Solutions Architect 4

Overview Edgewater Federal Solutions is seeking a Solutions Architect 4 to support a major national laboratory. Responsibilities Advise on the Databricks reference architecture covering Lakeflow, Delta Lake, Unity Catalog Mosaic AI, Databricks SQL, and Databricks Apps Provide hands‑on guidance on Databricks full‑stack solution design Advise on design of both data movement (e.g., batch, real‑time streaming) and zero‑copy patterns Guide platform migrations from legacy SQL and document stores onto Databricks and related cloud data platforms Recommend security, governance, and compliance‑as‑code: Unity Catalog ABAC, governed tags, row filters/column masks, key management, networking security and compliance security profiles. Advise on design of segregated/tiered data pool architectures aligned to the organization’s data classification policy and applicable regulatory requirements, including cross‑tier data movement Recommend FinOps and performance standards, workload and cost management Mentor data engineers, analysts, and AI/ML teams; participate in architecture reviews and contribute to standards Work with information & cyber security, and other teams as needed for compliance to policies and standards Evaluate emerging Databricks capabilities and recommend adoption strategies, including endpoint integrations with third parties as they evolve Qualifications 7+ years designing, building, and operating Databricks workloads with medallion layer architecture Hands‑on experience with Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, Spark Structured Streaming, Lakeflow (or DLT/Live Tables), Databricks SQL, MLflow, and Mosaic AI Model Serving Strong experience in cloud architecture supporting the platform (VPC/VNet, Security, S3/ADLS, KMS, etc.) Proven experience migrating enterprise data workloads from legacy/on‑prem data warehouse/lake to Databricks Production streaming and CDC experience Depth in security and governance: Unity Catalog policies (ABAC), classification, encryption, access auditing, compliance‑to‑control translation Hands‑on experience designing multi‑tier Databricks architectures driven by data classification requirements Strong Python and SQL, Spark, Notebooks Excellent verbal and written communication skills Desired Active Databricks certifications GenAI and agent systems on Databricks experience Delta Sharing and Databricks Clean Rooms for controlled, governed data exchange across organizational/cross‑tier/system boundaries Familiarity with Oracle EBS and SAP enterprise data Experience with SAP BDC/DataSphere and Databricks integration to SAP BDC, with zero‑copy patterns Lakeflow Designer, Databricks Apps, Genie, Databricks One CI/CD, Infrastructure‑as‑Code (e.g., Terraform) for data platforms Experience in designing, building, supporting BI reporting layers Data Quality and Data Governance experience Prior experience in regulated industries (e.g., utilities, life sciences, government services) and exposure to related frameworks (e.g., FERC/NERC, HIPAA, GxP, GDPR, FedRAMP, ITAR, etc.) Edgewater Federal Solutions is a privately held government contracting firm located in Frederick, MD. It has been and continues to be the policy of Edgewater Federal Solutions to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, and/or other statuses protected by applicable law. #J-18808-Ljbffr