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Lead Databricks Engineer – Cloud Migration & Lakehouse

Galent

Jersey City · On-site Contract Lead 1mo ago

About the role

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead and execute migration of legacy data platforms (on‑prem / non‑standard tools) to Databricks on cloud under the Olympus program
  • Perform application, data, and pipeline refactoring to cloud‑native Databricks patterns
  • Drive migration planning including dependency analysis, sequencing, and cutover strategy
  • Support coexistence models and transition from dual‑run to cloud‑only execution

Databricks Lakehouse Engineering

  • Design and implement Databricks Lakehouse architecture
  • Build scalable batch and streaming pipelines using PySpark, Spark SQL
  • Leverage Delta Lake for reliability, versioning, and performance
  • Optimize compute usage and cost in line with enterprise cloud efficiency goals

Required Qualifications

  • 8–12+ years in data engineering / platform modernization
  • Strong hands‑on experience with Databricks in large‑scale enterprises
  • Proven experience delivering cloud migration programs (on‑prem → cloud)
  • Deep expertise in Apache Spark, PySpark, Spark SQL
  • Experience embedding controls, reconciliation, and data quality in migrations
  • Experience in regulated environments (banking / financial services preferred)

Skills

Apache SparkDatabricksDelta LakePySparkSpark SQL

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