Databricks: Director, Delivery Solutions Architects - Public Sector — Maryland; Virginia; Washington, D.C.

About Databricks

Databricks develops a platform for data, analytics and AI. Its employer material describes bringing related capabilities together so organisations can build and scale applications, analytics and agents using their information. The advertised platform portfolio includes data-engineering, lakehouse, governance and AI-related products. Its business connects the infrastructure used to manage data with the tools used to derive insights or create applications, rather than treating those activities as entirely separate technology projects.

The position and its setting

Databricks lists Director, Delivery Solutions Architects - Public Sector in Maryland; Virginia; Washington, D.C., under reference 8739519002. The details below separate the work described by the employer from essential conditions, preferred experience and practical preparation advice.

• Department: Delivery Solutions Architects
• Employer listing date: 27 August 2026

Responsibilities and work described

• Building: and lead: Recruit, coach, and scale a diverse, high-performing team of DSAs and managers
• Foster a culture of psychological safety, collaboration, and customer obsession
• Define, operationalize, and continuously improve the post-sales execution strategy for Databricks’ Public Sector business
• Partner with Sales, Solutions Architecture, Professional Services, Customer Success, and strategic partners to align account plans, technical success plans, resource investments, and growth strategies
• Establishment: scalable account assignments, customer coverage, prioritization, capacity planning, and resource-allocation practices for strategic Public Sector accounts
• Standardize how DSAs guide customers from use-case discovery and architecture through implementation, production go-live, adoption, and platform expansion
• Leadership: a technically DSA organization with deep expertise in cloud data platforms, data engineering, warehousing, ETL/ELT, streaming, governance, machine learning, generative AI, and agentic applications
• Quality / delivery: customers receive practical, secure, scalable architectural guidance for production data products, analytics platforms, AI applications, and mission-critical workloads
• Apply Public Sector-specific requirements—including security, compliance, governance, mission continuity, procurement, and complex stakeholder environments—to architecture and delivery decisions
• Serve as a trusted executive technical advisor for select strategic customers, linking technical roadmaps and modernization programs to agency missions and measurable outcomes
• Building: executive and operational relationships across customer technical, program, procurement, operational, and leadership stakeholders to accelerate adoption and long-term value
• Create operating mechanisms, playbooks, metrics, and review cadences to monitor customer health, delivery progress, adoption, usage growth, risks, escalations, and forecasted expansion
• Drive cross-functional resolution of delivery blockers and escalations, while providing leadership feedback on field processes, product needs, programs, and organizational investments

Essential requirements and candidate background

• 7+ years of customer-facing experience in technical delivery, architecture, consulting, customer success, professional services, or post-sales leadership roles
• 5+ years of people-leadership experience, ability to recruit, coach, develop, and build career paths for high-performing technical talent, including success leading managers and scaling multi-level technical organizations
• Experience building and leading post-sales, delivery, customer success, architecture, consulting, or professional-services organizations
• Deep expertise in cloud data and AI technologies, including data engineering, data warehousing, analytics, ETL/ELT, data governance, machine learning, data science, and AI
• Demonstrated success delivering production-grade data products, analytics platforms, AI solutions, and other scalable, secure, and governable customer workloads
• Lead teams through architecture decisions, technical success planning, delivery execution, production go-lives, and customer-growth strategies
• Deep understanding of Public Sector and regulated customer environments, including mission priorities, complex stakeholder models, governance requirements, and long planning cycles
• Executive presence and business acumen to engage senior leaders, manage strategic accounts, and make portfolio-level resource, investment, coverage, and prioritization decisions
• Cross-functional leadership and communication skills, with a track record of partnering across Sales, pre-sales, Professional Services, Customer Success, Engineering, Product, Marketing, and external partners to resolve escalations, mitigate risk, remove blockers, and improve customer outcomes
• U.S. citizenship is required due to Public Sector client-support requirements
• Willingness to travel up to 30%, primarily within the Washington, D.C. metro area and to customer locations as needed
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
• Pay Range Transparency
• Databricks is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices
• The pay range(s) for this role is listed below and represents the expected salary range for non-commissionable roles or on-target earnings for commissionable roles
• Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to job-related skills, depth of experience, relevant certifications and training, and specific work location
• Based on the factors above, Databricks anticipates utilizing the full width of the range
• The total compensation package for this position may also include eligibility for annual performance bonus, equity, and the benefits listed above
• For more information regarding which range your location is in visit our page here
• Zone 2 Pay Range

Location, schedule and contract conditions

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• Advertised location: Maryland; Virginia; Washington, D.C.

Benefits mentioned by the employer

• At Databricks, we strive to provide comprehensive benefits and perks that meet the needs of all of our employees
• For specific details on the benefits offered in your region click here

Pay and application dates

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How to apply to Databricks

Applications follow the official employer page linked below.

Open the official Databricks posting below and match the title and reference 8739519002.

Compare your qualifications and experience with the essential conditions for the Maryland; Virginia; Washington, D.C. position, then read the preferred criteria separately.

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Practical preparation: Excel

Excel examples should identify the task, the data and the checks used to avoid an incorrect result. Explain whether you built a reporting workbook, reconciled records, automated a process or maintained an existing model.

Relevant skills

• AI/ML
• Excel
• machine learning
• AI
• compliance
• investment
• sales
• marketing
• training