Specialist Solutions Architect - Cloud Infrastructure & Platform (Azure)
Databricks · United States
About this role
**Infrastructure & Platform Specialist Solutions Architect (SSA) — Azure** As an Infrastructure & Platform Specialist Solutions Architect (SSA) — Azure, you’ll serve as a trusted technical advisor, guiding enterprise customers through the architecture, administration, and security of their Databricks deployments on Microsoft Azure. This is a customer-facing role where you’ll partner with Solutions Architects to design and deploy mission-critical workloads and align customer technical roadmaps with the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform. This role can be **remote**. --- **The impact you will have** - **Technical Leadership:** Guide strategic customers through the full lifecycle of Databricks on Azure—from initial architectural design to production deployment. - **Production-Grade Architecture:** Architect secure, scalable enterprise deployments that meet complex Azure networking (VNets, Private Endpoints), identity (Microsoft Entra ID), and security compliance requirements. - **Domain Expertise:** Act as a subject matter expert in Azure infrastructure, infrastructure-as-code (IaC), cloud networking, and identity management. - **Pre-Sales Collaboration:** Support Solutions Architects during complex technical sales cycles by building custom proof-of-concept (PoC) architectures and technical content on Azure. - **Community & Knowledge Sharing:** Deliver tutorials, conduct hackathons, speak at conferences, and contribute to the Databricks open-source community. --- **What we look for** - **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** (e.g., Apache Spark™, Hadoop, Kafka). - **5+ years** of experience in a **customer-facing technical role** (Pre-Sales, Post-Sales, or Consulting). - Deep specialized expertise in at least one of: - **Security & Identity:** Azure security controls, platform/network/data security, encryption, vulnerability management, compliance, and identity protocols (Microsoft Entra ID / SCIM, OAuth, SAML, Federation). - **Networking & Deployments:** Azure enterprise networking (VNet peering, ExpressRoute, Private Link), routing, performance optimization, and large-scale deployment management. - **Platform Administration:** High availability, disaster recovery, cluster orchestration, observability (Azure Monitor, Log Analytics), and Azure cost management. - **Infrastructure Automation (InfraOps):** Hands-on automation using IaC tools (e.g., Terraform, Bicep, ARM) to build, maintain, and scale complex Azure environments. - Hands-on experience with **Python, Java, or Scala**, plus strong proficiency in **SQL**. - Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience. - **Nice to have:** Databricks certifications and/or Microsoft Azure certifications (e.g., Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Azure Data Engineer). - Ability to hit role-specific training and technical delivery milestones within the first **6 months**. - Willingness to travel up to **30%** as needed. --- **Pay Range (Local)** - **$219,100 — $301,300 USD** --- **About Databricks** Databricks is the Data and AI company. More than 20,000 organizations worldwide rely on the Databricks Data + AI Platform to build and scale data and AI apps, analytics,
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