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OZ

Principal Consultant – Databricks

OZ

. Own technical vision, target-state architecture, principles, standards, and roadmaps for complex Azure Databricks engagements .

Posted 11/7/2026full-timeRemote • United StatesLeadWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive expertise in architecting and delivering enterprise data solutions using Azure Databricks and Lakehouse platforms, with a strong focus on governance, performance, and cost management. Proven ability to lead technical teams, mentor professionals, and connect architectural decisions to business outcomes.

Highest-signal resume keywords
Azure Databricks ExpertiseEnterprise Data ArchitectureSenior Technical LeadershipApache Spark ProficiencyDatabricks Certified Data Engineer Professional

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Hard Skills
Azure DatabricksApache SparkPySparkPythonSQLDelta LakeETL/ELTData ModelingPerformance TuningData Quality
Soft Skills
Collaborative LeadershipExecutive-Level CommunicationBusiness AcumenMentoringProblem-Solving
Tools & Technologies
Microsoft AzureMicrosoft Entra IDAzure Storage/ADLSAzure NetworkingGitGitHubAzure DevOpsTerraformAzure MonitorPower BI
Certifications & Qualifications
Databricks Certified Data Engineer ProfessionalAzure Platform Architect BadgeDatabricks Data + AI Platform AdministratorDatabricks Certified Generative AI Engineer AssociateMachine Learning Professional
Industry Keywords
Enterprise DataAnalytics ConsultingInsurance IndustryCloud TransformationData Warehouse Migration

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
ApacheAzureCloudETLPySparkPythonSparkSQLTerraformUnityVault

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Own technical vision, target-state architecture, principles, standards, and roadmaps for complex Azure Databricks engagements
  • Lead discovery and architecture workshops, translating business priorities, security needs, operational constraints, and success measures into solution designs
  • Architect secure and scalable enterprise Lakehouse platforms covering ingestion, storage, transformation, orchestration, analytics, data sharing, and AI/ML enablement
  • Establish engineering, governance, identity, networking, CI/CD, observability, reliability, performance, and cost-optimization standards
  • Provide delivery oversight by reviewing implementation artifacts, identifying risks, guiding technical decisions, and aligning sold and delivered solutions
  • Support qualification, solution shaping, estimates, staffing plans, proposals, statements of work, demonstrations, and executive presentations
  • Develop reference architectures, accelerators, assessment methods, estimation models, delivery playbooks, and thought leadership
  • Mentor architects, engineers, and consultants
  • Partner with Databricks, Microsoft, customer stakeholders, sales teams, and internal practices
  • Serve as senior technical authority for enterprise data-platform engagements from discovery through production delivery

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • 10+ years of experience in enterprise data and analytics consulting
  • 5+ years architecting and delivering production Databricks or Lakehouse solutions
  • 3+ years in senior technical leadership, solution architecture, or principal-level consulting roles
  • 3+ years in an insurance firm in a consulting capacity
  • Experience as the senior technical authority for complex enterprise data-platform engagements from discovery through production delivery
  • Deep Azure Databricks expertise across platform architecture, data engineering, Unity Catalog governance, operationalization, performance, and cost management
  • Strong command of Apache Spark, PySpark, Python, SQL, Delta Lake, batch and streaming patterns, ETL/ELT, data modeling, data quality, performance tuning, and production troubleshooting
  • Working knowledge of Microsoft Entra ID, Azure networking and private connectivity, ADLS, secrets and key management, monitoring, and related Azure data services
  • Experience with Git-based development, automated testing, CI/CD, environment promotion, infrastructure as code, deployment automation, observability, runbooks, and support models
  • Strong consulting and business acumen connecting architecture decisions to customer outcomes, delivery risk, scope, margin, adoption, and platform consumption
  • Executive-level written, verbal, facilitation, and presentation skills
  • Experience in discovery, estimation, staffing, proposal or SOW development, technical pre-sales, delivery leadership, and multidisciplinary team guidance
  • Self-directed, collaborative leadership with sound judgment, resilience, empathy, and ability to create structure in ambiguous situations
  • Databricks Certified Data Engineer Professional strongly preferred
  • Azure Platform Architect Badge and/or Databricks Data + AI Platform Administrator accreditation preferred
  • Databricks Partner Champion or Delivery Expert recognition, partner or Center of Excellence leadership, co-sell experience, or work in regulated and security-sensitive industries preferred
  • Willingness to complete an OZ-approved, role-aligned certification or accreditation path after joining if lacking an appropriate Databricks credential
  • Databricks Certified Generative AI Engineer Associate or Machine Learning Professional is a plus
  • Experience with large-scale platform modernization, cloud transformation, data-warehouse migration, or consolidation involving Databricks preferred
  • Experience creating reusable offerings, accelerators, reference architectures, assessment frameworks, delivery playbooks, or intellectual property preferred
  • Experience overseeing production analytics, machine-learning, or AI workloads beyond proof-of-concept delivery preferred
  • Experience with Azure Databricks, Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, Databricks SQL, Lakeflow Jobs and pipelines, Apache Spark, PySpark, Python, SQL, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Entra ID, Azure Storage/ADLS, Azure networking, Private Link, Key Vault, Azure Monitor, Git, GitHub and/or Azure DevOps, automated testing, CI/CD, Terraform or comparable infrastructure as code, Databricks CLI and APIs, and Declarative Automation Bundles
  • Exposure to MLflow, model serving, Power BI, Microsoft Fabric, Azure Data Factory, and Microsoft Purview preferred

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Competitive Pay
  • 401K
  • Health Coverage
  • Unlimited PTO
  • Flexible work arrangements, including hybrid and/or remote work
  • Tools and support to thrive
  • Collaboration, growth, and work-life balance culture