Job Description – Databricks Partner Champion
Experience: 8+ Year
Work Location: Remote
Employment Type: Contract
Working Hours: 2:30 PM – 11:30 PM

Mandatory Requirement
Active Databricks Partner Champion certification/status is mandatory.

Candidates who are currently working towards Partner Champion recognition or have only Databricks technical certifications will not be considered.

Role Overview

We are looking for a highly experienced Databricks Partner Champion to provide senior technical leadership and strengthen the organisation's Databricks and Data & AI capabilities.

The candidate will lead strategic customer engagements, drive technical excellence, support complex Databricks implementations, and contribute to the development of the organisation's Centre of Excellence (CoE).

Key Responsibilities

1. Strategic Databricks Leadership

Act as the senior Databricks technical authority.

Define Databricks best practices, standards and delivery frameworks.

Support strategic sales pursuits and customer engagements.

Build relationships with Databricks Partner Alliance, Account and Field teams.

2. Centre of Excellence (CoE) Development

Lead the development and growth of the Databricks Centre of Excellence.

Mentor and guide technical teams and future Partner Champion candidates.

Drive internal technical enablement and knowledge-sharing initiatives.

3. Technical Advisory:

Provide architecture leadership for complex Databricks implementations.

Advise customers on Lakehouse architecture, platform adoption and modernisation.

Review solution designs and ensure alignment with Databricks best practices.





Support critical project delivery and technical escalations.

4. Community & Thought Leadership

Actively contribute to the global Databricks community.

Publish technical blogs, thought leadership content and reusable assets.

Conduct customer workshops, executive briefings and industry events.

Promote emerging Databricks capabilities and Data & AI trends.

Mandatory Skills & Experience:

8+ years of overall experience in Data & AI / Data Engineering.

Active Databricks Partner Champion status (Mandatory).

Experience successfully completing the Databricks Partner Champion panel process.

Proven experience in Databricks customer delivery and implementations.

Experience contributing to Databricks Centres of Excellence and community initiatives.

Strong relationships within the Databricks ecosystem.

Experience mentoring and developing technical teams.

Technical Expertise:

Robust hands-on experience in one or more of the following areas:

Databricks Lakehouse Architecture

Apache Spark

Delta Lake

Unity Catalog

Data Engineering and Data Architecture

Machine Learning and Generative AI

Analytics Engineering

Data Platform Modernisation

Cloud Data Platforms

Ideal Candidate Profile:

Recognised Databricks technical expert and thought leader.

Strong customer-facing and technical leadership capabilities.

Active contributor to the Databricks ecosystem.

Experience building technical accelerators, frameworks and reusable solutions.

Ability to drive innovation and influence enterprise technology strategy.

Pay: ₹90,000.00 - ₹100,000.00 per month

Experience:

- Databricks: 7 years (Required)

Work Location: Remote

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