SR Azure Databricks Principal Architect- onsite

Cognizant (NASDAQ: CTSH) is a leading provider of information technology, consulting, and business process outsourcing services, dedicated to helping the world's leading companies build stronger businesses. This role does not support visa-dependent candidates, either now or in the foreseeable future. Onsite 4 days a week in Houston, TX.

About the role

Experienced Databricks Architect with expertise in designing and implementing modern data platforms, Lakehouse architectures, cloud-native analytics solutions, and enterprise-scale data engineering frameworks. The role fills the open Databricks + BI position on the BI Track Leads group and acts as a trusted technical advisor to CNP stakeholders while mentoring the onsite delivery team.

Responsibilities

• Drive client discussions on Databricks capabilities, positioning, and value within CNP's current GCP landscape
• Identify, qualify, and shape Databricks use cases; build the adoption roadmap and reference architecture
• Define lakehouse, governance, and integration standards; lead solution design and technical reviews
• Enable downstream AI/ML and BI workloads; partner with the BI and AI/ML track leads on shared data products
• Design and implement Databricks Lakehouse Platform, Unity Catalog, Delta Lake, Databricks SQL, Workflows, and Delta Live Tables (DLT)
• Apply Medallion Architecture Design for scalable data solutions
• Develop Apache Spark batch and streaming solutions with performance tuning, cluster optimization, and cost management
• Utilize Python and Advanced SQL for data engineering and analytics
• Integrate GCP services: BigQuery, Cloud Storage, Dataproc, Pub/Sub, Cloud Composer
• Implement data governance, lineage, and security practices
• Lead data modernization and legacy warehouse migration initiatives
• Design semantic and dimensional models for reporting; create curated gold-layer designs for BI consumption
• Support Power BI, Looker, or Tableau for dashboard and KPI design, dataset performance tuning, and self-service enablement

Requirements

• 12+ years in data & analytics overall, including 5+ years hands-on Databricks architecture and delivery
• Prior client-facing architect or advisory experience required

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance
• Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off
• 401(k) plan and contributions
• Long-term and Short-term Disability
• Paid Parental Leave
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Discretionary annual incentive program, based on performance

Pay

The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting.

Schedule

Onsite 4 days a week in Houston, TX.