Data Architect – Azure Databricks

Senior Data Architect – Azure Databricks | Plano, TX (Full-Time)

Location:
Plano, TX (Onsite – 3 Days/Week)

Employment Type:
Full-Time (FTE)

About the Role

We are hiring an experienced
Data Architect
with strong expertise in
Azure Databricks
to lead the design, development, and delivery of scalable data platforms. This role involves hands-on architecture, technical leadership, and close collaboration with product managers and business stakeholders to deliver high-impact data solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead
  end-to-end data platform delivery
  , identifying problem areas and driving solutions
• Collaborate cross-functionally with
  Product Managers and key stakeholders
• Follow
  Agile development methodologies
  with strategic and execution-focused mindset
• Design and maintain
  scalable, high-performance data pipeline architectures
• Build and manage
  large, complex datasets
  meeting business and technical requirements
• Drive
  optimization, testing, and tooling
  to improve performance and data quality
• Lead teams building and operating
  high-volume distributed systems
  in a SaaS environment
• Manage
  capacity planning, growth forecasting, and budgets
• Establish efficient processes to improve
  delivery velocity and solution quality

Required Experience & Skills

• 8+ years
  of relevant industry experience
• 5+ years
  leading complex technical or engineering teams
• Strong
  hands-on expertise in Azure Databricks
• Experience with
  Data Warehousing, Data Lakes, and large-scale distributed systems
• Strong knowledge of
  Medallion Architecture
  , ingestion frameworks, optimization, and data quality
• Hands-on experience with
  Unity Catalog
  , including governance and observability
• Strong programming skills in
  PySpark and Python
• Proven experience designing
  Azure Cloud architectures
• Knowledge of
  cloud workload orchestration
• Ability to set and drive
  technical vision
  aligned with business objectives
• Comfortable working in ambiguous environments with multiple stakeholders

Nice to Have

• Experience managing
  distributed teams
• Exposure to
  APIs, containerization, and orchestration tools