Senior RSA - Spark Expert

We have an outstanding Contract to Hire position for a Senior RSA - Spark Expert to join a leading Company remotely.

**US Citizenship is required.** **Candidate must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust.**

Pay Rate: $85.00 - $100.00 per hour

We are seeking a Senior Data Solutions Consultant with deep expertise in Apache Spark and Databricks. This role requires a decisive, agentic-forward approach to problem-solving. You will independently lead complex customer engagements, bridging hands-on data engineering excellence with strategic technical leadership. As a trusted advisor, you will proactively build and implement solutions that unlock significant value for our customers.

Job Responsibilities:

• Customer Leadership: Lead engagements from discovery to delivery with full ownership and accountability.
• Architecture & Optimization: Architect, implement, and optimize large-scale Spark/Databricks workloads focusing on scalability and cost-efficiency.
• Spark Expertise: Apply expert-level Spark fundamentals to troubleshoot and tune distributed data jobs and SQL workloads.
• Proactive Delivery: Design and execute PoCs and workshops to demonstrate solution vision and inspire customer confidence.
• Strategic Advocacy: Act as a technical advocate for customers, anticipating issues and applying creative, data-driven solutions.
• Cross-functional Partnership: Collaborate with product and engineering teams to improve customer experience and platform features.
• Mentorship: Champion best practices in PySpark, Databricks, and Lakehouse design while mentoring junior engineers.

Basic Hiring Criteria:

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Minimum 5 years in data engineering or analytics solution delivery.
• Databricks Mastery: Minimum 3 years of hands-on expertise, including job optimization, debugging, and workload governance.
• Technical Depth: Deep understanding of Spark Internals, PySpark, and Databricks SQL (DBSQL) performance tuning.
• Modern Lakehouse: Strong knowledge of Delta Lake, Structured Streaming, and cloud infrastructure.
• Autonomy: Proven ability to identify and solve complex technical problems with minimal oversight.
• Communication: Exceptional skills to simplify technical complexity for business leaders.

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience: 5-10 years in data engineering or analytics solution delivery.
• Certifications: Databricks Certified Data Engineer Professional.
• Advanced Skills: Experience with Delta Live Tables (DLT) and Unity Catalog (UC).
• Consulting Background: Experience in large-scale data migration or AI-assisted analytics in enterprise environments

Benefits offered to vary by the contract. Depending on your temporary assignment, benefits may include direct deposit, free career counseling services, 401(k), select paid holidays, short-term disability insurance, skills training, employee referral bonus, affordable medical coverage plan, and DailyPay (in some locations). For a full description of benefits available to you, be sure to talk with your recruiter.

Military connected talent encouraged to apply.

VEVRAA Federal Contractor / Request Priority Protected Veteran Referrals / Equal Opportunity Employer / Veterans / Disabled

To read our Candidate Privacy Information Statement, which explains how we will use your information, please visit http://www.tadpgs.com/candidate-privacy/ or https://pdsdefense.com/candidate-privacy/

The Company will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with federal, state, and local laws and/or security clearance requirements, including, as applicable:

• The California Fair Chance Act
• Los Angeles City Fair Chance Ordinance
• Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers
• San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance

Military connected talent encouraged to apply.

VEVRAA Federal Contractor / Request Priority Protected Veteran Referrals / Equal Opportunity Employer / Veterans / Disabled

To read our Candidate Privacy Information Statement, which explains how we will use your information, please visit http://www.tadpgs.com/candidate-privacy/ or https://pdsdefense.com/candidate-privacy/

The Company will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with federal, state, and local laws and/or security clearance requirements, including, as applicable:

• The California Fair Chance Act
• Los Angeles City Fair Chance Ordinance
• Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers
• San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance