Senior Databricks Solutions Architect for AI & Analytics

Everforth ECS; Merrifield (VA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Everforth ECS in Arlington, VA is seeking a Sr. Databricks Consultant to design, optimize, and tune Databricks environments for advanced data analytics and AI-driven insights.

You will work with Delta Lake, MLflow, and Unity Catalog, integrate with AWS/Azure/GCP, and collaborate with clients to deliver scalable data pipelines, secure governance, and measurable value from data platforms.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in a related field; US citizenship per contract.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable ETL/ELT pipelines in Databricks.
• Optimize workflows and clusters for performance and cost efficiency.
• Integrate Databricks with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Implement data governance, security, and compliance standards.
• Collaborate with data scientists, analysts, and business stakeholders to deliver high-quality datasets and insights.
• Troubleshoot issues and drive continuous improvement in data infrastructure.
• Proven experience working with Databricks in production environments.
• Strong proficiency in Python and/or SQL for data engineering.
• Experience with Apache Spark for distributed data processing.
• Knowledge of data lakehouse architecture and best practices.
• Experience with cloud data platforms (AWS S3, Azure Data Lake, or GCP Storage).
• Hands-on experience building and managing ETL/ELT pipelines.
• Strong understanding of data modeling, data quality, and performance tuning.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and Git.
• Ability to travel, as needed, to customer sites.
• Must be a US Citizen per contract.
• Bachelor’s degree; preferably in Computer Science, Information Security, or a related field. Will consider experience in lieu of a degree.

Skills

Consulting experience

Customer-facing

Project management

Agile

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or related field

Master’s degree or PhD in Computer Science, Data Science, or related field

Tools

Databricks

Delta Lake

MLflow

Unity Catalog

Apache Spark

AWS S3

Azure Data Lake

GCP Storage

Terraform

ARM

CloudFormation

Git

Kafka

Kinesis

Event Hubs

Job description

Everforth ECS in Arlington, VA is seeking a Sr. Databricks Consultant to design, optimize, and tune Databricks environments for advanced data analytics and AI-driven insights.

You will work with Delta Lake, MLflow, and Unity Catalog, integrate with AWS/Azure/GCP, and collaborate with clients to deliver scalable data pipelines, secure governance, and measurable value from data platforms.