AVP - Databricks Architect(Azure) || Unity Catalog

Job Title: Databricks Architect

Location: Hyderabad, India

Experience: 12+ Years

Employment Type: Full-Time

Key Responsibilities

• Architect, design, and implement end-to-end data solutions using Databricks Lakehouse on cloud platforms (Azure).
• Define and drive enterprise-scale architectures for data ingestion, processing, analytics, and machine learning workloads.
• Lead implementation and governance using Unity Catalog, including data access controls, lineage, auditing, and metadata management.
• Establish best practices for data modeling, performance tuning, cost optimization, and CI/CD for Databricks workloads.
• Collaborate with data engineering, analytics, ML, security, and platform teams to deliver robust and compliant solutions.
• Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and architectural guidance to development teams.

Required Skills & Experience

• 12+ years of overall IT experience with strong focus on data engineering and architecture.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience with Databricks in production environments.
• Deep expertise in Databricks Lakehouse, Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, and workspace administration.
• Strong hands-on experience with Apache Spark (PySpark/Scala).
• Experience with cloud platforms: Azure (preferred).
• Solid understanding of data governance, security, IAM, RBAC/ABAC, and regulatory compliance.

Certifications (Mandatory)

• Databricks Certified Data Engineer Professional and/or
• Databricks Certified Solutions Architect (preferred)
• Cloud certifications Azure are a plus