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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Senior Solution Architect - **Company:** HCL America Inc. - **Location:** St. Louis, MO, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $282,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Adaptable Database Systems, Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Information Systems, Information Technology Consulting, Continuous Integration, Data Architecture, Information Engineering, Data Transformation, Python (Programming Language), Performance Tuning, Cloud Services, DataOps, SQL Databases, Data Streaming, Enterprise Data Management, Pytorch, Apache Spark, Software Security, Data Lakes, Pyspark, Information Technology, Machine Learning Operations, Databricks - **Published:** July 2, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=175e9f8a6f832243 ## About the Role * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field. * 10+ years of experience in data architecture, data engineering, or enterprise data platform design. * Hands-on expertise in Databricks, Spark/PySpark, SQL, Python, PyTorch, and cloud data platforms. * Strong experience in data modernization, migration, governance, performance optimization, and enterprise architecture for client-facing delivery. * Proven experience enabling AI-driven development, ML workflows, and model lifecycle management, including production implementations with security guardrails and evaluation/review frameworks. * Excellent stakeholder communication and cross-functional leadership skills. Other Requirements * Master's degree or advanced certification in data, cloud, AI, or intelligent platform engineering disciplines. * Experience with Azure Databricks and one or more major cloud platforms (AWS or GCP). * Knowledge of vector databases, intelligent application patterns, platform governance, and frameworks for guardrails, response quality evaluation, and human review. * Experience with CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, observability, and DataOps/MLOps practices. ## Description We are looking for a Data Architect with strong experience in Databricks, enterprise data modernization, and AI-led development to help clients establish a Databricks Data Intelligence Platform that unifies data, governance, analytics, and intelligent application enablement. In this role, you will lead scalable cloud data architecture, modernize legacy environments, embed intelligence into platform engineering, establish governance standards, and build trusted foundations for advanced analytics and intelligent data products., * Design modern lakehouse architectures on Databricks using Delta Lake, medallion patterns, and scalable data models. * Lead technology consulting engagements and enterprise data modernization initiatives, define target-state architectures, and provide architectural leadership across transformation programs. * Build and govern batch and streaming data pipelines using Auto Loader, Structured Streaming, and Delta Live Tables. * Partner with client stakeholders to establish governance, security, lineage, and data quality controls using Unity Catalog and enterprise standards, aligning platform decisions to measurable business outcomes. * Provide cross-functional leadership across engineering, architecture, and client teams, translating technical strategy into business value, prioritizing delivery against client objectives, and driving adoption of modern data and AI capabilities. * Own service delivery responsibilities across client engagements by aligning architecture and execution to committed outcomes, managing delivery quality and governance, and ensuring solutions are implemented effectively from design through rollout. * Drive AI-led development for the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform by building model-ready data foundations, metadata-rich architectures, vector-ready pipelines, and retrieval patterns that accelerate intelligent applications and modern data use cases. * Lead production-grade AI implementations using Python and PyTorch to enable intelligent platform capabilities, secure deployment patterns, operational resilience, and scalable performance across modernization programs. * Define and implement security guardrails, prompt safety controls, and evaluation/review frameworks to support responsible, measurable, and production-ready AI development on the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform across client engagements. ## Related Videos - [PySpark - Combining Machine Learning & Big Data](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/44-pyspark-combining-machine-learning-big-data) - [Modern Data Architectures need Software Engineering](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1030-modern-data-architectures-need-software-engineering) - [Photonic Computing: Programming a New Class of AI Accelerators (incl. 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