Judge Group, Inc.
Judge Group, Inc.

Sr. Data Architect

Elk Grove, CA, US • Posted 30+ days ago • Updated 8 hours ago
Contract Independent
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Skills

  • Management
  • Optimization
  • Analytics
  • Reporting
  • Machine Learning (ML)
  • Mentorship
  • Access Control
  • Unstructured Data
  • Workflow
  • Continuous Integration
  • Continuous Delivery
  • DevOps
  • Data Security
  • Encryption
  • Auditing
  • Data Engineering
  • Data Architecture
  • Scala
  • Cloud Computing
  • Amazon Web Services
  • Microsoft Azure
  • Data Warehouse
  • Extract
  • Transform
  • Load
  • Data Governance
  • Leadership
  • Communication
  • Agile
  • Apache Spark
  • Unity
  • PySpark
  • Python
  • SQL
  • Google Cloud Platform
  • Google Cloud
  • Storage
  • Vector Databases
  • Git
  • GitLab
  • Jenkins
  • Terraform
  • JIRA
  • Confluence
  • Microsoft Power BI
  • Databricks
  • Apache Kafka
  • Business Intelligence
  • Privacy
  • Marketing

Summary

Location: Elk Grove, CA
Description:
Hybrid role 3X a week in office in Elk Grove, CA; no remote capabilities.

This is a direct hire opportunity.

Summary:

We're looking for a Senior Data Architect to lead the design and optimization of our Databricks Lakehouse platform on Google Cloud Platform. In this role, you'll guide a team of data engineers, own end-to-end data architecture, and build scalable pipelines that support analytics, reporting, and machine learning across the organization. This position requires deep Databricks expertise, strong leadership, and the ability to communicate data strategy to both technical and executive teams.

Responsibilities:
  • Lead and mentor a high-performing data engineering team
  • Own Databricks architecture, including Spark, Delta Lake, and Lakehouse design
  • Implement Unity Catalog for governance, access control, and lineage
  • Optimize SQL workloads, Spark jobs, and overall platform performance
  • Build scalable pipelines for structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data
  • Integrate Databricks workflows into CI/CD using Git and DevOps best practices
  • Ensure strong data security, masking, encryption, and audit logging
  • Partner with analysts, data scientists, and business leaders to deliver high-impact data solutions


Qualifications:
  • 10+ years in data engineering or data architecture
  • Deep hands-on experience with Databricks (Google Cloud Platform preferred), Spark, PySpark/Scala, and Delta Lake
  • Strong cloud experience (Google Cloud Platform preferred; AWS/Azure acceptable)
  • Experience with vector databases and embeddings for RAG/LLM retrieval
  • Advanced SQL and data warehousing expertise
  • Proven ability to optimize ETL jobs and cluster performance
  • Strong background in data governance and security (Unity Catalog or similar)
  • Leadership experience and excellent communication skills
  • Agile team experience


Tech Stack:
  • Databricks, Spark, Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, PySpark, Python, SQL, Google Cloud Platform Storage, Pub/Sub, vector databases, Git/GitLab, Jenkins, Terraform (plus), JIRA, Confluence, Looker Studio, Power BI.
  • Databricks Data Engineer certification; experience with Kafka, Pub/Sub, Airflow, and BI tools.

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  • Dice Id: cxjudgpa
  • Position Id: 1110811
  • Posted 30+ days ago

Company Info

About Judge Group, Inc.

The Judge Group, is a leading professional services firm specializing in talent, technology, and learning solutions. We consult, staff, train, and solve. Through our work we make people and organizations better.

Our services are successfully delivered through a network of more than 30 offices across the United States, Canada, and India. The Judge Group is proud to partner with the best and brightest companies in business today, including over 60 of the Fortune 100. We serve organizations in financial services, healthcare, life sciences, insurance, government (including aerospace and defense), manufacturing, and technology and telecommunications.

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