West Monroe

Technology and Experience Practice

SeniorArchitect,Databricks

$184–213k Chicago, United States Remote Friendly
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The Brief

“Senior Architect, Databricks at West Monroe. Skills: Databricks, Generative AI, Data Architecture, Cloud Data Engineering. Design data flow pipelines. Design data processing pipelines”

What You'll Achieve.

Creating measurable value for clients; Delivering real-world solutions; Generate value for years to come; Turn vision into clear action

Industry & Context.

Technology and Experience Practice
Problems you'll solve

Solving new challenges; Addressing data integrity issues

Eligibility Requirements

Travel requirements up to 30 to 50%, 1 to 2 days a week in office

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

10+ years of professional experience, 3+ years of experience with Databricks, 8+ years of prior consulting experience, Very technical expertise in Databricks, Experience architecting and deploying AI/ML or Generative AI solutions within enterprise environments, Hands-on experience with LLM ecosystems and frameworks, Knowledge of standard methodologies, concepts, best practices, and procedures within a Big Data environment

Nice to Have

Databricks architecture, Databricks performance optimization, Databricks Delta Lake, Databricks Unity Catalog, Databricks workflow orchestration, Databricks security, Databricks governance, Databricks cloud-native data engineering best practices, Knowledge of Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), vector databases, embeddings, prompt engineering, AI orchestration patterns, AI governance, model lifecycle management, responsible AI principles, enterprise security considerations, Experience integrating AI capabilities into data platforms, analytics solutions, customer-facing applications

What You'll Do.

Design data flow pipelines

Design data processing pipelines

Design data structures

Provide data management expertise

Develop data architecture

Perform platform selection

Perform platform design

Define semantics/syntax

Define coding structures

Define mapping schemes

Productionize machine learning workloads

Productionize Generative AI workloads

Establish AI data readiness best practices

Establish feature engineering best practices

Establish model monitoring best practices

Establish observability best practices

Establish governance best practices

Lead technical discussions

Evaluate emerging AI technologies

Recommend fit-for-purpose tooling

Coordinate activities

Address data integrity issues

Liaise and attend meetings

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Collaborate with data science teams; Collaborate with engineering teams; Coordinate activities with data source application owners; Work with clients

Full Job Description

Are you ready to make an impact? West Monroe is seeking a Senior Architect to join our thriving Technology and Experience Practice. This is an excellent opportunity to work with clients developing Big Data strategy and roadmaps with emphasis on Databricks, while gaining exposure to a variety of industries including Healthcare, Financial Services, Insurance, and Utilities. Responsibilities: Design data flow and processing pipelines for analysis using modern toolsets such as Spark on Scala, Storm, Flume, Sqoop Design data structures for ingestion and reporting, specific to use case and technology Provide data management expertise to our clients in evaluating requirements and developing data architecture and performing platform selection and design. Data management includes appropriate structuring, stewardship of data, semantics/syntax of data attributes, coding structures, and mapping schemes Collaborate with data science and engineering teams to productionize machine learning and Generative AI workloads within modern cloud ecosystems Establish best practices for AI data readiness, feature engineering, model monitoring, observability, and governance Lead technical discussions around AI-enabled modernization strategies including semantic layers, vector databases, AI agents, and knowledge retrieval systems Evaluate emerging AI technologies and recommend fit-for-purpose tooling aligned to client objectives, scalability, security, and compliance requirements Guide and coach consultants, share best practices, perform code reviews Coordinate activities with data source application owners to ensure integration with analytics platform and source systems Ensure that data integrity issues are addressed Liaise and attend meetings necessary to perform duties and aid business and technical development Qualifications: 10+ years of professional experience and 3+ years of expeirence with Databricks 8+ years of prior consulting experience Very strong technical expertise in Databricks,

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