Senior Databricks Architect

• Architecture & Security: Design the core framework utilizing Databricks Lakehouse. Fully leverage Unity Catalog for metadata management, audit logging, and RBAC models.
• AI-Driven Masking: Implement Named Entity Recognition (NER) and classification models for context-aware masking and adaptive algorithms.
• Synthetic Data Generation: Build an AI engine capable of generating high-volume synthetic datasets and handling complex edge cases while ensuring cross-environment consistency.
• Core Data Engineering: Develop Delta Lake pipelines, optimize PySpark transformations, and manage workflow orchestration using MLflow.

Technical Focus

• Databricks Ecosystem: Lakehouse, Unity Catalog, Delta Lake, MLflow.
• Data Security & Privacy: Format-Preserving Encryption (FPE), Test Data Management (TDM), Secure Key Management.
• AI/ML: PySpark, NLP/NER modeling, Data Classification.

Phased Deliverables

• Phase 1 (Assessment): Future-state architecture, gap analysis, and implementation roadmap.
• Phase 2 (Build): Configured Databricks framework, AI masking engine, synthetic data module, and self-service APIs.
• Phase 3 & 4 (Deploy & Handover): SIT support, automated deployment to vendor environments, and internal team knowledge transfer.

Do you have experience in Spark?, * Solid Databricks implementation expertise (Unity Catalog, Lakehouse, PySpark).

• Hands-on AI/ML engineering experience (NLP, NER, classification models).
• Strong background in Test Data Management (TDM) and enterprise encryption strategies.
• Preferred: Financial services experience or deep understanding of regulatory compliance.

Up to $120,000 a year - Contract