Databricks Platform Architect - Unity Catalog Enablement

About Infinitive Infinitive is a data & AI consultancy that enables global brands to deliver results through insights, innovation, and efficiency. We possess deep industry and technology expertise to drive and sustain adoption of new capabilities. We match our people and personalities to our clients' culture while bringing the right mix of talent and skills to enable high return on investment.

• Infinitive has been named “Best Small Firms to Work For” by Consulting Magazine eight times, and has also been named a Washington Post Top Workplace, Washington Business Journal Best Places to Work, and Virginia Business Best Places to Work. Role Overview This architect will define and shape a unified platform service that enables scalable, governed, and cost-efficient data access across the bank. The ideal candidate will influence enterprise design standards and technical adoption by making Databricks Unity Catalog the effortless, observable, and default foundation for data integration, governance, and analytics across all business domains.
• Define and champion the end-to-end architecture for the bank’s Databricks-based data platform, ensuring scalability, security, cost efficiency, and ease of adoption.
• Design a self-service platform layer that leverages Databricks Unity Catalog to deliver seamless data discovery, access, and observability across all environments.
• Establish architectural patterns and reference implementations that encourage enterprise-wide reuse and standardization.
• Lead the design and implementation of Databricks Unity Catalog as the central governance plane—defining catalog hierarchies, fine-grained access controls, and cross-environment lineage.
• Evaluate and implement metadata, RBAC/ABAC, and data masking capabilities to meet regulatory and compliance requirements (e.g., GLBA, GDPR, HIPAA).
• Define the template architecture that allows Unity Catalog to operate as a scalable and cost-effective shared service across lines of business.
• Engineer platform capabilities that provide deep visibility into compute, storage, and catalog operations through integrated observability, monitoring, and FinOps practices.