Azure Databricks Tech Lead

Avanade
Bengaluru
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: DevOps, Cloud & InfrastructureExperience: 10-12 yearsSkills: ["Technical leadership","Mentorship","Code/design review","Problem-solving","Stakeholder management"]

Lead the technical delivery of Azure Databricks data lakehouse solutions, covering design through build, testing, deployment, and go-live. Guide and mentor a team of data engineers, translate solution architecture into detailed technical plans, and drive engineering standards for code quality, CI/CD, testing, and performance. Own production escalations, troubleshoot complex issues, and report delivery progress, risks, and dependencies to project/program leadership.

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Azure Databricks Tech Lead

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Job Summary

Lead the technical delivery of Azure Databricks data lakehouse solutions, covering design through build, testing, deployment, and go-live. Guide and mentor a team of data engineers, translate solution architecture into detailed technical plans, and drive engineering standards for code quality, CI/CD, testing, and performance. Own production escalations, troubleshoot complex issues, and report delivery progress, risks, and dependencies to project/program leadership.
Location: Bengaluru
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: DevOps, Cloud & Infrastructure
Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Own technical delivery of Azure Databricks engagements from solution design through build, testing, deployment, and go-live across one or more concurrent projects.
  • •Lead and mentor a team of data engineers, guiding design decisions, code quality, and Databricks-based best practices.
  • •Translate solution architecture into detailed technical design and implementation plans with Architects and Project/Program Managers.
  • •Build and review Databricks components and pipelines including Lakehouse (Delta Lake), Unity Catalog, Databricks SQL, Workflows, and Azure ecosystem integrations.
  • •Drive engineering standards (coding practices, CI/CD, testing, performance optimization) and troubleshoot complex issues during build and post-go-live stabilization, including production support escalations when needed.

Key Requirements

  • •10–12 years in data engineering/technical delivery roles with recent hands-on Azure Databricks solution delivery experience.
  • •Deep hands-on expertise with Databricks, including Lakehouse/Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, Databricks SQL, Workflows, and compute optimization.
  • •Strong data lake/data warehouse architecture and data modeling, including medallion architecture and dimensional modeling.
  • •Experience leading or being a key technical contributor on data migration projects to Azure Databricks.
  • •Strong SQL, data modeling, performance tuning, and hands-on Spark/PySpark expertise, plus knowledge of governance/security practices using Unity Catalog.
Experience:10-12 yearsData engineeringData lakehouseData migrationSIData platforms
Skills:Technical leadershipMentorshipCode/design reviewProblem-solvingStakeholder management
Certifications:Databricks Certified Data Engineer ProfessionalDatabricks Certified Associate Developer for Apache Spark
Tech Stack:Azure DatabricksDelta LakeUnity CatalogDatabricks SQLDatabricks WorkflowsAzure Data FactoryAzure Synapse AnalyticsADLS Gen2Azure SQLSQLSparkPySparkCI/CDAzure DevOpsGitHub ActionsMLflowDatabricks Model Serving

Company Brief

Avanade
Global digital innovation and IT services company delivering Microsoft-based cloud, digital and application services. Partners with enterprises to design, build and run business solutions across cloud, data, AI, modern workplace and industry-specific transformations.
Industry: Consulting
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Established Company
Headquarters: Seattle, United States
Founded: 2000
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