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# Databricks Architect

- **Company:** HERO TALENT SOLUTIONS LLC
- **Location:** United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $104,000.0 - $145,600.0
- **Contract:** Temporary to permanent
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Information Engineering, Data Infrastructure, Software Design Patterns, Data Lakes, Databricks
- **Published:** July 4, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=0f8cf215cf76f8aa

## About the Role

* 8+ years of overall data engineering/architecture experience; 5+ years specifically on
Databricks

 * Demonstrated, hands-on experience establishing or scaling a Databricks (or comparable data platform) Center of Excellence
 * Extensive experience delivering multiple Databricks engagements - ideally across different clients, industries, or business units
 * Strong understanding of Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, medallion architecture, and Databricks governance capabilities
 * Proven track record defining and rolling out architectural standards, design patterns, and
delivery frameworks across teams

 * Experience with at least one major hyperscaler - AWS, Azure, or GCP - sufficient to guide governance and architecture decisions
 * Strong program/delivery management acumen - able to balance technical depth with
delivery accountability, timelines, and risk

 * Demonstrated experience managing or mentoring distributed/offshore delivery teams at scale
 * Excellent executive communication skills - able to present CoE strategy, maturity, and value to senior client and internal leadership
 * Demonstrated awareness of and curiosity about the evolving AI landscape, including how
enterprise AI capabilities intersect with data platform governance and CoE strategy

## Description

* Establish, lead, or mature a Databricks Center of Excellence (CoE) - defining standards,
reusable patterns, governance frameworks, and best practices across the organization

 * Own end-to-end delivery accountability across multiple Databricks workstreams and project teams
 * Define and enforce architectural standards, design patterns, and platform governance for Databricks usage enterprise-wide
 * Partner with project/program leadership to ensure delivery milestones, quality gates, and risk management practices are consistently applied
 * Develop and maintain reusable accelerators, templates, and reference architectures to
improve delivery speed and consistency across teams

 * Drive platform governance: workspace structure, Unity Catalog standards, cost optimization, security, and access control policies
 * Act as the senior escalation point for architectural and delivery decisions across the
Databricks program

 * Mentor and upskill distributed/offshore teams on Databricks best practices, coding standards, and delivery methodology
 * Lead architecture review boards and design governance sessions to ensure solutions align with CoE standards
 * Track and report on CoE maturity, adoption metrics, and delivery KPIs to executive
stakeholders

 * Stay current on Databricks platform roadmap and proactively recommend adoption of new capabilities across the organization
 * Support pre-sales, estimation, and solutioning efforts by providing delivery-tested architectural guidance


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