[Hiring] Databricks Practice Architect II @TEKsystems

Role Description

Join our Data Modernization and Gen AI practice and take the lead across designing, building, and maintaining data pipelines and analytics solutions on the Databricks cloud platform. Collaborate with data analysts and customer stakeholders to ensure the availability, scalability, and reliability of data.

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Databricks Data and AI Practice Architect with at least 7 years of hands-on experience in data engineering and at least 3 years in AI/ML engineering.

• Consultative and personable data and AI engineering leader with a deep understanding of cloud data services.
• Works on specific projects critical to our needs with opportunities to switch teams and projects as our fast-paced business grows and evolves.
• Versatile, displays leadership qualities, and is enthusiastic to take on new challenges across the data stack.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or higher degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• 10+ years industry experience building and supporting large-scale cloud systems.
• Ability to speak and write in English fluently.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Professional Certification in one or more areas: Cloud Architect, Solution Architect, Data Engineer, ML Engineer, Gen AI Engineer, Claude Code Architect (preferred).
• Databricks certified candidates will be preferred.

Requirements

• Hands-on experience with Databricks, Spark, and working knowledge of DBT for data processing and transformation.
• Working understanding of Data Warehousing concepts of Data Vault, Dimensional modelling, OLAP design.
• Hands-on experience building data pipelines using technology such as Azure Data Factory, AWS Glue, GCP Dataflow, and Apache Spark (preferably in Databricks).
• Extensive experience with CI/CD platforms such as GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, AWS CodeBuild, Azure Pipelines, GCP Cloud Build, and Jenkins.
• Skilled in scripting languages including Python, SQL, PySpark, Jupyter Notebooks, R, Scala, Bash, and PowerShell.
• Expert Level proficiency in Databricks, PySpark, MLflow for model tracking and deployment, ML pipelines, and associated MLOps tools.
• Experience in deploying ML models securely in cloud-native architectures.
• Experience in Generative AI Large Language Models (LLMs), Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG), and Agentic AI techniques.
• Experience applying or fine-tuning foundational models or large language models (LLM).
• Demonstrated experience in designing and integrating diverse data sources to support Agentic AI systems.
• Proficiency with Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) frameworks.
• Experience in conducting exploratory data analysis (EDA), data cleaning, and validation.
• Experience in engineering feature pipelines and automate feature stores within Databricks.
• Experience in building end-to-end ML pipelines with MLflow for training, evaluation, and model lifecycle management.
• Experience in providing guidance on implementing AI agent frameworks.
• Experience in designing, implementing, and optimizing AI solutions leveraging both Large Language Models (LLMs) and Small Language Models (SLMs).
• Experience in developing and deploying scalable Machine Learning models using Databricks and Lakehouse architecture.
• Experience in utilizing development containers, unit testing/code quality review - standard best practices.
• Strong expertise in version control systems.
• Familiarity with logging and monitoring solutions.
• Familiarity with containerization and orchestration technologies.
• Strong problem-solving, troubleshooting, communication, and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement data and AI solutions for the Databricks platform and APIs.
• Provide technical guidance to customers on big data projects.
• Work with customers to understand their requirements and help them define solutions and a roadmap.
• Create and review architecture and solution design artifacts.
• Demonstrate expertise in Databricks Lakehouse architecture, delta lake medallion architecture, data pipelines, CI/CD pipelines, etc.
• Communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Develop and maintain documentation for the Databricks platform.
• Identify, communicate, and mitigate risks, assumptions, issues, and decisions.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life and AD&D for employee and dependents)
• Short and Long-Term Disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation Benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Job Type & Location

This is a Permanent position based out of Dallas, TX.

The pay range for this position is $148,200.00 - $222,400.00/yr.

We reserve the right to pay above or below the posted wage based on factors unrelated to sex, race, or any other protected classification.

Additional earnings may be available through incentive programs like annual bonuses, profit sharing, etc.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Jun 29, 2026.