Data Architect

Remote

Contract (1 month 28 days)

Published 6 hours ago

Databricks Lakehouse Architecture, Medallion Data Model, Semantic/Platinum Layer Design, Data Governance

Azure Databricks

hld

terraform

Data Orchestration

CI / CD pipeline

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Databricks, ADLS, Unity Catalog, Apache Spark

Data Lakehouse

Role Summary

The Databricks Architect is responsible for designing, implementing, and governing enterprise data platforms on Azure Databricks. This role leads platform architecture, workspace provisioning, data lake design, security controls, metadata management, and source system integration to enable scalable, secure, and governed analytics and data engineering capabilities.

Key Responsibilities

• Design Azure Databricks workspace architecture, compute environments, networking, and private-access configurations.
• Define enterprise data lake architecture, including Bronze, checkpoint, archive, and quarantine zones.
• Establish data orchestration patterns, catalog structures, governance frameworks, and platform standards.
• Develop high-level and low-level solution designs (HLD/LLD).
• Lead deployment and configuration of Databricks environments using approved automation frameworks.
• Implement security, governance, and access controls utilizing Unity Catalog and Azure Key Vault.
• Configure and secure ADLS Gen2 storage, private endpoints, retention policies, and access management.
• Design and validate source system connectivity, authentication mechanisms, and data ingestion frameworks.
• Define cluster, runtime, operational, performance, and security standards for the platform.
• Collaborate with engineering, infrastructure, security, and business stakeholders to support platform adoption.
• Support testing, validation, troubleshooting, and production readiness activities.

Required Qualifications

• Extensive experience architecting and administering Azure Databricks environments.
• Experience designing enterprise-scale data lakehouse and modern data platform solutions.
• Strong understanding of cloud-based data architecture, security, and governance principles.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams including engineering, infrastructure, security, and business stakeholders.
• Strong problem-solving, architecture, and communication skills.

The pay range that the employer in good faith reasonably expects to pay for this position is $59.30/hour - $92.65/hour. Our offered benefits include medical, dental, vision and retirement benefits. Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis.

Tundra Technical Solutions is among North America’s leading providers of Staffing and Consulting Services. Our success and our clients’ success are built on a foundation of service excellence.

We are an equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristic.

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with applicable law, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

Unincorporated LA County workers: we reasonably believe that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship with the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment: client provided property, including hardware (both of which may include data) entrusted to you from theft, loss or damage; return all portable client computer hardware in your possession (including the data contained therein) upon completion of the assignment, and; maintain the confidentiality of client proprietary, confidential, or non-public information.

In addition, job duties require access to secure and protected client information technology systems and related data security obligations.