Senior Azure Databricks Solution Architect

BlackCube Labs; California (MO); On-site; USD 160,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) plan

Paid holidays

Parental leave

PTO

Job summary

Fractal is seeking an experienced Solution Architect with Azure, Databricks, and modern Data & AI expertise to design scalable, secure data platforms. You will partner with stakeholders, lead architecture reviews, and drive cloud modernization for enterprise analytics.

Responsibilities include end-to-end solution design, governance, and data mesh concepts, ensuring cost-effective and high-performance delivery across large datasets.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field.
• 10+ years of experience in Data Engineering, Cloud Architecture, or Solution Architecture.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience with Azure cloud services.
• 4+ years of hands-on experience with Databricks and Spark-based solutions.
• Strong experience designing enterprise-scale data platforms.
• Experience working with large-scale structured and unstructured datasets.
• Excellent stakeholder management and client-facing communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Architect end-to-end data and analytics solutions on Azure and Databricks.
• Design scalable data platforms supporting batch, streaming, and real-time analytics workloads.
• Lead solution design discussions, architecture reviews, and technical governance.
• Define data lake, data warehouse, lakehouse, and data mesh architectures.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to translate requirements into technical solutions.
• Establish security, governance, and compliance standards across the platform.
• Design data integration frameworks using Azure-native services and Databricks.
• Drive performance optimization, cost management, and cloud modernization initiatives.
• Provide technical leadership and mentoring to engineering teams.
• Support proposal development, effort estimation, and client presentations.
• Ensure adherence to enterprise architecture standards and best practices.

Skills

Azure

Databricks

Data modeling

Python

SQL

Spark

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/IT/Engineering

Tools

Terraform

Git

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Fractal is seeking an experienced Solution Architect with Azure, Databricks, and modern Data & AI expertise to design scalable, secure data platforms. You will partner with stakeholders, lead architecture reviews, and drive cloud modernization for enterprise analytics.

Responsibilities include end-to-end solution design, governance, and data mesh concepts, ensuring cost-effective and high-performance delivery across large datasets.