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Databricks Practice Architect II
Location
United States
Posted
1 day ago
Salary
$148.2K - $222.4K / year
Seniority
Mid Level
Job Description
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. The Individual: - Consultative and personable data and AI engineering leader, providing advice and leading expertise on Databricks. - Deep understanding of cloud data services to contribute to various large-scale data projects. - 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. 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, including structured, unstructured, and real-time data pipelines in production environments. - Proficiency with Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) frameworks, including implementation of vector databases, embedding models, and retrieval mechanisms to enhance contextual relevance and model performance. - 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 such as LlamaIndex, crewAI, LangGraph, and Azure AI Foundry. - Experience in designing, implementing, and optimizing AI solutions leveraging both Large Language Models (LLMs) and Small Language Models (SLMs), ensuring scalability, efficiency, and alignment with business objectives. - 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. 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 Sacramento, CA. Pay and Benefits The pay range for this position is $148,200.00 - $222,400.00/yr. Additional earnings may be available through incentive programs like annual bonuses, profit sharing, etc. Workplace Type This is a fully remote position. Application Deadline This position is anticipated to close on Jul 24, 2026.
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