Senior Databricks Architect

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Senior Databricks Architect

Key responsibilities

Presales , client facing and solutioning

• Partner with lead consultant s to identify , design and develop high value Databricks use cases.
  

• Design and deploy best in class architectures for data, analytics, and AI platforms built on Databricks and cloud services (Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud Platform).
  

• Identify opportunities to create IP and packageable solutions based on observed patter n s and customer whitespaces
  

• Drive architectural discus sions with Client SME's and technical resources during design phase of engagements
  

• Address technical objections and build confidence with client architects and executives during the sales and delivery cycle.
  

Architecture and delivery leadership

• Lead the design and development of secure, scalable Databricks Lakehouse architectures, including Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, and integration with upstream and downstream systems.
  

• Oversee and participate in the build of batch and streaming data pipelines, notebooks, and Databricks SQL assets using Spark, Python, and SQL, following medallion and other best practice patterns.
  

• Help d efine and enforce engineering standards, including code quality, testing, CI/CD, observability, and operational readiness for Databricks workloads.
  

• Collaborate with project managers and client stakeholders to plan releases, manage dependencies, mitigate risks, and ensure on t ime, on budge t delivery.
  

• Provide hands on technical leadership to data engineers and analysts, review designs and code, and unblock complex technical issues.
  

Governance, operations, and adoption

• Implement data governance and security practices using Unity Catalog and related tools, including access control, lineage, and compliance aligned policies.
  

• Optimize performance, reliability, and cost of Databricks workloads through cluster tuning, storage strategies, and monitoring.
  

• Drive change management and enablement by creating documentation, runbooks, and training materials, and facilitating knowledge transfer to client teams.
  

• Support production , g o live stabilization, ensuring robust handover to client operations or managed services teams.
  

Required qualifications

• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to influence technical and non technical audiences.
  

• Demonstrated ability to gather requirements, and translate business needs into technical designs and phased roadmaps.
  

• Proven experience driving architecture and design in data or analytics projects in a consulting, professional services, or similar environment.
  

• Extensive hands on experience designing and delivering data platforms and pipelines on Databricks, including Delta Lake, Jobs/Workflows, and Databricks SQL.
  

• Strong programming skills in at least two of: Python, PySpark , and SQL, with demonstrated ability to build performant batch and streaming solutions.
  

• Solid understanding of cloud services (Azure , AWS, or Google Cloud Platform ) relevant to Databricks deployments, such as storage, networking, identity, and DevOps tooling.
  

• Experience implementing data governance, security, and access control in Lakehouse or data platform environments using Unity Catalog or similar tools.
  

Preferred qualifications

• Experience with large scale data platform migrations or modernizations (e.g., from legacy ETL/warehouse tools to Databricks).
  

• Exposure to enabling ML/AI and GenAI workloads on Databricks, such as feature engineering pipelines, MLflow , or integration with LLM/GenAI services.
  

• Multi -industry background (e.g., financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, public sector) with an understanding of common data and analytics use cases.
  

• Prior responsibility for mentoring engineers, or leading multi - workstream engagements.
  

• Databricks certifications (Architect, Data Engineer, ML Professional); enterprise-scale data and AI platform experience; current or former Databricks Champion.
  

The base salary for this position is $106,087 - $151,554 plus incentives that align with individual and company performance. Actual salaries will vary based on work location, qualifications, skills, education, experience, and competencies. Benefits available to eligible employees in this role include medical, dental, and vision insurance, comprehensive employee assistance program, 401(k) retirement plan, paid time off and holidays and paid learning days.

The deadline to apply for this position is: 03/18/2026. This position is for an existing, immediate vacancy. We are currently seeking to fill this role with an individual who can start as soon as possible.

As part of the hiring process, candidates may be required to undergo background screening and identity verification, where permitted by applicable law and consistent with the requirements of the role. Certain verification processes used by the Company or its service providers may involve technologies that rely on biometric identifiers or biometric information, where permitted by law. If biometric identifiers or biometric information are collected, used, or stored, the Company will provide the legally required disclosures and obtain any required written consent prior to such collection, and will handle such information in accordance with applicable biometric privacy laws and Company policies.

Physical and Mental Requirements
The employee is regularly required to operate a computer, keyboard, telephone/headset, and/or other office equipment as essential functions of this position. Work is generally sedentary in nature.

Equal Employment Opportunity
Concentrix is an equal opportunity and affirmative action (EEO-AA) employer. We promote equal opportunity to all qualified individuals and do not discriminate in any phase of the employment process based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy or related condition, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other basis protected by law.

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Accommodation
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Artificial Intelligence
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Work Authorization

In accordance with federal law, only applicants who are legally authorized to work in the United States will be considered for this position. Must reside in the United States or have a valid U.S. address for residence.

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