Solutions Architect 4

Role Description

The Solutions Architect 4 is responsible for managing and ensuring timely completion of discrete technical project scope. This role manages technical requirements; defines and oversees project deliverables, budgets, schedules, and risks; while supporting and in most cases leads the project team in planning, tracking, and executing scope from initiation through turnover.

• 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

• Master’s Degree in a relevant field of study. (required)
• At least 15 years of relevant experience or equivalent combination of education and experience. (required)
• 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.
• Due to federal contract security requirements, this position requires U.S. Citizenship. (required)
• Due to federal contract security requirements, candidates must be able to successfully pass a federal background investigation to secure and maintain DOE Q security clearance. (required)
• Health & Safety training, medical monitoring, and client-driven drug and background testing. (required)

Requirements

• Please note that marijuana remains a Schedule III controlled substance under Federal Law. Federal contractors must follow Federal drug-free workplace rules, which prohibit marijuana use, even if medical or recreational use is permitted under State Law.

Benefits

• Competitive pay and benefits.
• Well-being programs to support you and your family.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS & LOCATION DETAILS

• 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, and 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.).
• Anticipated Work Schedule: 4/10 also adjusted to align with field install work schedule.
• 100% Remote.