Looking for Data Bricks Architect at Tulsa, OK (Onsite)

Experience- 12+ Years of IT Experience with 5+ Years in Databricks Architecture 

Databricks Architect who brings both technical expertise and domain knowledge of the drilling business.

 The ideal candidate should: 

• Have strong hands-on experience in Databricks architecture and implementation.
• Possess a solid understanding of drilling operations and associated business processes.
• Demonstrate leadership and stakeholder management skills.
• Be capable of working directly with business stakeholders to understand requirements and translate them into effective solutions.
• Bring industry best practices, architectural governance, and strategic guidance to the engagement.

We are seeking a highly experienced Databricks Architect with strong expertise in modern data platforms and a deep understanding of the Oil & Gas Drilling business. The ideal candidate will serve as a trusted advisor to business and technology stakeholders, driving data strategy, architecture, and solution delivery while enabling business transformation through data-driven insights.

This role requires a combination of technical leadership, industry domain expertise, stakeholder management, and consulting skills to design and implement scalable data solutions aligned with business objectives.

Success Criteria

The successful candidate will:

• Bring industry best practices and architectural leadership to the engagement.
• Act as a strategic partner to business stakeholders.
• Drive scalable, secure, and future-ready data solutions.
• Accelerate business value realization through effective use of the Databricks platform.
• Improve collaboration between business and technology teams while ensuring successful solution adoption.

Key Responsibilities

Architecture & Technology Leadership

• Design and implement enterprise-scale data platforms using Databricks, Azure/AWS cloud technologies, and modern data architectures.
• Define end-to-end data architecture, data models, integration patterns, security, governance, and performance optimization strategies.
• Establish architectural standards, best practices, and implementation frameworks across projects.
• Lead modernization initiatives involving data lakes, lakehouse architecture, real-time analytics, AI/ML enablement, and cloud migration programs.

Business & Domain Engagement

• Work directly with business stakeholders, drilling engineers, operations teams, and leadership to understand business challenges and translate them into technology solutions.
• Provide thought leadership on leveraging data and analytics to improve drilling performance, operational efficiency, asset utilization, and decision-making.
• Drive business workshops, solution reviews, and architecture discussions with customer leadership.

Delivery & Governance

·         Provide technical oversight throughout the solution lifecycle from discovery through deployment.

·         Ensure compliance with enterprise architecture, security, data governance, and quality standards.

·         Mentor engineering teams and provide technical guidance on Databricks implementations.

·         Review solution designs and ensure adherence to best practices.

Leadership & Stakeholder Management

• Act as a trusted advisor for business and IT stakeholders.
• Collaborate with project managers, product owners, data engineers, data scientists, and business users.
• Influence strategic decisions regarding data and analytics investments.
• Drive adoption of industry-leading practices and innovation.