Data Platform Architect
TEC Group Inc.
Washington, DC
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JOB DETAILS
LOCATION
Washington, DC
POSTED
30+ days ago
Washington DC
Candidates must be local, no relocation
Overview:
We are seeking an experienced Data Platform Architect to guide the design and implementation of a scalable data solution for Databricks on AWS. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in data architecture, data integration, and data processing frameworks, with prior hands-on expertise in Databricks and a passion for optimizing diverse workloads.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design the data architecture for the platform and organizational use cases, focusing on scalability, performance, and support for advanced analytics and data science workloads.
- Ensure the platform supports multi-cloud operations, data sharing, and integration with various data sources, including on-premises and cloud environments.
- Ensure the platform integrates with various data delivery mechanisms including architecting data delivery mechanisms such as streaming, batch, and leveraging API’s for encryption and decryption.
- Collaborate with Cloud Architects and Engineers to implement data governance, financial governance, and compliance features .
- Identify and architect automation approaches to simplify and accelerate CI/CD across multiple environments, onboarding of new users to the platform, creation of development workspaces, data quality enforcement, and integrated testing.
- Optimize the platform for handling diverse workloads, relational operations, and multi-model data processing.
- Develop and implement data ingestion and data processing frameworks, ensuring efficient and scalable data pipelines for common patterns.
- Architect and maintain data Lakehouse storage solutions, emphasizing best practices for data modeling and schema design.
- Provide guidance on best practices for data preparation exploration, and visualization within the platform.
- Lead client facing workshops and influence change and acceptance to modern data platform practices.
- Provide client-facing support, ensuring clear communication and understanding of technical solutions.Collaborate with stakeholders to document enterprise rollout strategies, data security blueprints, and architectural standards.
Qualifications:
- Degree in Computer Science, a technical field, or a related business field. Master degree preferred
- 3+ years of experience in designing and leading Databricks implementations
- 8+ years of experience in relevant technology roles, with a focus on data architecture.
- 5+ years in an advanced role, demonstrating leadership in guiding teams directly or indirectly.
- 5+ years of experience in architecting and maintaining big data platform architecture utilizing AWS Data & Analytics Services
- Strong Data Modeling experience
- Strong expertise in designing and supporting complex application architectures, including integration of disparate data sources.
- Experience in documenting enterprise rollout strategies and developing data security blueprints.
- Excellent communication skills
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