Remote Senior Databricks Architect — Data & AI Platform

Eliassen Group; Madison (WI); Remote; USD 138,000 - 145,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision

401(k) with company match

Life insurance

Sick time

Referral program

Job summary

Eliassen Group is seeking a Senior Solution Architect to provide technical leadership for a large-scale Data & AI modernization initiative. You will own the overall architecture across Databricks platform modernization, governance, observability, semantic architecture, and AI/agent enablement in a remote, contract role.

The role is hands‑on and requires moving between enterprise architecture and detailed platform design, guiding a team of senior Data & AI Engineers, with a focus on scalable,

Qualifications

• Experience with enterprise Databricks lakehouse architectures is a plus.
• Strong working knowledge of AWS analytics and ingestion services is preferred.
• Ability to design governance, security, and data quality frameworks at scale.

Responsibilities

• Lead a Databricks Well‑Architected assessment across platform architecture, observability, pipelines, consumption, data quality, security, governance, and cost.
• Establish architectural patterns for scalable data ingestion, transformation, analytics, AI, and agent‑based solutions; guide engineering teams on standards and remediation priorities.
• Define data architecture standards for Bronze, Silver, and Gold layers; guide onboarding frameworks and conformed dimensions and cross‑domain data products.
• Architect AI‑ready data products and semantic layers using governed metadata, KPIs, and lineage information.
• Provide architectural direction and mentorship to Data & AI Engineers; participate in reviews and create reusable standards and runbooks.
• Deliver a secure, governed, cost‑aware Databricks architecture that scales beyond a single use case with actionable scorecards and remediation plans.

Job description

Eliassen Group is seeking a Senior Solution Architect to provide technical leadership for a large-scale Data & AI modernization initiative. You will own the overall architecture across Databricks platform modernization, governance, observability, semantic architecture, and AI/agent enablement in a remote, contract role.

The role is hands‑on and requires moving between enterprise architecture and detailed platform design, guiding a team of senior Data & AI Engineers, with a focus on scalable,