Databricks Solution Architect Job Description
The successful candidate will be responsible for leading the practice’s ambitious growth initiative with our most strategic cloud partners. This opportunity is scoped for high performing, high potential subject matter experts who are self-directed, entrepreneurial, highly collaborative, organized, diligent, and thoughtful. This role requires a domain expertise combined with the ability to task-organize, focus on the details, and sustain and drive progress over time.

For the right candidate, this role offers an prospect to contribute to rapid revenue growth in one of the most exciting and dynamic segments of the market. This is an ideal opportunity for technologists seeking cross vertical and/or cross industry expertise. Among other career-enhancing considerations, this role provides opportunities to directly and indirectly manage teams.

The entire AIA leadership team is personally committed to the success of the architects on-boarded through this focused cloud hiring initiative.

Principal Responsibilities




- Lead joint solution architecture discussions with customer architects/stakeholders and support development
- Provide leadership for the transformation of customer requirements into visions, strategies, and roadmaps to implement data platforms, multi-cloud , cloud data warehouse with primary focus on Databricks
- Independently lead client design workshops and provide tradeoffs and recommendations
- Contribute to the Cognizant Data community by developing assets, thought leadership, etc.
- Craft and manage solution/technical architecture for large scale data modernization and cloud data migration initiatives
- Drive turnkey proposals for data platforms, analytics, built cost summaries, value propositions as part of cloud modernization, data portfolio rationalization

Technical Qualifications
- Preferred cloud competencies:
- Deeper Solution Architect skills in Databricks with deeper exposure to one of the clouds –

📌 Databricks Solution Architect (Chennai)
🏢 Cognizant
📍 Chennai