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Hyrhub

Big Data Specialist

Contract · In Office · New York, New York (USA)

Posted Jun 17, 2026

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  • We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Databricks SME to lead the architecture, design, and implementation of enterprise-scale Big Data solutions on the Databricks Lakehouse Platform. The ideal candidate will have at least 12 years of hands-on experience architecting big data solutions with Databricks, with proven expertise in migrating data and pipelines from legacy platforms like Alteryx, handling streaming data, and implementing CI/CD practices for data pipelines.
  • This role is critical for driving data modernization initiatives, ensuring robust data governance, and
  • enabling scalable data ingestion and transformation across multiple source systems into the Databricks
  • ecosystem.
  • Key Responsibilities
  • • Architect enterprise Big Data solutions on Databricks using Bronze/Silver/Gold (Medallion) layers
  • with Delta Lake and Delta Live Tables
  • • Migrate data and pipelines from legacy platforms (Alteryx, Informatica, DataStage, Talend etc) to
  • Databricks, including source-to-target mapping and data validation
  • • Design streaming data pipelines using Structured Streaming, Auto Loader, and Delta Live Tables
  • • Implement CI/CD practices for data pipelines using Git, Azure DevOps, and GitHub Actions
  • Driving Innovation, Empowering Insights
  • • Develop data governance framework using Unity Catalog ABAC/RBAC policies and collaborate with
  • stakeholders to translate requirements into scalable solutions
  • • Experience with Databricks Workflows, Jobs, and Databricks Asset Bundles for deployment
  • automation
  • • Mentor junior team members and provide technical leadership across data engineering projects
  • Required Skills
  • • 12+ years architecting Big Data solutions with Databricks Lakehouse Platform
  • • Proven experience migrating pipelines from Alteryx or similar legacy ETL tools
  • • Hands-on expertise with Delta Live Tables, Delta Lake, and Medallion architecture
  • • Strong experience building streaming pipelines with Structured Streaming and Auto Loader
  • • Demonstrated ability implementing CI/CD for data workloads
  • • Unity Catalog Data governence framework with ABAC / RBAC policies.
  • • Proficient in Python, SQL, PySpark, and strong experience in performance tuning of large-scale
  • distributed pipelines
  • • Proven experience on at least one major cloud platform — Azure (preferred) or AWS — and its native
  • data services
  • Preferred Skills
  • • Unity Catalog for data governance and lineage
  • • Data quality tools: Great Expectations, Informatica DQ, Collibra
  • • Data modeling tools: Erwin, dbt, ER/Studio
  • • AI/ML experience with GenAI, LLMs, MLOps
  • • Azure certifications in data engineering
  • Certifications (Preferred)
  • • Databricks Certified Data Engineer Associate/Professional
  • • Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Engineer Associate

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Big Data Specialist

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