Data and Analytics Architect

Title :
Global Data & Analytics Architect

Location :
Remote - Toronto Ont. & Halifax nS

Duration : 6 Months

Key Responsibilities

• Platform Architecture & Design
• Define architecture patterns for ingestion, transformation, and serving layers
• Establish best practices for Unity Catalog, Delta Lake, and orchestration
• Support scalable multi-domain data product architecture
• Data Engineering & Delivery Leadership
• Guide pod delivery teams
• Define development standards for pipelines, notebooks, and CI/CD
• Drive transition to Databricks-native pipelines
• Performance Optimization & Cost Management
• Optimize pipelines for performance and cost
• Monitor cost anomalies and runtime variability
• Platform Integration & Ecosystem Alignment
• Integrate Databricks with Azure ecosystem and Power BI
• Support Fabric alignment and code portability
• Data Governance & Security
• Implement governance using Unity Catalog
• Ensure secure and scalable access patterns
• Engineering Standards & Capability Build
• Define reusable frameworks and templates
• Mentor teams and build internal capability

Stakeholder Engagement

• Partner with architects, product managers, and domain modelers
• Provide input into roadmap and hiring decisions

Qualifications

Required Skills & Experience

• At least 3 years of strong experience with Databricks (Spark, Delta Lake, notebooks, pipelines)
• Experience with Unity Catalog and governance models
• Experience with Azure Data Lake and data transformation frameworks
• Proven experience designing enterprise-scale data platforms
• Experience optimizing large-scale pipelines and distributed systems
• Leadership experience in global, matrixed environments
• Databricks certified

Nice to Have

• Experience with Microsoft Fabric ecosystem
• Power BI integration experience
• ADF or legacy ETL migration experience