Senior Cloud Infra & Security Solutions Architect - Remote

Databricks; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 248,000; Full time

Job summary

Databricks is seeking an Infrastructure & Platform Specialist Solutions Architect (SSA) to guide enterprise customers through architecture, administration, and security of Databricks deployments.

You will partner with Solutions Architects to design and deploy mission-critical workloads, align roadmaps with the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform, and mentor others while continuously learning in cloud infrastructure, network security, and automated deployments. The role can be remote.

Qualifications

• 5+ years hands-on experience in cloud platform architecture across AWS, Azure or GCP with security and networking focus.
• 2+ years in distributed architectures and big data technologies (Spark, Hadoop, Kafka).
• 2+ years in a customer-facing technical role (Pre-Sales, Post-Sales, or Consulting).
• Deep expertise in at least one domain: Security & Identity, Networking & Deployments, Platform Administration, InfraOps.
• Hands-on experience with Python, Java or Scala and strong SQL proficiency.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or equivalent.
• Nice-to-have Databricks Certifications (e.g., Solutions Architect, Data Engineer, Platform Administrator).
• Willingness to travel up to 30% as needed.

Responsibilities

• Guide strategic customers through full lifecycle of Databricks platform administration from design to production deployment.
• Architect secure, scalable enterprise deployments meeting cloud networking, identity and security standards.
• Serve as SME in core domains like cloud infrastructure, IaC, networking, or identity management.
• Support Solutions Architects during complex sales cycles by building PoC architectures and technical content.
• Deliver tutorials, hackathons, conference talks, and contribute to Databricks open-source community.

Skills

Cloud architecture

Cloud security

Networking

Identity management

IaC (Terraform)

Python/Java/Scala

SQL proficiency

Pre-Sales / customer-facing

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IS/Engineering

Tools

Terraform

Job description

Databricks is seeking an Infrastructure & Platform Specialist Solutions Architect (SSA) to guide enterprise customers through architecture, administration, and security of Databricks deployments.

You will partner with Solutions Architects to design and deploy mission-critical workloads, align roadmaps with the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform, and mentor others while continuously learning in cloud infrastructure, network security, and automated deployments. The role can be remote.