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Chief Lakehouse Architect Databricks CoEJade Global • Hyderabad / Secunderabad, Telangana, India
Chief Lakehouse Architect Databricks CoE

Chief Lakehouse Architect Databricks CoE

Jade Global • Hyderabad / Secunderabad, Telangana, India
30+ days ago
Job description
Chief Lakehouse Architect – Databricks CoE1

Principal architect responsible for defining and executing enterprise-grade Databricks Lakehouse architecture standards, engagements and guiding complex solution designs. Drive cost optimization and financial governance for Databricks platforms across clients and internal workloads.

Key Responsibilities

  • Define Databricks reference architectures (batch, streaming, ML, GenAI)
  • Own standards for Delta Lake, medallion architecture, Unity Catalog
  • Design multi-workspace Databricks platform architectures
  • Lead Databricks migrations from legacy data warehouses programs
  • Design, Review and approve architecture for all Databricks deals
  • Mentor architects and senior Databricks engineers
  • Define Databricks FinOps framework
  • Optimize cluster policies, DBU usage, and job scheduling
  • Work with engineering teams on performance-to-cost optimization
  • Advise leadership and clients on Databricks cost strategies

Experience

  • 12–15 years in data architecture
  • 5–7 years hands-on Databricks & Apache Spark
  • 3+ years designing enterprise Databricks platforms, managing Databricks costs at scale

Skills

  • Databricks platform internals & optimization
  • Spark performance tuning and scalability
  • Delta Lake internals (ACID, compaction, Z-order)
  • Databricks Jobs, Workflows, CI/CD, IaC
  • Cloud-native Databricks (AWS / Azure / GCP)
  • Cluster tuning & auto-scaling strategies, Databricks DBU model & pricing
  • Cloud billing & monitoring tools
  • Cost optimization patterns for Spark workloads

Certifications (Preferred)

  • Databricks Data Engineer Professional
  • FinOps Practitioner

Skills Required
Cloud billing monitoring tools, Cloud-native Databricks AWS Azure GCP, Cluster tuning auto-scaling strategies Databricks DBU model pricing, Cost optimization patterns for Spark workloads, Databricks Jobs Workflows CI CD IaC, Databricks platform internals optimization, Delta Lake internals ACID compaction Z-order, Spark performance tuning and scalability
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