Databricks Architect – Sydney or Perth - 12 Month Contract - $1,000 per day - Immediate Start
Morgan Consulting are partnering with a leading organisation seeking a Databricks Architect on a 12 month daily rate contract to play a key role in shaping and delivering a modern enterprise data platform on the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform.
This is a high impact contract opportunity to design scalable lakehouse architectures, establish governance frameworks, and define enterprise-grade reference patterns across customer data platforms.
About the Role
As a Databricks Architect, you will be responsible for designing and governing modern data architectures that enable advanced analytics, AI, and customer insights at scale.
You will lead the design of medallion (Bronze / Silver / Gold) architectures, establish best practice patterns, and work closely with senior stakeholders to drive alignment across business and technology teams.
This is a hands on architecture role with strong stakeholder engagement, requiring you to bridge business outcomes with technical execution.
What You Will Do
Architecture & Platform Design
Design and implement medallion (Bronze / Silver / Gold) lakehouse architectures on Databricks
Define reference architectures, patterns, and standards for the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform
Architect scalable, secure, and high-performing customer data platforms
Guide engineering teams on best practice design and implementation
Governance & Data Strategy
Design and implement data governance frameworks including security, access control, and data quality
Establish standards for data modelling, lineage, and lifecycle management
Drive adoption of Unity Catalog and modern governance practices
Ensure compliance with enterprise security and data policies
Databricks & Data Engineering Leadership
Provide hands-on leadership across Spark, PySpark, Delta Lake, and data pipelines
Architect solutions leveraging Databricks, Azure/AWS data services, and integration platforms
Define patterns for batch and streaming data processing
Optimise performance, scalability, and cost across the platform
Stakeholder Engagement
Engage with senior business and technology stakeholders to define data strategy and architecture
Translate business requirements into scalable, production-ready solutions
Work closely with data engineers, BI teams, and data scientists
Lead architecture discussions, design forums, and decision making processes
Customer Data Platforms
Design and implement customer centric data platforms (CDP)
Enable single customer view, segmentation, and advanced analytics use cases
Support downstream AI/ML and personalisation initiatives
What You Will Bring
Proven experience as a Databricks Architect with strong expertise in:
Databricks (core platform)
Delta Lake & Medallion architecture design
PySpark/Spark performance optimisation
Experience designing enterprise scale data platforms and lakehouse architectures
Strong understanding of:
Data governance, security, and access control
Data modelling (dimensional/lakehouse patterns)
Batch and streaming data architectures
Experience across cloud platforms (Azure or AWS)
Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
Experience designing customer data platforms highly desirable
Why Join
$1,000 per day contract
12 month engagement with strong extension potential
Work on a modern Databricks Data Intelligence Platform
Influence enterprise data strategy and architecture
High visibility role with senior stakeholder engagement
Opportunity to shape next generation customer data capability
If you are a Databricks Architect with strong stakeholder skills and a passion for designing modern data platforms, we would love to hear from you.
Apply now or reach out for a confidential discussion.
Databricks Architect – Sydney or Perth - $1,000 per day - Immediate start
Databricks Architect – Sydney or Perth - $1,000 per day - Immediate start
Contract Type:
Contractor
Location:
Sydney - New South Wales
Industry:
Technology
Contact Name:
Stephen Murfitt
Contact Email:
smurfitt@morganconsulting.com.au
Contact Phone:
+61 3 8606 0300
Date Published:
18-May-2026
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