Digital Consulting - Databricks Technical Architect - Manager
AI summary of the role
Huron seeks a Databricks Technical Architect (Manager) to design, stand up, and productionalize Lakehouse platforms for clients.
What you’ll do
- Stand up and configure Databricks environments end-to-end—workspace and account architecture, Unity Catalog design, metastore strategy, cluster and SQL warehouse policies, networking (VPC/PrivateLink), IAM/SCIM, and cost governance.
- Design and deploy medallion (bronze/silver/gold) data pipelines using Delta Lake, Auto Loader, Delta Live Tables / Lakeflow Declarative Pipelines, Structured Streaming, and CDC patterns.
- Establish infrastructure-as-code and CI/CD foundations using Databricks Asset Bundles, Terraform, and GitHub Actions or Azure DevOps.
- Build applied AI solutions on Mosaic AI—Agent Framework, Vector Search, Model Serving, MLflow—including conversational BI experiences (Genie, AI/BI, ai_query, SQL AI Functions) and LLM-assisted data integration workflows.
What you’ll bring
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems or related field.
- At least 4 years of hands-on experience with Databricks, within a broader background in data engineering, cloud data platforms, and analytics architecture.
- Databricks Certified Data Engineer Professional or Machine Learning Professional (required).
- Deep hands-on expertise with Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, Delta Live Tables / Lakeflow, Structured Streaming, and Databricks Workflows.
Technologies
Databricks · Delta Lake · Unity Catalog · Mosaic AI · Terraform · PySpark · MLflow · Lakehouse Federation · Delta Sharing · Genie
About Huron
Global consultancy driving strategy, digital, and operational transformation for healthcare, higher-education, and commercial-industry clients via advisory plus hands-on technology delivery and managed services.
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