EA Architect - Vice President
Vice President-level solution architect at SMBC acting as the architecture lead for Databricks-based data, analytics, reporting, and AI solutions. Day to day: define architecture standards, design data pipelines and integrations, write technical specs, and review developer implementations. Core stack: Databricks, Spark, Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, Python, SQL, with Azure and ServiceNow.
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Not listed
- Work setup
- Hybrid
- Seniority
- C level
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- 8+ years
- Category
- Architecture
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- 8+ years of hands-on software development, data engineering, solution architecture, or systems integration experience
- Strong hands-on experience with Databricks, Apache Spark, Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, Python, and SQL
- Extensive experience designing enterprise data pipelines, integration solutions, analytics platforms, and reporting solutions
- Strong experience developing data ingestion, transformation, orchestration, data quality, and publishing frameworks
- Deep knowledge of batch processing, streaming architectures, event-driven integrations, and large-scale data processing
- Strong understanding of data modeling, dimensional modeling, data warehousing, metadata management, data lineage, and data quality
- Experience designing and supporting data lakehouse architectures, enterprise reporting environments, and modern data platforms
- Experience integrating Databricks with enterprise applications, APIs, cloud services, and workflow systems
- Strong understanding of Databricks Workflows, Jobs, cluster optimization, workload management, performance tuning, and operational support
- Experience designing and implementing ETL/ELT architectures, ingestion frameworks, and transformation pipelines
- Experience creating technical specifications, source-to-target mappings, architecture designs, and interface specifications
- Strong experience using Jira for backlog management, sprint planning, user stories, and release coordination
- Experience troubleshooting complex data, integration, performance, scalability, and production support issues
Nice to have
- Experience integrating Databricks with ServiceNow and enterprise workflow platforms
- Experience with Azure cloud services including Azure Data Factory, Azure Storage, Azure Functions, Event Hub
- Experience designing and supporting enterprise reporting, analytics, data warehousing, and operational intelligence solutions
- Experience working with data governance, metadata management, lineage, data quality, and regulatory reporting requirements
- Experience working within financial services or other regulated environments
- Certifications are not required; demonstrated hands-on Databricks and data platform experience preferred over certification credentials
Full description
SMBC Group is a top-tier global financial group. Headquartered in Tokyo and with a 400-year history, SMBC Group offers a diverse range of financial services, including banking, leasing, securities, credit cards, and consumer finance. The Group has more than 130 offices and 80,000 employees worldwide in nearly 40 countries. Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (SMFG) is the holding company of SMBC Group, which is one of the three largest banking groups in Japan. SMFG’s shares trade on the Tokyo, Nagoya, and New York (NYSE: SMFG) stock exchanges.
In the Americas, SMBC Group has a presence in the US, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Peru. Backed by the capital strength of SMBC Group and the value of its relationships in Asia, the Group offers a range of commercial and investment banking services to its corporate, institutional, and municipal clients. It connects a diverse client base to local markets and the organization’s extensive global network. The Group’s operating companies in the Americas include Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. (SMBC), SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc., SMBC Capital Markets, Inc., SMBC MANUBANK, JRI America, Inc., SMBC Leasing and Finance, Inc., Banco Sumitomo Mitsui Brasileiro S.A., and Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing Co., Ltd.
Role Description
The Solution Architect - Vice President serves as the primary architecture lead for Databricks-based data, analytics, reporting, and AI solutions. This role is responsible for defining architecture standards, integration patterns, technical requirements, and implementation guidance that enable scalable, secure, and maintainable data solutions across the enterprise.
Working closely with business stakeholders, data engineering teams, application development teams, infrastructure teams, cybersecurity teams, and enterprise architects, the role provides deep technical expertise and architectural guidance for complex data and integration initiatives. The successful candidate will design solution architectures, review developer implementations, establish technical standards, write detailed technical requirements, and help delivery teams overcome complex technical challenges.
This is a highly technical individual contributor role requiring deep Databricks expertise, strong data engineering knowledge, and significant experience building enterprise data pipelines and integrations. The ideal candidate combines architecture skills with the practical ability to troubleshoot, optimize, review, and support solutions directly.
Role Objectives: Delivery
- Define architecture standards, reference patterns, and implementation guidance for Databricks-based data, analytics, reporting, and AI solutions.
- Design and implement integrations between Databricks, ServiceNow, enterprise applications, cloud platforms, APIs, cybersecurity solutions, operational systems, and external data sources.