Senior Databricks Architect - AWS & Data Leadership (DC Metro)

Anakim Consulting Inc; New Carrollton (MD); On-site; USD 125,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health/dental/vision insurance

401(k) retirement plan

Paid time off

Company-paid holidays

Job summary

Anakim Consulting is seeking a Senior/Lead Databricks Developer to design, build, and optimize enterprise-grade data solutions for federal programs in the New Carrollton, MD area. The role centers on Databricks on AWS, architecture modernization, and leading a collaborative engineering team.

The position requires hands-on Databricks experience, cloud-native data solutions on AWS, and the ability to guide technical strategy. Active IRS MBI clearance and Washington DC Metro residency are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems or a related field is required.
• 10+ years of progressive professional experience in software engineering, data engineering, or systems development.
• Professional experience leading, supervising, or mentoring data engineering teams.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills to engage with a cross-functional team at all levels, including stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Solution Architecture and Development: Design, develop, and deploy scalable data pipelines, analytics workloads, and software applications leveraging Databricks on AWS.
• Prototyping and Analysis: Assess and interpret complex business and technical requirements, rapidly developing proof-of-concept prototypes during discovery and design phases.
• Code Quality and Testing: Conduct structured peer code reviews, enforce engineering standards, write robust unit/integration tests, and improve performance across sprints.
• Production Support and Incident Triage: Investigate, diagnose, and resolve defects and data issues to maintain stability.
• Architecture Modernization: Evaluate existing architecture, identify gaps, and propose new frameworks to enhance performance.
• Technical Leadership: Lead and mentor engineering team members through design, implementation, and delivery in a Agile setting.
• Stakeholder Collaboration: Interface with client stakeholders, translating objectives into technical roadmaps.

Skills

Leadership & mentoring

Stakeholder collaboration

Agile/Scrum delivery

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / Engineering / Information Systems

Tools

Databricks

AWS

Python (PySpark)

SQL

Job description

Anakim Consulting is seeking a Senior/Lead Databricks Developer to design, build, and optimize enterprise-grade data solutions for federal programs in the New Carrollton, MD area. The role centers on Databricks on AWS, architecture modernization, and leading a collaborative engineering team.

The position requires hands-on Databricks experience, cloud-native data solutions on AWS, and the ability to guide technical strategy. Active IRS MBI clearance and Washington DC Metro residency are required.