Remote Databricks Architect — Enterprise Lakehouse Leader

Cognizant; Tallahassee (FL); Remote; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking an experienced Databricks Architect to lead the design and implementation of enterprise data modernization initiatives. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in Databricks Lakehouse architecture, AWS cloud technologies, data migration, and modern data engineering practices.

Experience in the Insurance/P&C domain is highly preferred. This role will drive architecture decisions, establish best practices, mentor engineers, and define governance, security, and metadata

Qualifications

• 12+ years of Data Engineering/Data Architecture experience.
• 5+ years of hands-on Databricks Architecture experience.
• Strong expertise in Databricks Lakehouse, Spark, Delta Lake, Unity Catalog and Databricks SQL.
• Experience with AWS cloud services (S3, IAM, networking, security).

Responsibilities

• Design and implement enterprise-scale Databricks Lakehouse architecture.
• Lead data modernization and migration programs to Databricks.
• Architect ELT/ETL pipelines using Databricks, Spark, Delta Lake, and Python.
• Define data governance, security, lineage, and metadata management strategies.
• Design batch and real-time data processing solutions.
• Provide architecture guidance for cloud-native solutions on AWS.
• Collaborate with business, analytics, and engineering teams to define data strategies.
• Establish best practices for data quality, monitoring, performance tuning, and cost optimization.
• Create architecture standards, reference architectures, and documentation.
• Mentor data engineers and technical leads throughout development.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and AI/ML capabilities within Databricks.

Skills

Databricks Lakehouse

Apache Spark / PySpark

Delta Lake

Databricks Workflows

Unity Catalog

Databricks SQL

Python

SQL

AWS Cloud

Data modeling

Data governance/security/compliance

ETL/ELT design

Large-scale data migration

Mentoring

Communication

Tools

Terraform

Snowflake

Job description

Cognizant is seeking an experienced Databricks Architect to lead the design and implementation of enterprise data modernization initiatives. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in Databricks Lakehouse architecture, AWS cloud technologies, data migration, and modern data engineering practices.

Experience in the Insurance/P&C domain is highly preferred. This role will drive architecture decisions, establish best practices, mentor engineers, and define governance, security, and metadata