Big Data Solutions Architect - Emerging Enterprise & Digital Natives

As a Big Data Solutions Architect (Resident Solutions Architect) on our Professional Services team for the Emerging Enterprise & Digital Natives business in EMEA, you will engage with customers on short- to medium-term projects, helping them navigate their big data challenges using the Databricks Platform. You will deliver data engineering, data science, and cloud technology solutions-integrating with customer systems, delivering training, and other technical activities that maximise the value customers derive from their data. As a billable consultant, you will ensure projects are completed on time, within scope, and with a best-in-class customer experience. In this role, you will report to the regional Professional Services Lead.

The impact you will have:

• Drive high-impact customer projects: Design and build reference architectures, implement production use cases, and create “how-to” guides tailored to the unique needs of fast-moving Emerging Enterprise & Digital Native customers in EMEA.
• Collaborate on project scoping: Work closely with Engagement Managers and customers to define project scope, schedules, and deliverables for professional services engagements.
• Enable transformational initiatives: Guide strategic customers through their end-to-end big data journeys—migrating from legacy platforms and deploying industry-leading data and AI applications on the Databricks platform.
• Consult on architecture & design: Provide thought leadership on solution design and implementation strategies, ensuring customers can successfully evaluate and adopt Databricks.
• Offer advanced support: Serve as an escalation point for operational issues, collaborating with Databricks Support and Engineering to resolve challenges quickly.
• Align technical delivery: Partner with cross-functional Databricks teams (Technical, PM, Architecture, and Customer Success) to align on milestones, ensuring customer needs and deadlines are met.
• Amplify product feedback: Provide implementation insights to Databricks Product and Support teams, guiding rapid improvements in features and troubleshooting for customers.

What we look for:

• Extensive experience and proficiency in data engineering, data platforms, and analytics with a strong track record of successful projects and in-depth knowledge of industry best practices
• Comfortable writing code in either Python or Scala
• Working knowledge of two or more common Cloud ecosystems (AWS, Azure, GCP) with expertise in at least one
• Deep experience with distributed computing with Spark™ and knowledge of Spark runtime internals
• Familiarity with CI/CD for production deployments
• Working knowledge of MLOps
• Design and deployment of performant end-to-end data architectures
• Experience with technical project delivery - managing scope and timelines.
• Documentation and white-boarding skills.
• Experience working with clients and managing conflicts.
• Build skills in technical areas which support the deployment and integration of Databricks-based solutions to complete customer projects.
• Travel is required up to 10%, more at peak times.
• Databricks Certification