Are you a Databricks expert who thrives on building high-performing teams and delivering cutting-edge data and AI solutions? Join us as a

Senior Databricks Consultant

to lead projects and mentor consultants as a Databricks specialist, and help shape the future of data, analytics and AI for our clients.

About The Role As our Senior Databricks Consultant, you will lead Databricks projects and help develop our assets and resources, while guiding our team to consistently deliver innovative and reliable solutions. You'll be integral in uplifting Databricks knowledge in the team, driving continuous improvement from implementation through ongoing enhancements to our assets, while embedding best practices and ensuring quality outcomes. You'll work cross-functionally with our sales and marketing team, technology partners and clients to strengthen our position as a Databricks solutions leader.

Key Responsibilities

Act as a subject matter expert in Databricks and related technologies

Provide guidance on lakehouse design patterns (including medallion architecture), delivery methodologies and tooling

Ensure delivery quality across Databricks data platform, data engineering and AI/ML projects

Implement security, governance and compliance on Databricks using Unity Catalog

Capture and promote client success stories and case studies in Databricks implementations

Work with Databricks and other technology partners on solution design and delivery

Support the sales team with pre-sales engagements and solution design

Contribute to training and certification pathways for our Databricks consultants

Help identify and develop opportunities with existing Databricks clients

Contribute Databricks-focused thought leadership through published content





Participate in conference sessions, webinars and executive round table events

What You'll Bring

Proven experience delivering Databricks platforms and solutions, including leading small teams or workstreams

Deep technical knowledge of Databricks, Apache Spark (PySpark and Spark SQL), Delta Lake, data modelling (dimensional or Data Vault) and cloud data architecture (AWS/Azure/GCP)

Hands-on experience with Lakeflow (Connect, Pipelines, Jobs), Databricks SQL and Unity Catalog for security, access control, lineage and auditing

Experience with Agile, DevOps/CI-CD (including Databricks Asset Bundles) and modern data delivery practices

Exposure to machine learning and AI on Databricks (e.g. MLflow, Mosaic AI, Genie, Agent Bricks) is highly regarded

Experience leading migrations from legacy data platforms (e.g. SQL Server, Synapse, Hadoop, SAS) to Databricks

Experience optimising Databricks cost and performance (e.g. compute sizing, serverless, workload tuning)

Experience integrating Databricks with tools such as dbt, Fivetran, Power BI or Tableau

Strong capability development and mentoring skills

Excellent client engagement, communication and pre-sales experience

A track record of delivering data solutions with measurable business impact

Databricks certifications (e.g. Data Engineer Professional), or willingness to obtain them

Why Join Us?

Influence how Synogize designs, delivers and scales Databricks solutions as our practice grows

Work with a team that values innovation, learning and client success

Collaborate with industry-leading technology partners and forward-thinking clientsAccess continuous learning, Databricks certifications, industry events and career development

Ready to make an impact in the Databricks space?

📌 Senior Consultant (Melbourne)
🏢 Synogize
📍 Melbourne