Sr. Resident Solutions Architect

Databricks Databricks · Data AI · Bangalore, India · Professional Services Operations

Seeking an experienced Resident Solutions Architect to work with strategic customers on data and AI transformation initiatives using the Databricks platform. The role involves serving as a trusted technical advisor and hands-on expert to solve complex big data challenges, with a focus on guiding customers in their AI initiatives.

What you'd actually do

  1. Serve as a trusted technical advisor and hands-on expert, guiding customers to solve complex big data challenges using the Databricks platform.
  2. Work directly with strategic customers on their data and AI transformation initiatives using the Databricks platform.
  3. Understand the larger competitive landscape, such as EMR, Snowflake, and Sagemaker.
  4. Ability to lead large technical delivery teams.
  5. Ability to work with Partner Organization and deliver complex programs.

Skills

Required

  • Apache Spark
  • Kafka
  • Data Lakes
  • Databricks platform
  • Python
  • PySpark
  • Scala
  • SQL
  • Spark SQL
  • Spark-streaming
  • Spark optimizations
  • Delta
  • Databricks Lakehouse Platforms
  • Azure
  • NoSQL databases (MongoDB, Redis, HBase)
  • data governance
  • security (Unity Catalog, RBAC)
  • communication
  • client-facing consulting skills
  • documentation
  • white-boarding skills

Nice to have

  • Scikit-learn
  • TensorFlow
  • PyTorch
  • MLflow
  • LLM
  • GenAI
  • RAG architectures
  • prompt engineering
  • Hadoop
  • Trino
  • Ranger
  • AWS
  • GCP
  • migration from On-prem / Cloud to Databricks

What the JD emphasized

  • 10+ years of experience with Big Data Technologies such as Apache Spark™, Kafka, and Data Lakes in a customer-facing post-sales, technical architecture, or consulting role.
  • 4+ years of experience as a Solution Architect creating designs, solving Big Data challenges for customers.
  • Expertise in Azure.
  • Experience delivering LLM and GenAI solutions at scale (RAG architectures, prompt engineering).

Other signals

  • customer-facing
  • technical advisor
  • hands-on expert
  • complex big data challenges
  • Databricks platform