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# Databricks Architect

- **Company:** Q1 Technologies, Inc.
- **Location:** Aurora, IL, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Unity 3d, Airflow, Amazon Web Services, Amazon S3, Continuous Integration, Data Architecture, Data Governance, Extract Transform Load (ETL), Data Warehousing, Identity and Access Management, Performance Tuning, Data Streaming, Apache Spark, Data Lakes, Pyspark, Real Time Data, Apache Kafka, Terraform, Stream Processing, Amazon Redshift, Databricks
- **Published:** October 16, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerbuilder.com/job-details/databricks-architect-aurora-il--72f21b25-e6c6-4783-befb-2db5d6e173a1

## About the Role

Senior Databricks Architect with strong experience in designing and implementing enterprise-scale Lakehouse architectures on cloud platforms. Expertise in Databricks, Spark, PySpark, Delta Lake, data modeling, and real-time data processing.

## Description

Databricks Architect - 14+ years Malvern PA Senior Databricks Architect with strong experience in designing and implementing enterprise-scale Lakehouse architectures on cloud platforms. Expertise in Databricks, Spark, PySpark, Delta Lake, data modeling, and real-time data processing. Databricks Architect, Databricks Lakehouse, Apache Spark, PySpark, Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, Structured Streaming, Kafka, Data Modeling, ETL, ELT, AWS, S3, Redshift, Glue, Airflow, Terraform, CI/CD, Data Governance, Lakehouse Architecture, Performance Tuning What is the Databricks Lakehouse architecture, and how is it different from a traditional Data Warehouse? What is Delta Lake, and what benefits do ACID transactions provide in Databricks? How have you optimized Spark/Databricks jobs for performance and cost? Can you explain the difference between Spark transformations and actions? What is Unity Catalog, and how have you used it for data governance and security? How would you design a real-time data ingestion pipeline in Databricks? Look for: Kafka, Structured Streaming, Delta Live Tables. What is your experience with AWS services integrated with Databricks? Look for: S3, Glue Catalog, IAM, Redshift, Lambda.
Databricks Architect - 14+ years Malvern PA Senior Databricks Architect with strong experience in designing and implementing enterprise-scale Lakehouse architectures on cloud platforms. Expertise in Databricks, Spark, PySpark, Delta Lake, data modeling, and real-time data processing. Databricks Architect, Databricks Lakehouse, Apache Spark, PySpark, Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, Structured Streaming, Kafka, Data Modeling, ETL, ELT, AWS, S3, Redshift, Glue, Airflow, Terraform, CI/CD, Data Governance, Lakehouse Architecture, Performance Tuning What is the Databricks Lakehouse architecture, and how is it different from a traditional Data Warehouse? What is Delta Lake, and what benefits do ACID transactions provide in Databricks? How have you optimized Spark/Databricks jobs for performance and cost? Can you explain the difference between Spark transformations and actions? What is Unity Catalog, and how have you used it for data governance and security? How would you design a real-time data ingestion pipeline in Databricks? Look for: Kafka, Structured Streaming, Delta Live Tables. What is your experience with AWS services integrated with Databricks? Look for: S3, Glue Catalog, IAM, Redshift, Lambda.