# Databricks Solution Architect - Contract - Hybrid - JHB

ENVIRONMENT: Our client, a leading financial services organisation, is seeking a Databricks Solution Architect who will lead the design of their target enterprise data platform during the programme’s Definition phase. They will assess the current data landscape, define the target Databricks Lakehouse architecture and prepare the technical documentation needed for architecture review, procurement and implementation approval. DUTIES: Assess existing source systems, data platforms and integration patterns, and identify constraints, risks and dependencies. Define the target Databricks Lakehouse architecture, including workspace design, storage, batch and streaming ingestion, transformation, data layers and downstream consumption. Produce the data architecture vision, high-level data model, source-to-consumption data flow diagrams and Logical Architectural Design. Define requirements for access control, data classification, lineage, auditability and data quality. Contribute to the Cloud Risk Assessment and propose controls. Evaluate design options across security, performance, scalability, cost and operational support. Present the recommended design at architecture reviews and docume

- **Id**: 4175313
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/datafin-databricks-solution-architect-contract-hybrid-jhb>
- **Role**: Solutions
- **Role family**: Solutions
- **Seniority**: staff
- **Employment type**: contractor
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Johannesburg, South Africa
- **Countries**: ZA
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-12T12:07:16Z
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-12T12:07:16Z
- **Board verified**: no
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 2586
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no

## Company

- **Id**: 4497034
- **Name**: Datafin
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/datafin>
- **Is staffing agency**: yes
- **Employer type**: agency
- **Is intermediary**: no

## Technologies

- **Apache Kafka** — Optional: no
- **Apache NiFi** — Optional: no
- **Azure** — Optional: no
- **Databricks** — Optional: no
- **Delta Lake** — Optional: no
- **Informatica** — Optional: no
- **Microsoft Fabric** — Optional: no
- **Power BI** — Optional: no
- **pySpark** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **SQL** — Optional: no
- **Talend** — Optional: no
- **Spark** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: not_scored
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-12T15:52:05Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 52
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.516
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 5
- **Reasons**: seen:0, agency, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T20:36:53Z

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