Senior Data Platform Architect – Lakehouse Engineering

Tata Consultancy Services; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Tata Consultancy Services in Irvine, CA is seeking a Senior Architect – Data Engineering to design, scale, and optimize an enterprise data platform built on Databricks, dbt, and Airflow. You will define blueprints for the data estate, ensure scalable pipelines, and drive governance and cost efficiency.

You will lead data engineers, mentor senior staff, and collaborate with product managers, data scientists, and business leaders to implement end-to-end lakehouse architectures and robust DataOps

Qualifications

• 15+ years overall experience in IT with data engineering focus.
• 10+ years in data warehousing and distributed systems.
• 4+ years architecting production environments in the modern data stack.

Responsibilities

• Design end-to-end lakehouse architectures on Databricks; leverage Delta Lake and Unity Catalog.
• Define blueprints for data estate governance, schema evolution and data security.
• Mentor senior and mid-level data engineers; lead architecture workshops.
• Collaborate with product managers, data scientists, and business leaders to solve data gaps.

Skills

Python (PySpark)

SQL

Technical communication

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Cloud platforms

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Databricks

dbt

Airflow

Terraform

Job description

Tata Consultancy Services in Irvine, CA is seeking a Senior Architect – Data Engineering to design, scale, and optimize an enterprise data platform built on Databricks, dbt, and Airflow. You will define blueprints for the data estate, ensure scalable pipelines, and drive governance and cost efficiency.

You will lead data engineers, mentor senior staff, and collaborate with product managers, data scientists, and business leaders to implement end-to-end lakehouse architectures and robust DataOps