Senior Data Architect, Cloud

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🔥 12 hours ago

🇿🇦 South Africa – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

☁️ Cloud Engineer

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CloudSmiths

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51 - 200 employees

💼 Consulting

📣 Marketing

📦 Logistics

Consulting • Marketing • Logistics

CloudSmiths is a technology services company providing comprehensive cloud services focused on digital transformation. They specialize in AI and analytics solutions, automating processes and predicting customer needs to enhance decision-making and empower staff. CloudSmiths is recognized for their innovative cloud engineering, data-driven CRM solutions, and strategic technology planning. They focus on optimizing IT expenses and managing resources efficiently. A trusted partner for leading companies worldwide, CloudSmiths also holds specializations with Google Cloud and partners with Asana and Slack to enhance collaboration and work management.

📋 Description

• Lead enterprise-scale data platform deployments and cloud modernization programs • Act as a trusted advisor bridging business requirements with secure, scalable data solutions • Design and implement enterprise Databricks Lakehouse environments using Unity Catalog, Delta Live Tables (DLT), and Spark compute clusters • Enable efficient batch and real-time processing • Drive cloud data infrastructure modernization • Lead complex data migrations from legacy systems to cloud-native Databricks environments • Champion Terraform-first infrastructure-as-code deployments • Design secure data network perimeters, including Private Link and hierarchical firewalls • Lead technical pre-sales, including architecture design, PoC demonstrations, and technical proposals, SOWs, and RFPs • Align secure, high-performance data architectures with client business outcomes

🎯 Requirements

• 8+ years in data/cloud engineering • 5+ years dedicated to enterprise Databricks architecture • Deep hands-on experience with the Databricks ecosystem • Experience with Terraform (IaC) • Experience with CI/CD (GitHub Actions/Azure DevOps) • Experience with identity federation (OIDC/SAML) • Advanced expertise in at least one major cloud provider: GCP, AWS, or Azure • Databricks Certified (Data Engineer Professional/Lakehouse Architect) certification required • Professional-level Cloud Architect certification required • Exceptional communication skills • Ability to translate technical concepts for business executives and drive decisions in high-velocity environments

🏖️ Benefits

• We fully sponsor your technical credentials and exam costs • Recurring monthly certification incentives • Remote-first work flexibility • Access to local co-working spaces like Workshop17 • Custom leave benefits • Free day off on your birthday • Inclusive, flat team of industry "Jedi" mentors