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Databricks on AWS Platform Architect (Onsite)

Dallas, TX, US • Posted 6 hours ago • Updated 6 hours ago

Contract Independent

Contract Corp To Corp

Contract W2

7 Months

No Travel Required

On-site

Depends on Experience

GSK Solutions Inc.

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Skills

Databricks on AWS Platform Engineering and Platform Architecture experience.
Architect and manage secure
scalable
and highly available Databricks Lakehouse platforms on AWS.
Design enterprise data platforms leveraging AWS S3
Delta Lake
Unity Catalog
and Databricks Workspaces for analytics and AI.
Define networking architecture including VPC
PrivateLink
IAM roles
security groups
and encryption standards.

Summary

Job Title

Databricks on AWS Platform Architect (Onsite)

Location

Dallas, TX

Duration

7 Months

Interview Type

Virtual / In-Person

Note

Local to client site preferred within about an hour drive; San Antonio is the first preference, with Lexington, KY or Princeton, IN also noted

Job Description

Architect and manage a secure, scalable, and highly available Databricks Lakehouse Platform on AWS.
Design data platforms leveraging AWS S3, Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, and Databricks Workspaces for enterprise analytics and AI.
Define networking architecture including VPC, PrivateLink, IAM roles, security groups, and encryption standards.
Establish multi-environment strategies (Dev, Test, UAT, Prod) with automated provisioning through Terraform and Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
Implement enterprise-wide data governance, lineage, metadata management, and compliance controls using Unity Catalog.
Design high-performance data ingestion and processing architectures supporting batch, streaming, and real-time analytics workloads.
Enable AI and GenAI capabilities through Mosaic AI, Vector Search, Model Serving, AI/BI Dashboards, and Genie Spaces.
Define CI/CD, monitoring, logging, and observability frameworks using GitHub, Jenkins, CloudWatch, and Databricks Workflows.
Optimize platform performance, reliability, scalability, and cloud costs through FinOps and workload optimization practices.
Provide architectural leadership and best practices for Lakehouse modernization, advanced analytics, AI governance, and enterprise data platform adoption.
Core Technologies: Databricks, AWS S3, Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, Spark/PySpark, Terraform, GitHub, CI/CD, CloudWatch, Mosaic AI, Genie, Vector Search, MLflow, Kafka, Airflow, Kubernetes.

Certification :

DataBricks Platform Administrator /Databricks Certified Data Engineer/
AWS Certification (DevOps/Solution Architect)
Terraform

Deliverables:

-Process Flows

-Mentor and Knowledge transfer to client project team members

-Participate as primary, co and/or contributing author on any and all project deliverables associated with their assigned areas of responsibility

-Participate in data conversion and data maintenance

-Provide best practice and industry specific solutions

-Advise on and provide alternative (out of the box) solutions

-Provide thought leadership as well as hands on technical configuration/development as needed.

-Participate as a team member of the functional team

-Perform other duties as assigned.

S.No	Contractor Qualifying Questions	Mandatory
1	Do you have experience as a Databricks on AWS Platform Engineer with Platform Architecture expertise?	Yes – Answer of YES is mandatory to qualify
2	Are you local to one of the listed locations?	Yes – Answer of YES is mandatory to qualify
3	Do you have a Databricks Platform Administrator or Databricks Certified Data Engineer certification?	Yes – Answer of YES is mandatory to qualify
4	Do you have an AWS certification in DevOps or Solutions Architecture?	Yes – Answer of YES is mandatory to qualify
5	Do you have experience providing architectural leadership and best practices for Lakehouse modernization, advanced analytics, AI governance, and enterprise data platform adoption?	Yes – Answer of YES is mandatory to qualify
6	Do you have hands-on experience with Databricks and AWS S3?	Yes – Answer of YES is mandatory to qualify
7	Do you have hands-on experience with Delta Lake?	Yes – Answer of YES is mandatory to qualify
8	Do you have hands-on experience with Unity Catalog, Spark/PySpark, Terraform, GitHub, CI/CD, CloudWatch, Mosaic AI, Genie, Vector Search, MLflow, Kafka, Airflow, and Kubernetes?	Yes – Answer of YES is mandatory to qualify

Top Skills & Years of Experience

S.No	Custom Skill Requirements
1	Databricks on AWS Platform Engineering and Platform Architecture experience.
2	Architect and manage secure, scalable, and highly available Databricks Lakehouse platforms on AWS.
3	Design enterprise data platforms leveraging AWS S3, Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, and Databricks Workspaces for analytics and AI.
4	Define networking architecture including VPC, PrivateLink, IAM roles, security groups, and encryption standards.
5	Establish multi-environment strategies across Dev, Test, UAT, and Production using Terraform and Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
6	Implement enterprise data governance, lineage, metadata management, and compliance controls using Unity Catalog.
7	Design high-performance data ingestion and processing architectures supporting batch, streaming, and real-time analytics workloads.
8	Enable AI and GenAI capabilities through Mosaic AI, Vector Search, Model Serving, AI/BI Dashboards, and Genie Spaces.
9	Define CI/CD, monitoring, logging, and observability frameworks using GitHub, Jenkins, CloudWatch, and Databricks Workflows.
10	Optimize platform performance, reliability, scalability, and cloud costs through FinOps and workload optimization practices.
11	Provide architectural leadership for Lakehouse modernization, advanced analytics, AI governance, and enterprise data platform adoption.

Recruiter Details

Contact: Lokesh - - Eight three two - Nine nine zero - Two four two six

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Dice Id: 10498904
Position Id: 35819-2053-1787846109
Posted 6 hours ago

Company Info

About GSK Solutions Inc.

Our values are integrity, leading change, excellence, and respect for the individual, learning and sharing. Our success is based on our ability to be flexible while adhering to a strict project management methodology.

We inspire personal and professional growth in our people through innovation and creativity. We reward excellence. We earn the trust of our customers and the respect of our employees through exceptional teamwork, good business ethics and a high level of commitment

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