Databrick Architect

About Persistent

We are an AI-led platform-driven Digital Engineering and Enterprise Modernization partner combining deep technical expertise and industry experience to help our clients anticipate whats next. Our offerings and proven solutions create a unique competitive advantage for our clients by giving them the power to see beyond and rise above. We work with many industry-leading organizations across the world including 18 of the Fortune 50 companies 7 of the 10 top US banks 9 of the 10 technology companies and numerous innovators across the healthcare ecosystem.

Our disruptors mindset commitment to client success and agility to thrive in the dynamic environment have enabled us to sustain our growth momentum. Persistent has been recognized across top industry platforms for innovation leadership and inclusion. We have delivered 26sequential quarters of growth with $487.6M in Q4 FY26 revenue up 7.8% Q-o-Q and 20.0% Y-o-Y. Our 29500global team members located in 21 countries have been instrumental in helping the market leaders transform their industries. We received five awards at the ISG (Information Services Group) Provider Lens Awards 2026 and for the second year in a row were awarded the Growth Honor of the Year at the Everest Group Elevate 2026.

About Position:

We are seeking a highly experienced Databrick Architect to Evaluate and drive adoption of new Databricks capabilities including Lake base Databricks Apps Lakehouse Federation Serverless Genie and AI/ML capabilities. Conduct architecture reviews define reusable patterns and provide technical governance across projects. Partner with business engineering and architecture teams to define target-state architectures and modernization roadmaps.

• Role: Databrick Architect
• Location: Tarrytown New York
• Experience: 13 Years
• Job Type: FTE /Contract

What Youll Do:

• Lead enterprise-scale Databricks Lakehouse Architecture design and implementation on AWS.
• Drive large-scale data platform modernisation and cloud transformation initiatives.
• Architect scalable Medallion Architecture (Bronze Silver Gold) data platforms.
• Lead migration of legacy EMR NiFi Redshift and ETL workloads to Databricks.
• Design high-performance batch and real-time data processing solutions.
• Build robust ingestion frameworks using Auto Loader Delta Lake and Structured Streaming.
• Define enterprise data governance and security standards using Unity Catalog.
• Architect metadata-driven and reusable PySpark-based ETL/ELT frameworks.
• Establish best practices for performance tuning scalability and cost optimisation.
• Design and implement data quality lineage and observability frameworks.
• Drive adoption of CI/CD DevOps Infrastructure as Code and automation practices.
• Collaborate with business analytics and engineering teams to define target-state architectures.
• Conduct architecture reviews and provide technical leadership across multiple projects.
• Mentor architects and senior engineers on Databricks and AWS best practices.
• Design secure and scalable solutions leveraging AWS services (S3 Glue Athena Lambda IAM Redshift).
• Implement and govern enterprise-wide data access compliance and security controls.
• Evaluate and adopt latest Databricks capabilities such as DLT Lakehouse Federation Serverless and MLflow.
• Enable AI/ML Generative AI and advanced analytics use cases on the Lakehouse platform.
• Create architecture roadmaps migration strategies standards and governance frameworks.
• Act as the primary technical advisor for customer leadership on data strategy and platform evolution.

Expertise Youll Bring:

• Lead enterprise-scale data platform modernization initiatives driving migration from AWS EMR Apache NiFi and legacy ETL frameworks to the Databricks Lakehouse Platform.
• Architect and implement scalable Lakehouse solutions using Databricks Delta Lake Unity Catalog and Databricks Workflows.
• Design and govern end-to-end data pipelines for batch streaming CDC and real-time data integration workloads.
• Provide architecture leadership for large-scale AWS-based data ecosystems leveraging S3 IAM Redshift Glue Catalog Airflow and Databricks.
• Develop enterprise data architecture standards covering data modelling metadata management lineage governance security and compliance.
• Drive adoption of Databricks best practices including Delta Live Tables (DLT) Auto Loader Unity Catalog Serverless Compute Lakehouse Federation and advanced optimization techniques.
• Lead replatforming and migration programmes involving PySpark applications Airflow DAGs EMR workloads Redshift integrations and NiFi pipelines.
• Partner closely with business stakeholders enterprise architects product owners and data science teams to define technology roadmaps and target architectures.
• Establish governance frameworks using Unity Catalog data quality controls observability monitoring and operational excellence practices
• Provide technical leadership mentoring architecture reviews design governance and solution sign-offs across multiple delivery teams.
• Lead architecture workshops executive presentations solution assessments and technology evaluations.

Benefits:

• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Culture focused on talent development with quarterly growth opportunities and company-sponsored higher education and certifications
• Opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies
• Employee engagement initiatives such as project parties flexible work hours and Long Service awards
• Annual health check-ups
• Insurance coverage: group term life personal accident and Mediclaim hospitalization for self spouse two children and parents

Values-Driven People-Centric & Inclusive Work Environment:

Persistent is dedicated to fostering diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We invite applications from all qualified individuals including those with disabilities and regardless of gender or gender preference. We welcome diverse candidates from all backgrounds.

• We support hybrid work and flexible hours to fit diverse lifestyles.
• Our office is accessibility-friendly with ergonomic setups and assistive technologies to support employees with physical disabilities.
• If you are a person with disabilities and have specific requirements please inform us during the application process or at any time during your employment

Lets unleash your full potential at Persistent - is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind.