Databricks Data Solution Architect

About the Role

We partner with global enterprises to design and build large-scale data platforms that power the products and operations at the center of their business. This engagement is a Databricks lakehouse foundation for a US defense manufacturer, establishing Databricks as the central platform for their engineering and manufacturing data. Most of that data is export-controlled, requiring governance to be embedded in the architecture. This is a technical leadership role where you will lead through architecture, technical credibility, and influence, working alongside one senior engineer.

Responsibilities

• Lead discovery across the client's data, engineering, security, and business teams, documenting data movement, security architecture, integration topology, and platform configuration.
• Prioritize work by facilitating use case sessions and scoring candidates on business value, technical complexity, and data readiness.
• Design the target-state Lakehouse architecture, including medallion design, Delta Lake patterns, orchestration, and federate-versus-ingest decisions.
• Own the Unity Catalog governance blueprint, expressing CUI and ITAR classification as tag-driven policy.
• Apply FinOps discipline through budget and cluster policies, serverless spend management, and chargeback tagging.
• Present to enterprise security reviewers and author deliverables such as assessments, architecture documents, and executive readouts.
• Lead the build, implementing the architecture on AWS, including GovCloud deployment, workspace topology, network isolation, and Unity Catalog governance.
• Set technical direction for the ingestion engineer, review their work, and unblock them on source system and platform issues.

Requirements

• 8+ years in solutions architecture, data engineering, or related roles, with multiple production Databricks platform architectures on AWS GovCloud.
• Experience in regulated or export-controlled environments.
• Deep, hands-on Unity Catalog expertise, including row filters, column masks, and attribute-based access control.
• Practical experience translating regulatory requirements (CUI, ITAR) into enforceable data policy.
• Working knowledge of Delta Lake internals, Lakehouse Federation, Delta Sharing, and Databricks Workflows.
• Demonstrated ownership of platform cost, including cluster and budget policies and chargeback models.
• Strong technical writing skills for architecture documents, assessment reports, and executive decks.
• Experience running structured discovery across large enterprise stakeholder groups.
• Skilled communicator with the presence to lead technical conversations and align stakeholders.
• Databricks Data Engineer Professional certification or willingness to obtain it.
• US citizenship and ability to pass a background check.
• Fluent English, both written and spoken.

Nice to Have

• Prior work in defense, aerospace, or FedRAMP environments.
• Familiarity with digital threat architecture and PLM, MBSE, ERP, and manufacturing data.
• Experience delivering alongside Databricks Professional Services or as a Databricks partner practitioner.
• Familiarity with Teamcenter, Cameo, Siemens Capital, or Oracle E-Business Suite data models.
• Experience integrating AI-native tooling into engineering and discovery workflows.

Why Lumenalta

At Lumenalta, you can expect to:

• Be 100% dedicated to one project at a time, allowing for innovation and growth.
• Work with a team of talented and friendly senior-level developers.
• Use leading technology on impactful projects.
• Benefit from Databricks partnership perks, including Delivery Partner Program qualification, Champion path, and certification coverage.

Our Process

Our hiring process includes a screening call, a technical interview, and a HackerRank assessment. The technical interview focuses on governance design, federate-versus-ingest decisions, and writing samples.

Pay

Salary range: $90,000 - $130,000 annually, based on qualifications, expertise, experience, and role scope.

Location

Fully remote within the United States. Requires U.S. citizenship and physical presence in the U.S. when performing project work.

Benefits

• Flexible working hours in a remote environment.
• Health insurance (medical and dental) for W2 Employees.
• 401K Contribution.
• Professional development fund.
• 15 days of paid time off annually.
• Access to soft-skill development courses.

Position Details

Full-time, 40+ hours per week, Monday through Friday. We prioritize growth, work-life balance, and diversity.

Application Deadline: October 4th, 2026. Feedback by October 12th, 2026.