Senior Databricks Data & AI Architect — Remote

Eliassen Group; Dover (DE); Remote; USD 138,000 - 145,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision

401(k) with match

Life insurance

Job summary

Eliassen Group is seeking a Senior Solution Architect to provide technical leadership for a large-scale Databricks, Data & AI modernization initiative. The role is remote, hands‑on, and focuses on architecture, governance, and AI/GenAI enablement across a global data platform.

You will lead architecture decisions, mentor a team of engineers, and collaborate with platform, data, security, and business stakeholders to ensure scalable, secure, and observable solutions.

Qualifications

• Deep experience leading Databricks Lakeflow integration and AWS analytics
• Proven ability to define target‑state data & AI platform architecture
• Strong governance, observability, and security design capabilities
• Experience designing Bronze/Silver/Gold medallion data patterns and data products
• Ability to mentor Data & AI engineers and lead architecture reviews
• Excellent cross‑functional communication across security, engineering, and business teams
• Comfort with hands‑on technical problem solving and enterprise scale solutions

Responsibilities

• Lead a Databricks Well‑Architected assessment and define platform standards
• Guide engineering teams in ingestion, transformation, analytics, and AI solution delivery
• Design governance models with Unity Catalog and least‑privilege access
• Define data architecture patterns for Bronze to Gold layers and conformed dimensions
• Design AI‑ready data products and semantic layers for governance
• Provide architecture direction and mentorship to Data & AI engineers
• Deliver a scalable, observable Databricks architecture with runbooks and docs

Skills

Databricks expertise

Enterprise architecture

Data governance

Stakeholder leadership

Communication skills

Tools

Databricks Lakeflow

Unity Catalog

YAML/Control tables

CI/CD pipelines

MCP endpoints

Job description

Eliassen Group is seeking a Senior Solution Architect to provide technical leadership for a large-scale Databricks, Data & AI modernization initiative. The role is remote, hands‑on, and focuses on architecture, governance, and AI/GenAI enablement across a global data platform.

You will lead architecture decisions, mentor a team of engineers, and collaborate with platform, data, security, and business stakeholders to ensure scalable, secure, and observable solutions.