Sr. Solutions Engineer - Public Sector (Defense Industrial Base

Sr. Solutions Engineer - Public Sector (Defense Industrial Base)

McLean, Virginia;
Washington, D.C.

Sr. Solution Engineers at Databricks lead the growth of the Databricks Unified Analytics Platform. As a team, we have expertise in cloud platforms, data engineering, data analytics, and data science and machine learning. You will develop expertise in these areas, work with customers, teammates, the product team, and post‑sales teams to identify use cases, develop architectures, guide implementations, and deliver value.

• Partner with the sales team to help customers understand how Databricks can solve their business problems
• Provide technical leadership for customers to evaluate and adopt Databricks
• Consult on big data architecture, implement proof of concepts for strategic projects, and validate integrations with cloud services and third‑party applications
• Build and present reference architectures, how‑to guides, and demo applications for customers
• Become an expert in and promote Databricks‑inspired open‑source projects (Apache Spark, Delta Lake, MLflow, Koalas) through meetups, conferences, and webinars
• Travel to customers in your region

• 5+ years in a customer‑facing pre‑sales, technical architecture, or consulting role
• Experience designing and architecting distributed data systems
• Comfortable programming and debugging in at least one:
  Python, Scala, Java, SQL, or R
• Experience supporting Public Sector clients
• Built solutions with public cloud providers such as AWS, Azure, or GCP
• Expertise in at least one of the following:
  • Data Engineering technologies (e.g., Spark, Hadoop, Kafka)
  • Data Warehousing (e.g., SQL, OLTP/OLAP/DSS)
  • Data Science and Machine Learning technologies (e.g., pandas, scikit‑learn, HPO)
• Secret security clearance or willingness to obtain one

Local Pay Range: $152,300 — $209,450 USD

Databricks is the data and AI company. More than 10,000 organizations worldwide—including Comcast, Condé Nast, Grammarly, and over 50% of the Fortune 500—rely on the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform to unify and democratize data, analytics and AI.

We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture. We consider all candidates without regard to age, color, disability, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, socio‑economic status, veteran status, and other protected characteristics.

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