Sr. Databricks Consultant (AI)

Location: Arlington, VA office or remote within the United States; US citizenship required per contract; travel to customer sites may be required.

Salary: $175,000–$250,000 per year

Company

hirify.global delivers technology solutions in data and AI, cybersecurity, and enterprise transformation for defense, intelligence, and federal civilian agencies.

What you will do

• Design, build, and maintain scalable ETL/ELT pipelines in Databricks.
• Optimize Databricks workflows and clusters for performance and cost efficiency.
• Integrate Databricks with AWS, Azure, or GCP cloud platforms.
• Implement data governance, security, and compliance standards.
• Collaborate with data scientists, analysts, and business stakeholders to deliver high-quality datasets and insights.
• Troubleshoot data infrastructure issues and drive continuous improvement.

Requirements

• Active Secret Clearance.
• Production experience with Databricks and hands-on experience building and managing ETL/ELT pipelines.
• Strong proficiency in Python and/or SQL, Apache Spark, data modeling, data quality, and performance tuning.
• Knowledge of data lakehouse architecture, cloud data platforms, CI/CD, and Git.
• Must be a US Citizen per contract.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or a related field, or equivalent experience.

Nice to have

• Master’s degree or PhD in Computer Science, Data Science, or a related field.
• Experience with MLflow, Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, streaming technologies, or data visualization tools.
• Experience with Terraform, ARM, CloudFormation, DevOps/MLOps, data security, and compliance frameworks.
• Prior consulting or customer-facing experience and familiarity with Agile or project management.

Culture & Benefits

• Work supports mission-critical federal, defense, intelligence, and cybersecurity programs.
• Opportunity to work with advanced data, AI, and Databricks technologies.
• Benefits are provided as part of the employment offering.
• Culture emphasizes excellence in delivery, innovation, accountability, and professional growth.