline and participate in discovery calls and architecture workshops.

Conhecimentos

Client-facing communication

Architecture leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Mentoring engineers

Executive workshop facilitation

Formação académica

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Ferramentas

Databricks

Power BI

Microsoft Fabric

Terraform

Azure (ADLS, Entra ID)

CI/CD for data platforms

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Nimble Gravity seeks a Principal Databricks Architect to lead lakehouse and platform modernization engagements while serving as the primary technical voice in our Databricks partnership. This role blends deep technical architecture with executive-facing strategy, capable of shaping scope and delivering business value across cloud, data, and AI workloads.

Expect to design governance patterns, migrate legacy platforms to Databricks and Fabric/Power BI ecosystems, mentor engineers, and strengthen