Specialist Solutions Architect - Cloud Infrastructure & Platform (Azure)New$180K

Databricks
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The opportunity

As an Infrastructure & Platform Specialist Solutions Architect (SSA) – Azure, you will serve as a trusted technical advisor, guiding enterprise customers through the architecture, administration, and security of their Databricks deployments on Microsoft Azure.

What you'll do

  • Technical Leadership: Guide strategic customers through the full lifecycle of Databricks on Azure platform administration from initial architectural design to production deployment.

  • Production-Grade Architecture: Architect secure, scalable enterprise deployments that satisfy complex Azure networking (VNets, Private Endpoints), identity (Microsoft Entra ID), and security compliance standards.

  • Domain Expertise: Serve as a subject matter expert in core areas such as Microsoft 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: Expand platform adoption by delivering tutorials, conducting hackathons, speaking at conferences, and contributing to the Databricks open-source community.

  • + 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.

What they're looking for

  • + years of professional experience with distributed architectures and big: data technologies (e.g., Apache Spark™, Hadoop, Kafka).
  • + years of experience in a customer-facing technical role (Pre-Sales, Post-Sales, or Consulting).
  • Deep specialized expertise in at least one of the following core domains: 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), network routing, performance optimization, and large-scale deployment management.