Senior Databricks Engineer — Onsite Lakehouse & Governance

BCforward; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 80,000 - 114,000; Full time

Job summary

BCforward is seeking a Senior Databricks Engineer to join our GRES Cloud Data Platform team in Charlotte, NC (onsite). The role focuses on Databricks Lakehouse, Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, data governance, and CI/CD, with modernization of Oracle-based data warehouses and secure data sharing.

Key duties include designing scalable data solutions, optimizing performance and cost, implementing RBAC and lineage, and building semantic data models for Databricks SQL, Genie, and Power BI.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of Data Engineering on modern data platforms.
• 3+ years Databricks with Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, Delta Sharing.
• RBAC, governance, and data lineage experience.
• CI/CD pipelines with Git, Azure DevOps, GitHub, Jenkins, or similar.
• Cloud data platforms on Azure, AWS, or GCP.
• Strong understanding of data warehousing concepts.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder collaboration.
• Role: Individual Contributor / Technical SME.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement scalable data solutions on the Databricks Lakehouse Platform.
• Partner with Application Leads and Data Engineering teams to define implementation approaches and best practices.
• Optimize Databricks environments for performance, scalability, reliability, and cost efficiency.
• Implement Unity Catalog, data governance, lineage, and security controls, including RBAC and data access policies.
• 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 practices.
• Design, build, and manage semantic data models and business layers for Databricks SQL, AI/BI Dashboards, Genie, and Power BI.
• Develop standards, reusable patterns, and implementation guidance for application teams.

Skills

Databricks

Data engineering

RBAC & governance

CI/CD pipelines

Cloud platforms

Data warehousing concepts

Communication & collaboration

7+ years experience

Oracle modernization

Tools

Git

Azure DevOps

GitHub

Jenkins

Job description

BCforward is seeking a Senior Databricks Engineer to join our GRES Cloud Data Platform team in Charlotte, NC (onsite). The role focuses on Databricks Lakehouse, Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, data governance, and CI/CD, with modernization of Oracle-based data warehouses and secure data sharing.

Key duties include designing scalable data solutions, optimizing performance and cost, implementing RBAC and lineage, and building semantic data models for Databricks SQL, Genie, and Power BI.