
Senior Platform Engineer / Architect
- Canada
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Architect and lead platform modernization initiatives, with a focus on Databricks Unity Catalog, data governance, and enterprise-grade scalability
- Drive the design and implementation of data pipelines using Azure Data Factory, integrating diverse data sources into the Lakehouse ecosystem
- Partner with business and technology stakeholders to define a strategic roadmap for platform evolution, governance, and self-service enablement
- Provide thought leadership on data access, lineage, discoverability, and platform observability, ensuring compliance with enterprise security standards
- Standardize and scale data ingestion, orchestration, and transformation frameworks using ADF, Spark, and Databricks
- Lead reference architecture development, technical evaluations, and POCs to validate future-state designs
- Collaborate with engineering teams on CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, monitoring, and automation to ensure operational excellence
- Mentor teams on best practices across data engineering, platform configuration, and governance workflows
- 8+ years of experience in data platform engineering or architecture, with demonstrable hands-on work in enterprise environments
- Expertise in Databricks and Unity Catalog, including data security, access control, governance, and catalog management
- Proven experience designing and orchestrating pipelines using Azure Data Factory, including parameterized and dynamic pipelines
- Deep knowledge of Azure services, including ADLS Gen2, Azure DevOps, Key Vault, and networking considerations
- Hands-on skills in Python/Scala, Spark, SQL, and data orchestration tools
- Experience with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Bicep, ARM templates) and CI/CD automation
- Strong communication skills, with a proven track record of driving business-facing conversations and aligning stakeholders on platform decisions
- Solid written, verbal, and presentation communication skills
- Strong team and individual player
- Maintains composure during all types of situations and is collaborative by nature
- High standards of professionalism, consistently producing high quality results
- Self-sufficient, independent requiring very little supervision or intervention
- Demonstrate flexibility and openness to bring creative solutions to address issues