Databricks Subject Matter Expert (SME) U.S. Citizenship Required

Description

Ready to Ignite your career and work alongside some of the brightest and most innovative professionals in cutting-edge data and cloud technologies? Join us and unleash your potential in an Agile, mission-driven environment supporting the men and women dedicated to safeguarding the American people and enhancing the Nation’s safety, security, and prosperity.

As a Databricks Subject Matter Expert, you will lead modernization efforts across enterprise data platforms, migrating legacy environments into scalable cloud-native architectures. You will design, build, and optimize advanced data pipelines and analytics solutions using Databricks, PySpark, and modern cloud tools—driving real-time insights and powering mission-critical applications. This role blends strategic architecture, hands-on engineering, and collaboration across cross-functional teams to deliver high-impact outcomes for national security missions.

Your Role

• Modernize the data warehouse environment by migrating the platform to Databricks.
• Work with database developers and administrators across multiple product teams.
• Serve as a data and technology expert across a broad and diverse set of mission critical applications.
• Design, develop, and maintain robust and scalable data warehouse architectures and ETL/ELT data pipelines using Databricks, PySpark, Python, SQL.
• Automate ETL/ELT data pipelines using Continuous integration, Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) tools and technologies.
• Evaluating existing data sets and reporting architectures to identify strategic gaps and apply modern technologies to creatively achieve superior mission outcomes.
• Analyze project-related problems and create innovative solutions involving technology, analytic methodologies, and advanced solution components.
• Optimize and troubleshoot data pipelines and warehouse performance to ensure efficient and reliable data processing.
• Actively participate in Agile Scrum sprint planning, artifact creation, sprint testing, regression testing, demonstrations, retrospectives and solution releases.

Requirements

Must be a U.S. Citizen with the ability to pass CBP background investigation, criteria includes but is not limited to:

• 3 year check for felony convictions
• 1 year check for illegal drug use
• 1 year check for misconduct such as theft or fraud
• 7+ years of professional experience working on complex data challenges in the areas of data architecture and engineering
• 3–5 years of Databricks experience.
• Alternative/equivalent technologies such as Snowflake, Google BigQuery, or Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics will also be considered.
• Proven expertise with Databricks, including extensive hands-on experience with PySpark, Python, SQL, Kafka, and Databricks notebooks.
• Strong experience with data modeling techniques (e.g., dimensional modeling, data vault) and database design.
• Experience building and optimizing data pipelines for batch and/or streaming data.
• Experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) and services related to data storage and processing (e.g., S3, ADLS).
• Experience automating ELT data pipelines using Continuous Integration, Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) tools and technologies.
• Strong software development background using Agile or DevOps methods and deep familiarity with cloud-native technologies.
• Candidates with one or more of the above skillsets are encouraged to apply.

Desired:

• 5–10 years of DHS, DoD, or IC experience working in complex data environments, including the architecture and optimization of data schemas, terabyte-scale ETL, etc.
• 5–10 years of experience applying a range of analytical techniques including statistical, geospatial, link, temporal, and predictive analysis, for DHS, DoD, or IC agencies.
• 3–5 years of experience building and implementing artificial intelligence, neural networks, deep learning, or machine learning capabilities in software applications in a national security or academic environment.
• Exposure to implementing or migrating to Cloud environments like Amazon Web Services (AWS) or Microsoft Azure.
• Previous experience as an Enterprise-level Data Architect, Data Engineer, Data Scientist, or Data Analyst.
• Ability to apply advanced principles, theories, and concepts, and contribute to the development of innovative principles and ideas.

Ignite IT offers a comprehensive salary and benefits package to include Medical, Dental, and Vision; Short Term/Long Term/Life Insurance; 401K with matching and fully Vested 100%; PTO; Holiday; Training; and much more…

Ignite IT is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. We evaluate qualified ap