Sr. Specialist Solutions Architect - Cloud Platform & Infrastructure (Azure)

Databricks
California
Workplace: RemoteFull timeUSD 219,100 - 301,300 annuallyFunction: Solutions Engineering & Sales EngineeringEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Technical leadership","Mentorship","Communication","Knowledge sharing"]

Serve as a trusted Azure Solutions Architect for enterprise customers, guiding architecture, administration, and security of Databricks deployments. Partner with Solutions Architects to design and deploy production-grade workloads, build PoCs during technical sales cycles, and share knowledge through tutorials and community engagement. Lead secure, scalable designs across Azure networking, identity, and infrastructure automation using IaC and automation best practices.

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Databricks
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Sr. Specialist Solutions Architect - Cloud Platform & Infrastructure (Azure)

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Job Summary

Serve as a trusted Azure Solutions Architect for enterprise customers, guiding architecture, administration, and security of Databricks deployments. Partner with Solutions Architects to design and deploy production-grade workloads, build PoCs during technical sales cycles, and share knowledge through tutorials and community engagement. Lead secure, scalable designs across Azure networking, identity, and infrastructure automation using IaC and automation best practices.
Location: California
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Solutions Engineering & Sales Engineering
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Guide strategic customers through the full lifecycle of Databricks on Azure, from initial architectural design to production deployment.
  • •Architect secure, scalable enterprise deployments using Azure networking, identity (Microsoft Entra ID), and security compliance standards.
  • •Serve as a subject matter expert across Azure infrastructure, infrastructure-as-code (IaC), cloud networking, and identity management.
  • •Support technical sales cycles by building custom PoC architectures and delivering technical content for complex requirements.
  • •Expand platform adoption by delivering tutorials, conducting hackathons, speaking at conferences, and contributing to the Databricks open-source community.
Travel: Medium travel

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 219,100 - 301,300 annually

Key Requirements

  • •8+ years of hands-on experience in a technical role with deep expertise in Microsoft Azure, including cloud security, networking best practices, and enterprise data platform design.
  • •5+ years of professional experience with distributed architectures and big data technologies such as Apache Spark, Hadoop, and Kafka.
  • •5+ years of customer-facing technical experience (pre-sales, post-sales, or consulting).
  • •Deep specialized expertise in at least one core domain: security & identity, networking & deployments, platform administration, or infrastructure automation with IaC.
  • •Hands-on experience with Python, Java, or Scala, plus strong proficiency in SQL.
Experience:Big data
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:Technical leadershipMentorshipCommunicationKnowledge sharing
Certifications:Databricks certificationsAzure Solutions Architect ExpertAzure Data Engineer
Languages:English
Tech Stack:Microsoft AzureAzure networkingVNetsPrivate EndpointsMicrosoft Entra IDSCIMOAuthSAMLFederationVNet peeringExpressRoutePrivate LinkInfrastructure-as-code (IaC)TerraformBicepARMAzure MonitorLog AnalyticsAzure cost managementApache Spark

Company Brief

Databricks
Provides a unified data analytics platform powered by Apache Spark to simplify building, deploying, and scaling data engineering, data science, and machine learning workloads for enterprises.
Industry: Data Infrastructure
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Unicorn (USD 1B+)
Funding: Series E+
Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Founded: 2013
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