[Hiring] Solutions Architect - Platform, Cloud Infrastructure and Security @SunnyData

Role Description

At SunnyData, a leading Databricks technology partner, our mission is to empower customers with scalable architectures, robust data engineering pipelines, seamless data consumption layers, and advanced ML and AI applications. As a Solutions Architect specialized in Platform, Cloud Infrastructure and Security, you will design and implement scalable data infrastructure while meeting security and compliance requirements.

The Impact You Will Have

• Customer Engagement: Serve as a trusted advisor to customers, guiding them through their data engineering and data architecture needs with a focus on Databricks solutions. In this role you will split your time evenly between billable and pre-sales activity.
• Technical Leadership: Design, build, and deploy comprehensive data solutions that capture, transform, and leverage data to support AI, ML, and business intelligence initiatives.
• Pre-Sales Support: Collaborate with sales teams to present technical solutions to prospective clients, demonstrating the value of SunnyData's offerings.
• Project Oversight: Manage multiple customer accounts, ensuring timely delivery of solutions and tracking progress to report outcomes.
• Solution Design: Architect data solutions, incorporating best practices in data governance, security, and quality.
• Data Analysis: Evaluate data sources for their value, recommending data inclusion strategies to enhance analytical processes.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration and Leadership: Lead internal teams, provide direction and mentorship to project teams to deliver solutions and educate end users on data products and analytic environments.
• Problem Resolution: Perform system analysis, assess and resolve data and system defects, and apply appropriate corrections.
• Quality Assurance: Test data movement, transformation code, and data components to ensure accuracy and reliability.

Qualifications

• 7+ years as a hands-on Solutions Architect with experience in Data Security or related areas.
• Expertise in two or more of the following: Cryptography, Kubernetes Security, Web Security, Governance, Privacy, Trust, Safety, Authentication, Identity Management, Access Control, Key Management, Inter-Service Authentication, Secure Application Frameworks, Detection & Response.
• In-depth understanding of the end-to-end data analytics workflow (e.g., data modeling, ETL processes, and data integration) using modern data engineering techniques.
• Proficiency in Python, Java, or Scala.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with experience in client-facing roles.
• Experience leading teams and mentoring other engineers.

Requirements

• Designing data platforms on cloud infrastructure and services (AWS, Azure, or GCP), using best practices in cloud security and networking.
• Expertise in Data Engineering technologies (e.g., Spark, Hadoop, Kafka), Databricks platform, cloud platforms, security, automation, networking, or identity management.
• Ability to lead complex architecture requirements (discovery), solution design sessions, and build out implementation architecture blueprints that can be implemented by data-engineering and analytics teams.
• Ability to write, debug, and optimize SQL queries.
• Experience in creating detailed solution documentation including POCs, roadmaps, sequence diagrams, class hierarchies, and logical system views.
• Ability to develop end-to-end technical solutions into production, ensuring performance, security, scalability, and robust data integration.

Benefits

• Health Insurance: Employees and their eligible family members including spouses, domestic partners, and children are eligible for coverage from the first day of employment.
• Paid Time Off: Start your career at SunnyData with a minimum of 15 days Paid Time Off annually, plus nine paid company Holidays.
• Opportunity to grow your technical and people skills, lead teams on complex customer projects that are highly innovative and cutting edge.
• Great opportunity to grow in your career with the right level of focus, innovation and customer centricity with a high growth consulting company dedicated to Databricks.