Databricks Solutions Architect Manager

Protiviti • Chicago, IL

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

Protiviti is seeking a Technology Consulting Manager for its growing Enterprise Data & Analytics team. In this role, you will partner with clients to solve complex business problems by designing and delivering data engineering solutions using Databricks and related technologies. You will build client relationships through high-quality delivery, represent Protiviti in the business community, and mentor, train, and coach colleagues while facilitating successful project work plans.

The role involves data strategy, architecture, engineering, migration, optimization, governance, security, and administration across modern data platforms. You will work with a diverse portfolio of clients and may work in Protiviti offices and at client sites, with remote work and travel requirements varying by client, project, team, and business needs.

This is a hybrid position. The starting base salary range is $136,000–$217,000, with a 12% bonus target opportunity and estimated total cash range of $152,320–$243,040. Salary placement depends on experience, skills, and geographic work location.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline, such as MIS, CIS, or Analytics.
• At least 5 years of experience working in professional services or a related industry.
• Required professional certification: Databricks Certified Data Engineer Professional or Databricks Certified Machine Learning Professional.
• Advanced experience architecting future-state data solutions using Well-Architected Frameworks aligned to Databricks.
• Highly proficient in data engineering, including data movement, integration, transformation, and cleansing.
• Highly skilled in data modeling, including entity-relationship diagrams, dimensional modeling, and semantic modeling.
• Expert knowledge of SQL and Spark, including PySpark and Spark SQL.
• Competency with at least three, and exposure to most, of the listed Databricks technologies and practices.
• Experience or knowledge in data strategy, solution assessment and migration, ETL, performance optimization, platform administration, analytics, governance, security, networking, and DevOps or DataOps.
• Ability to articulate the value of Databricks and use data storytelling to guide decision-making.
• Experience implementing data governance frameworks and policies, including managing data assets with Unity Catalog.
• Understanding of data security practices, including encryption and access control.
• Interest and capability in project management, team leadership, client relationship-building, and fostering open team communication.

Nice To Haves

• Databricks Champion designation.
• Experience with data science and/or machine learning.
• Familiarity with C#, Java, Scala, R, DAX, MDX, or M.
• Experience with Mosaic AI, MLflow, model serving, and generative AI capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Partner with clients to solve business problems and deliver advice and solutions using Databricks and related technologies.
• Design and deliver modern data engineering solutions and architect future-state data platforms.
• Develop client relationships through high-quality delivery and represent Protiviti in the market.
• Mentor, train, and coach team members and facilitate successful completion of project work plans.
• Participate in formulating, communicating, and executing data strategies aligned with organizational goals.
• Assess existing on-premises and cloud data solutions and identify improvement initiatives.
• Plan and execute migrations from on-premises systems, other cloud platforms, and legacy systems to Databricks.
• Implement and optimize ETL processes, databases, data pipelines, queries, data models, and data warehouses or modern data platforms.
• Administer and maintain data solutions for stability, security, scalability, and affordability.
• Lead data engineering, data modeling, analytics, data governance, and data security work.
• Apply DevOps or DataOps practices and deploy Databricks solutions.
• Promote a positive team culture and create development opportunities, including contributing to training.
• Participate in preparing client proposals and strategies to win new business.

Benefits

• Annual bonus plan with a 12% target opportunity, including eligible cash and/or discretionary stock compensation opportunities.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Flexible spending and health savings accounts.
• Life and accident insurance.
• Adoption and fertility assistance.
• Paid parental leave of up to 10 weeks.
• Short- and long-term disability insurance.
• Company 401(k) plan with a 50% employer match on the first 6% of employee contributions.
• Choice Time Off for vacation, personal needs, and sick time; new hires receive up to 20 days per calendar year, with the amount varying by years of service.
• Up to 11 paid holidays each calendar year.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager