Field CTO - Public Sector

Job Summary

Databricks is seeking a Field Chief Technology Officer (Field CTO) for the Public Sector business to serve as a senior, customer‑facing technology and mission transformation leader for strategic government and education accounts. The role focuses on helping agencies, departments, and public institutions modernize data estates, strengthen security, improve operations, and deploy AI responsibly with the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform.

• Build and maintain trusted‑advisor relationships with C‑level and mission leadership across public‑sector accounts, including CIOs, CTOs, CDOs, CISOs, program executives, mission owners, and transformation leaders.
• Shape executive thinking on secure data and AI modernization, emphasizing lakehouse and data platform modernization as a foundation for analytics, governance, and generative AI.
• Lead executive briefings, strategy sessions, and mission workshops that align agency priorities, regulatory obligations, security requirements, budget realities, and workforce constraints with practical Databricks‑based roadmaps.
• Act as a deep technical counterpart on the field with strong working knowledge of Databricks products (L200‑L300 proficiency) and engage architects, engineers, analysts, data scientists, and security stakeholders on design trade‑offs.
• Translate recurring customer needs into reusable public‑sector reference architectures, solution blueprints, technical narratives, and thought‑leadership assets.
• Partner with Account Executives, Solutions Architects, product specialists, professional services, and ecosystem partners to drive complex, multi‑year platform decisions, expansions, and mission programs.
• Provide structured feedback from strategic public‑sector customers to Product, Engineering, and Field leadership on governance, security, compliance, interoperability, and public‑sector feature requirements.
• Mentor senior field engineering talent and codify playbooks for complex public‑sector engagements, including executive discovery, mission‑value framing, partner orchestration, and secure deployment patterns.
• Represent Databricks externally with senior public‑sector audiences through conferences, councils, round tables, webinars, and executive forums.

• 15+ years of experience in enterprise technology, consulting, and public‑sector transformation.
• Significant experience working in or with U.S. public‑sector institutions, such as federal civilian agencies, defense organizations, intelligence‑related environments, state and local government, or education.
• Direct experience in customer‑facing pre‑sales, technical strategy, architecture, advisory, or transformation leadership roles.
• Strong background in modern data architectures, including distributed data systems, data engineering, analytics, governance, and AI/ML platforms.
• Experience with public cloud environments such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
• Experience with mission areas relevant to Databricks public‑sector offerings, such as cybersecurity, public safety, fraud detection, benefits modernization, defense analytics, logistics, or geospatial and IoT‑enabled operations.
• Familiarity with public‑sector procurement realities, partner‑led delivery models, and the rhythm of government budget, program, and acquisition cycles.
• U.S. citizenship required; active clearance preferred.

Local Pay Range $264,000 — $363,000 USD (non‑commissionable roles).

Databricks is an equal opportunity employer. Individuals are considered without regard to age, color, disability, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical or mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, socio‑economic status, veteran status, and other protected characteristics.

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