Databricks Architect

Who You’ll Work With

Slalom is a fiercely human business and technology consulting company that leads with outcomes to bring more value, in all ways, always. From strategy through delivery, our agile teams across 52 offices in 12 countries collaborate with clients to bring powerful customer experiences, innovative ways of working, and new products and services to life. We are trusted by leaders across the Global 1000, many successful enterprise and mid-market companies, and 500+ public sector organizations to improve operations, drive growth, and create value.

At Slalom, we believe that together, we can move faster, dream bigger, and build better tomorrows for all.

What You’ll Do

• Collaborate closely with data leaders to drive sales, recruiting, account management, consulting, and operational excellence across the practice
• Be part of our growing Databricks Center of Excellence and focus on delivering/leading on Databricks projects.
• Act as a Databricks SME, supporting business development efforts and guiding clients through best practices in architecture, data engineering, and scalable analytics
• Drive innovation and performance through a team-based approach that values output, ownership, and employee wellbeing
• Lead and manage project risk—including planning, budgeting, deliverables, and executive-level alignment
• Deepen Slalom’s presence in the market by developing proposals, SOWs, and strategies to grow our footprint within existing accounts
• Provide technical and architectural guidance on Databricks, modern data platforms, and cloud-native solutions to both clients and Slalom team members
• Be a mentor and thought leader, regularly recommending emerging technologies and tools that align with client goals and future-state data strategies
• Bring a business-first lens to every conversation, driving impactful, tech-enabled outcomes that elevate our clients’ competitive edge
• Embody Slalom’s core values and culture, bringing authenticity, curiosity, and care into every interaction

What You’ll Bring

As an Architect in the Databricks practice, you will leverage your extensive experience in architecture design and expertise in data engineering technologies to craft innovative solutions that meet our clients' data needs. You are a leader in your field, ready to experiment and drive projects forward.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement scalable data architectures using Databricks, with hands-on experience in specific platform features such as Delta Lake, Uniform (Iceberg), Delta Live Tables, and Unity Catalog.
• Lead and mentor engineering teams, fostering a culture of learning and innovation, while driving best practices in data management and performance optimization.
• Engage with clients to understand their business challenges and deliver solutions that align with their goals, utilizing Databricks' capabilities to enhance outcomes.
• Demonstrate hands on technical leadership in designing and developing different components of a Data Lakehouse platform to meet client’s business needs.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in data engineering or architecture, including 4+ years of direct experience with Databricks and specific products like Delta Lake, Delta Live Tables, and Unity Catalog.
• Deep expertise in Big Data Platforms and Cloud Data Warehouses.
• Strong understanding of Databricks platform technical architecture on public cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, GCP etc. with experience in standing up scalable Databricks environments from scratch.
• Strong expertise in building industry standard, extensible data models for Silver and Gold layers of the Lakehouse solution following design standards like Star Schema, Data Vault etc.
• Advanced proficiency in Object-Oriented programming languages (like Java, Python, PySpark) and NoSQL Databases including performance tuning and optimization of complex data pipeline solutions.
• Experience with Container Management Systems and AI/ML platforms.
• Strong skills in streaming data ingestion and modern data workflows.
• Experience in delivering large scale migration, modernization initiative from legacy Data Warehouses to Databricks Lakehouse platform.
• Exposure to Databricks consumption estimates calculation considering different Data & AI pipeline workloads for multiple environments.
• Exposure to building Disaster Recovery (DR) solution strategy and implementation for a large Databricks platform is a big plus.

An ideal candidate will have Databricks Data Engineering Professional ceritification completed with multiple complex Databricks project delivery experience.

About Us

Slalom is a fiercely human business and technology consulting company that leads with outcomes to bring more value, in all ways, always. From strategy through delivery, our agile teams across 52 offices in 12 countries collaborate with clients to bring powerful customer experiences, innovative ways of working, and new products and services to life. We are trusted by leaders across the Global 1000, many successful enterprise and mid-market companies, and 500+ public sector organizations to improve operations, drive growth, and create value. At Slalom, we believe that together, we can move faster, dream bigger, and build better tomorrows for all.

Compensation and Benefits

Slalom prides itself on helping team members thrive in their work and life. As a result, Slalom is proud to invest in benefits that include meaningful time off and paid holidays, parental leave, 401(k) with a match, a range of choices for highly subsidized health, dental, & vision coverage, adoption and fertility assistance, and short/long-term disability. We also offer yearly $350 reimbursement account for any well-being-related expenses, as well as discounted home, auto, and pet insurance.

For candidates located in Los Angeles, Seattle, Houston, New Jersey, New York City, Boston the base salary range for a Senior Consultant is $116,000 - $158,000 and for a Principal is $145,000 to $199,500 .

For candidates in all other locations, the base salary range for a Senior Consultant is $106,000 - $145,000 and for a Principal is $133,000 - $183,000.

In addition, individuals may be eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. Actual compensation will depend upon an individual’s skills, experience, qualifications, location, and other relevant factors. The salary pay range is subject to change and may be modified at any time.

We will accept applicants until December 12th, or until the position is filled.

We are committed to pay transparency and compliance with applicable laws. If you have questions or concerns about the pay range or other compensation information in this posting, please contact us at: peopleone@slalom.com.

EEO and Accommodations

Slalom is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to attracting, developing and retaining highly qualified talent who empower our innovative teams through unique perspectives and experiences. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veterans’ status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. Slalom will also consider qualified applications with criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. Slalom welcomes and encourages applications from individuals with disabilities. Reasonable accommodations are available for candidates during all aspects of the selection process. Please advise the talent acquisition team or contact accomodationrequest@slalom.com if you require accommodations during the interview process.