Senior Solutions Architect (enterprise Accounts)

Databricks Databricks · Data AI · London, United Kingdom · Field Engineering - Other

Senior Solutions Architect for Databricks in London, UK. This role focuses on advising large enterprise customers on adopting the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform, collaborating with account teams to develop engagement strategies and technical solutions. Requires a technical background in Data Engineering, DWH, or ML/AI, with expertise in public cloud platforms and coding in Python or SQL. The role involves customer interactions, developing collateral, and leading workshops.

What you'd actually do

  1. Engage with some of Databricks’ most complex customers to help them achieve their unified platform goals.
  2. Develop and execute customer engagement strategies in partnership with the Account Executives and Solutions Architects in your designated accounts.
  3. You will coach core account teams and peers on positioning, adoption strategies and execution to achieve your outcomes in a defined timeline.
  4. You will influence stakeholders at all levels through complex engagements with the wider cloud ecosystem and 3rd party applications, ensuring they are excited by the Databricks vision and solution strategy.
  5. Be a 'champion’ for both customers and colleagues, operating as an expert solution architect and trusted advisor for significant data analytics architecture, design, and adoption of the Databricks Lakehouse platform.

Skills

Required

  • technical background in Data Engineering or Data Warehousing (DWH) or a Machine Learning/AI background
  • coding in a core programming language (i.e., Python or SQL)
  • willingness to learn a base level of Spark
  • Hands-on expertise with complex proofs-of-concept and public cloud platform(s) across AWS, Azure and Google
  • provide technical solutions for specialized customer needs
  • navigate a competitive landscape
  • engage in complex customer interactions and sales lifecycle in a technical pre-sales capacity
  • influence influential decision-makers and C-level executives

Nice to have

  • Databricks Certification

What the JD emphasized

  • technical pre-sales capacity
  • Data Engineering or Data Warehousing (DWH) or a Machine Learning/AI background
  • Databricks Data Intelligence Platform
  • public cloud platform(s) across AWS, Azure and Google