Databricks Certified Architect - Responsibilities & Skills
Washington, DC - Onsite
12 YRS Exp
- Design and implement enterprise-scale solutions on the Databricks Lakehouse Platform.
- Architect end-to-end data pipelines for batch and real-time processing using Apache Spark and PySpark.
- Develop scalable data ingestion, transformation, and data quality frameworks.
- Design and implement Medallion Architecture (Bronze, Silver, Gold) using Delta Lake.
- Build and optimize data warehouses, data marts, and analytical solutions.
- Implement data governance, security, lineage, and access controls using Unity Catalog.
- Develop and support AI/BI dashboards, semantic models, and self-service analytics solutions.
- Configure and optimize Genie Spaces to enable natural language business queries and conversational analytics.
- Design and deploy Generative AI and RAG-based solutions using Databricks Mosaic AI and Vector Search.
- Collaborate with business users to translate requirements into scalable data and AI solutions.
- Optimize Databricks workloads for performance, scalability, reliability, and cost efficiency.
- Lead cloud-native implementations across Azure environments.
- Define architecture standards, best practices, and reusable design patterns.
- Mentor data engineers, analysts, and architects on Databricks technologies and platform adoption.
- Lead migration initiatives from legacy data warehouses and analytics platforms to Databricks.
- Build and maintain Genie Spaces for business self-service analytics.
- Create semantic models, metrics, and trusted data assets for AI-driven reporting.
- Develop natural language-to-SQL analytics solutions using Databricks Genie.
- Implement RAG solutions using enterprise data and Vector Search.
- Optimize AI/BI dashboards and conversational analytics experiences.
- Troubleshoot Spark performance, query optimization, and workload management.
- Automate data validation, monitoring, and governance controls.
- Support AI use cases using Mosaic AI model serving and inference endpoints.
Technical Skills
- Databricks Lakehouse Platform
- Apache Spark, PySpark, Spark SQL
- Python, SQL
- Delta Lake, Delta Live Tables, Lakeflow
- Unity Catalog
- Databricks AI/BI and Genie
- Mosaic AI, Vector Search, RAG
- Data Modeling (Dimensional & Data Vault)
- Structured Streaming
- Data Quality and Data Governance
- Azure
- Terraform, Git, Azure DevOps, Jenkins
- REST APIs and Data Integration
- Performance Tuning and Cost Optimization
Certification : Architect : Azure Databricks certified Data Eng professional
The pay range for this role is $130k - $150k per annum including any bonuses or variable pay. Tech Mahindra also offers benefits like medical, vision, dental, life, disability insurance and paid time off (including holidays, parental leave, and sick leave, as required by law). Ask our recruiters for more details on our Benefits package. The exact offer terms will depend on the skill level, educational qualifications, experience, and location of the candidate.
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Tech Mahindra is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We promote and support a diverse workforce at all levels of the company. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin or disability. All applicants will be evaluated solely on the basis of their ability, competence, and performance of the essential functions of their positions with or without reasonable accommodations. Reasonable accommodations also are available in the hiring process for applicants with disabilities. Candidates can request a reasonable accommodation by contacting the company ADA Coordinator at [email protected] ."
Skills Required
- 12 years experience in data architecture or related roles
- Azure Databricks Certified Data Engineer / Databricks Certified Architect
- Experience with Databricks Lakehouse Platform and Unity Catalog
- Expertise in Apache Spark, PySpark, and Spark SQL
- Proficient in Python and SQL
- Experience with Delta Lake, Delta Live Tables, and Lakeflow
- Design and implement Medallion Architecture (Bronze/Silver/Gold)
- Experience building Generative AI, RAG, and Vector Search solutions (Mosaic AI)
- Experience with Databricks Genie and Genie Spaces (natural language-to-SQL, conversational analytics)
- Azure cloud-native implementation experience
- Infrastructure and CI/CD tools: Terraform, Git, Azure DevOps, Jenkins
- Data modeling experience (Dimensional modeling and Data Vault) and data governance/data quality frameworks
- Experience with structured streaming and real-time data pipelines
- Experience with REST APIs and data integration patterns
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