Databricks Architect

Job Description: Databricks Architect - Drilling & Energy Domain

Location - Tulsa, Onsite

Experience- 12+ Years of IT Experience with 5+ Years in Databricks Architecture

Databricks Architect who brings both technical expertise and domain knowledge of the drilling business.

The ideal candidate should:

Have strong hands-on experience in Databricks architecture and implementation.

Possess a solid understanding of drilling operations and associated business processes.

Demonstrate leadership and stakeholder management skills.

Be capable of working directly with business stakeholders to understand requirements and translate them into effective solutions.

Bring industry best practices, architectural governance, and strategic guidance to the engagement.

Role Overview

We are seeking a highly experienced Databricks Architect with strong expertise in modern data platforms and a deep understanding of the Oil & Gas Drilling business. The ideal candidate will serve as a trusted advisor to business and technology stakeholders, driving data strategy, architecture, and solution delivery while enabling business transformation through data-driven insights.

This role requires a combination of technical leadership, industry domain expertise, stakeholder management, and consulting skills to design and implement scalable data solutions aligned with business objectives.

Success Criteria

The successful candidate will:

Bring industry best practices and architectural leadership to the engagement.

Act as a strategic partner to business stakeholders.

Drive scalable, secure, and future-ready data solutions.

Accelerate business value realization through effective use of the Databricks platform.

Improve collaboration between business and technology teams while ensuring successful solution adoption.

Key Responsibilities

Architecture & Technology Leadership

Design and implement enterprise-scale data platforms using Databricks, Azure/AWS cloud technologies, and modern data architectures.

Define end-to-end data architecture, data models, integration patterns, security, governance, and performance optimization strategies.

Establish architectural standards, best practices, and implementation frameworks across projects.

Lead modernization initiatives involving data lakes, lakehouse architecture, real-time analytics, AI/ML enablement, and cloud migration programs.

Business & Domain Engagement

Work directly with business stakeholders, drilling engineers, operations teams, and leadership to understand business challenges and translate them into technology solutions.

Provide thought leadership on leveraging data and analytics to improve drilling performance, operational efficiency, asset utilization, and decision-making.

Drive business workshops, solution reviews, and architecture discussions with customer leadership.

Delivery & Governance

Provide technical oversight throughout the solution lifecycle from discovery through deployment.

Ensure compliance with enterprise architecture, security, data governance, and quality standards.

Mentor engineering teams and provide technical guidance on Databricks implementations.

Review solution designs and ensure adherence to best practices.

Leadership & Stakeholder Management

Act as a trusted advisor for business and IT stakeholders.

Collaborate with project managers, product owners, data engineers, data scientists, and business users.

Influence strategic decisions regarding data and analytics investments.

Drive adoption of industry-leading practices and innovation.

Technology Focus: Azure Databricks, Azure Data Platform, Lakehouse Architecture, Advanced Analytics, AI/ML.

Reporting To: Account Delivery Leadership Target Industry Experience: Oil & Gas, Drilling, Energy Services, Upstream Operations.

Required Qualifications