Databricks - Solutions/Enterprise Architect - Technical Design Authority - must be SC cleared

Essential Skills & Experience

• 5+ years in Solution/Enterprise Architecture; experience chairing design governance/TDA.
• Strong hands-on knowledge of Databricks: Lakehouse, Delta Lake, Unity Catalog.
• Experience with cloud platforms underpinning Databricks (AWS or Azure).
• Familiarity with enterprise architecture frameworks (TOGAF or equivalent).
• Strong stakeholder management and design assurance skills.
• TOGAF certification or equivalent EA certification.
• Databricks certification (Data Engineer/Architect Professional).
• Experience in UK public sector or other regulated environments.

Key Responsibilities

TDA Governance & Chairing

• Own and chair the TDA function, reviewing and approving Databricks solution designs.
• Define TDA governance process: submission templates, review cadence, decision logs.
• Ensure designs align to enterprise architecture principles and target-state roadmap.
• Track and resolve architectural risks, issues, and exceptions raised at TDA.

Solution & Enterprise Architecture

• Assure Databricks Lakehouse designs: ingestion, medallion layers, Unity Catalog, compute.
• Validate integration patterns with wider AWS/Azure estate and enterprise data platforms.
• Maintain architecture roadmap, reference architectures, and design standards.
• Identify reusable patterns to reduce duplication and technical debt across teams.

Security, Governance & Compliance

• Ensure designs meet security-by-design, data protection, and compliance requirements.
• Coordinate with Cyber Security and Data Governance on control assurance.
• Maintain audit trail of design decisions for governance and assurance boards.

Stakeholder Engagement & Leadership

• Act as senior technical authority across delivery teams and third-party partners.
• Present TDA outcomes and architectural risk to programme leadership and boards.
• Mentor solution architects and support consistent design quality programme-wide.