Senior Databricks Architect - Lakehouse & Data Governance

Collabera; Charlotte (NC); Hybrid; USD 83,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) retirement plan

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Paid parking/public transportation

Paid time off

Parental leave

Paid holidays

Job summary

Collabera is seeking a Senior Databricks Engineer to join our Data Engineering team in a hybrid role based in Charlotte, NC / Plano, TX. You will design and implement scalable data solutions on the Databricks Lakehouse Platform, optimize performance, and establish governance and CI/CD practices across Oracle-to-Databricks migration initiatives.

You will collaborate with Application Leads, Data Engineers, Architects, and business stakeholders to deliver enterprise analytics and BI solutions using

Qualifications

• 5+ years of Data Engineering experience.
• 3+ years of hands-on Databricks implementation experience.
• Strong knowledge of Databricks Lakehouse Platform, Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, and Delta Sharing.
• Experience implementing RBAC, security, governance, and data lineage solutions.
• Proven experience with Databricks performance tuning and cost optimization.
• Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines using Git, Azure DevOps, GitHub, Jenkins, or similar tools.
• Experience supporting cloud-based data platforms (Azure, AWS).
• Strong understanding of data warehousing concepts and modern data architectures.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement scalable data solutions using the Databricks Lakehouse Platform.
• Partner with Application Leads and Engineering teams to define implementation approaches and best practices.
• Optimize Databricks environments for performance, scalability, reliability, and cost efficiency.
• Implement and support Unity Catalog, data governance, lineage, and security controls.
• Design and manage data access controls.
• Implement Delta Sharing for secure internal and external data sharing.
• Support Oracle-to-Databricks modernization and migration initiatives.
• Establish and enhance CI/CD processes, deployment automation, and DevOps best practices.
• Design, build, and manage semantic data models and business layers to support Databricks SQL, AI/BI Dashboards, Genie, Power BI, and enterprise analytics.
• Develop standards, reusable patterns, and implementation guidance for application teams.

Skills

Data engineering

Databricks

CI/CD

Cloud platforms

Stakeholder communication

Tools

Databricks Lakehouse

Delta Lake

Unity Catalog

Delta Sharing

Informatica PowerCenter

Informatica IDMC

Power BI

Terraform

Delta Live Tables

MLflow

Databricks Genie

Databricks Workflows

Auto Loader

Job description

Collabera is seeking a Senior Databricks Engineer to join our Data Engineering team in a hybrid role based in Charlotte, NC / Plano, TX. You will design and implement scalable data solutions on the Databricks Lakehouse Platform, optimize performance, and establish governance and CI/CD practices across Oracle-to-Databricks migration initiatives.

You will collaborate with Application Leads, Data Engineers, Architects, and business stakeholders to deliver enterprise analytics and BI solutions using