Data Architect- Databricks (Chennai)

Position: Data Architect (Databricks, Snowflake) Location: Nagpur, Pune, Chennai, Bangalore Type of Employment:Full time Employment Purpose of the Position: Design and optimize cloud-native data architectures on platforms like Databricks and Snowflake, enabling scalable data engineering, advanced analytics, and AI/ML solutions aligned with business needs. Key Result Areas and Activities: - Design and implement Lakehouse architectures using Databricks, Delta Lake, and Apache Spark. - Lead the development of data pipelines, ETL/ELT processes, and data integration strategies. - Collaborate with business and technical teams to define data architecture standards, governance, and security models. - Optimize performance and cost-efficiency of Databricks clusters and jobs. - Provide technical leadership and mentorship to data engineers and developers. - Integrate Databricks with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, or GCP) and enterprise systems. - Evaluate and recommend tools and technologies to enhance the data ecosystem. - Ensure compliance with data privacy and regulatory requirements. - Contribute to proposal and pre sales activities. Essential Skills: - Expertise in data engineering, data architecture, or analytics. - Hands-on experience on Databricks and Apache Spark. - Hands-on experience on Snowflake - Strong proficiency in Python, SQL, and PySpark. - Deep understanding of Delta Lake, Lakehouse architecture, and data mesh principles. - Deep understanding of Data Governance and Unity Catalog. - Experience with cloud platforms (Azure preferred, AWS or GCP acceptable). Desirable Skills: - Valuable understanding of the CI/CD pipeline. - Working experience with GitHub. - Experience in providing data engineering solutions while maintaining balance between architecture requirements,required efforts and customer specific needs in other tools. Qualification: - Bachelors degree in computer science, engineering, or related field - Demonstrated continued learning through one or mo .