Sr. Solutions Architect - Public Sector (Defense Industrial Base)
Mission Solutions Architects at Databricks lead the growth of the Databricks Unified Analytics Platform. As a Sr. Solutions Architect, you will exercise and develop expertise in cloud platforms, data engineering, data analytics, and data science and machine learning, using open-source projects such as Apache Spark, MLflow, and Delta Lake. This is a customer-facing role, where you will work with customers, teammates, the product team, and post-sales teams to identify use cases for Databricks, develop architectures and solutions using the platform, and guide customers through implementation. Key responsibilities: 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 customer projects, data science and machine learning projects, and validate integrations with cloud services and other 3rd party applications Build and present reference architectures, how-tos, and demo applications for customers Become an expert in and promote Databricks-inspired open-source projects across developer communities Travel to customers in your region Requirements: 8+ years in a customer-facing pre-sales, technical architecture, or consulting role Experience designing and architecting distributed data systems Comfortable programming in at least one of: Python, Scala, Java, SQL, or R Experience supporting Public Sector clients Built solutions with public cloud providers such as AWS, Azure, or GCP Data Engineering technologies (e.g., Spark, Hadoop, Kafka) Data Warehousing (e.g., SQL, OLTP/OLAP/DSS) Degree in a quantitative discipline (desired) US Citizen Benefits: Comprehensive benefits and perks that meet the needs of all employees Eligibility for annual performance bonus, equity, and benefits