Databricks Data Engineer

Role: Databricks ArchitectLocation: Houston, TX (Hybrid – 3 Days Onsite)Duration: 2+ Year ContractRequired Experience12+ years in Data Engineering/Data Architecture.4+ years of hands-on Databricks experience.Expertise in Delta Lake, Spark (PySpark/Scala), and Lakehouse Architecture.Strong experience with Unity Catalog, Data Governance, and Security.Experience architecting enterprise data platforms on AWS, Azure, or GCP.ResponsibilitiesDesign and lead Databricks Lakehouse architecture.Define best practices for Data Engineering, Analytics, and ML workloads.Architect ingestion, storage, processing, and consumption layers.Drive governance, security, lineage, and access controls using Unity Catalog.Establish CI/CD, DevOps, and IaC standards using Terraform and Databricks Asset Bundles.Optimize compute, performance, scalability, and cloud costs.Provide technical leadership and stakeholder engagement.Preferred SkillsDatabricks Certifications.Kafka, Structured Streaming, MLflow, and MLOps.Experience in Oil & Gas, Energy, or large enterprise environments.KeywordsDatabricks, Delta Lake, Spark, PySpark, Scala, Unity Catalog, Lakehouse, AWS, Azure, GCP, Terraform, CI/CD, Data Governance, Kafka, MLflow, Data Architecture.