Senior Data Platform Architect — Azure Databricks Expert

Viking Cruises; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 155,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Annual discretionary bonus

401(k) match

Employee ESPP

Full benefits package

Paid vacation and holidays

Cruise opportunities

Gym membership discounts

Job summary

Viking Cruises seeks a Senior Data Platform Architect to design, operate, and secure the Azure Databricks platform powering finance, revenue, marketing, and booking across the business. Reporting to the Director, Customer Data and Identity Engineering, you will set standards for AI-assisted coding and toolchains for the data team.

You will lead end-to-end platform architecture, Unity Catalog governance, ingestion pipelines, and ML asset administration, while ensuring security, cost control, and

Qualifications

• Strong end-to-end data platform experience across architecture, administration, and production operations.
• Databricks Platform Design and Administration — expert level.
• SQL expertise with performance tuning and complex queries.
• Terraform in practice with Git-based CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities

• End-to-end platform architecture and implementation across Azure Databricks and Unity Catalog.
• Databricks & Unity Catalog administration including access, credentials, and governance.
• Ingestion, orchestration & integration across Azure Data Factory, Databricks Workflows, and connected systems.
• AI-assisted engineering standards and harness enablement for safe, reviewed code and SQL.
• AI/ML platform administration, including Unity Catalog and MLflow assets.
• Security, access & platform governance, including Terraform deployment and IAM.

Skills

Data platform architecture

Databricks admin

ML platform admin

SQL expert

Python (PySpark)

Azure data services

Terraform CI/CD

Data governance

Financial data

Stakeholder communication

Job description

Viking Cruises seeks a Senior Data Platform Architect to design, operate, and secure the Azure Databricks platform powering finance, revenue, marketing, and booking across the business. Reporting to the Director, Customer Data and Identity Engineering, you will set standards for AI-assisted coding and toolchains for the data team.

You will lead end-to-end platform architecture, Unity Catalog governance, ingestion pipelines, and ML asset administration, while ensuring security, cost control, and