AVP - Databricks Architect; Azure Unity Catalog

Position: 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