Perficient · 8 hours ago
Databricks Solutions Architect
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$82K/yr - $178K/yr
10+ years expPerficient is a global AI-first consultancy seeking a Databricks Solutions Architect to join their team. The role involves providing architectural solutions for data and analytics projects, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and driving innovative solutions to meet client business needs.
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Responsibilities
Drive project requirements by interviewing business and IT stakeholders
Own and aggressively drive forward end-to-end Lakehouse and AI solutions. Provide architectural solutions/designs to project execution teams for implementation
Architect Databricks solutions on various Cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, and GCP). This includes multi-cloud integration, data ingestion and streaming, data transformation, data modeling, data governance and data sharing
Architect Databricks AI/BI solutions that drive business insights with Databricks ML, AI and BI features
Integrate Databricks solutions with cloud platforms like Azure (ADF, ADLS, Event Hub, Azure DevOps) or AWS (S3, Lamda, Glue)
Evaluate and integrate innovative solutions with GenAI, Delta Live Tables/Lakeflow, Lakebridge, etc
Design and implement analytical data models and star schemas for BI and AI consumption
Provide architectural assessments, strategies, and roadmaps for one or more technological domains
Work with Product Owner and Business SMEs to understand functional requirements and interact with other cross-functional teams to architect, design, develop, test, and release features
Project and solution estimation and team structure definition
Develop Proof-of-Concept projects to validate new architectures and solutions
Support multiple Agile Scrum teams with planning, scoping and creation of technical solutions for the new product capabilities throughout continuous delivery to production
Liaise with offshore team and clients for resolving technical dependencies, issues, and risks
Mentor and provide architectural guidance to multiple teams building innovative applications
Drive common vision, practice and capabilities across teams
Engage with Technical Architects and technical staff to determine the most appropriate technical strategy and designs to meet business needs
Demonstrate broad solutions technical leadership, impacting significant technical direction, exerting influence outside of the immediate team and driving change
Qualification
Required
Minimum of 10 years of professional experience with Data Management and Cloud technologies including Enterprise Data Warehouses, Data Lakes and Lakehouses
3-5 years of professional experience with Databricks and Lakehouse Architecture
4-5 years of hands-on experience with big data technologies such Spark, Hadoop, Kafka, Data Lakehouse
Experience implementing, designing, and building solutions leveraging Databricks Unity Catalog, ML/AI and Workflows
At least 3 Databricks project implementations that exploit the full capabilities (discover, design, implement and optimize) – is a MUST
At least 5 Years architecting ETL/ELT solutions using commercial tools
Proficiency with Classic ML/AI, Gen AI and Agentic AI type solutions and architectures
DevOps experience with Databricks CI/CD (Asset Bundles), Git, Terraform
Design and architecture experience supporting both batched and streaming workloads for Big Data Pipelines
At least 3 years of experience in a professional services company, consulting firm, or agency
Have a solid understanding of delivery methodology and lead teams in the implementation of the solution according to the designed architecture
Experience in project and solution estimation and team structure definition
Fluent and current on architecture trends with an eye on market/technical conditions and future direction
Experience in defining new architectures and ability to drive an independent project from an architectural standpoint
Demonstrated ability to leverage AI tools to enhance productivity, streamline workflows, and support data-informed task execution
A solid understanding of AI capabilities and limitations including ethical considerations is expected
Demonstrated success in performing work and managing complex and/or large consulting projects
Proficient in authoring, editing and presenting technical documents
Ability to elicit requirements and communicate clearly with non-technical individuals, development teams, and other ancillary project members
Strong written and oral communication skills; Ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical staff
Track record of leadership roles delivering solutions within defined timeframes
Experience working with a globally distributed team and managing off-shore teams
Desire to mentor younger team members and develop their skills
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field
Preferred
Master's degree in Computer Science or related field
Certification in Databricks (Champion or Professional), Apache Spark and/or Cloud Platforms (AWS/Azure) preferred
Leadership and team management experience with the ability to provide strategic planning and oversight
Experience leading customer workshop sessions to educate customers on the latest technology trends and best practices
Company
Perficient
Perficient is an IT consulting firm that helps companies adapt their systems to third party software products that use internet.
5001-10000 employees
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Funding
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$65.3M2024-05-05Acquired
2024-01-17Post Ipo Equity· $4.44M
2022-10-17Post Ipo Equity· $5.18M
Leadership Team
Ed Hofffman
Senior Vice President, North America Business Operations
Hari Madamalla
Vice President
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