GFT Technologies
GFT Technologies

Lead Data Architect

Alcobendas, Spain·Competitive·On-site·Lead · 10+ years·English: Required

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About the role

We currently have an open position for a Lead Data Architect to join our company. We are looking for a person with a solid background in data science, capable of leading teams, designing analytical strategies, and guiding the implementation of advanced solutions for our Center of Excellence (CoE) AI.DA.

What you'll do

Your main responsibilities will be:

Although they will depend on your experience and knowledge, your main duties will include:

  • Designing, implementing, and evolving the organization's data architecture, ensuring that data ingestion, processing, storage, and consumption systems are scalable, secure, and efficient.

  • Designing and maintaining reference architectures for data platforms in batch and streaming environments.

  • Defining data ingestion strategies (CDC, APIs, streaming), storage (Data Lake, Data Warehouse, Lakehouse), and orchestration.

  • Leading the adoption of data integration patterns and frameworks such as ETL/ELT, Data Mesh, and Event-Driven architectures.

  • Ensuring data quality, integrity, availability, and traceability throughout its entire lifecycle.

  • Defining data models and exploitation strategies

in collaboration with business, analytics, and engineering teams.

  • Overseeing security, governance, and regulatory compliance aspects (GDPR, cataloging, access control, and data quality).

  • Evaluating new technologies and proposing improvements in terms of performance, cost,

scalability, and maintainability.

  • Technically leading multidisciplinary teams, carrying out coaching and mentoring duties.

  • Coordinating complex data initiatives, managing estimates, risks, dependencies, and key technical decisions.

  • Serving as the main point of contact for clients and senior stakeholders.

  • Participating in consulting activities, solution definition, technical proposals,

and pre-sales processes.

  • Contributing to the evolution of capabilities, standards, reference frameworks, and best practices within the Data discipline.

What we're looking for

  • More than 10 years of professional experience in the Data Architect field.

  • Proven experience leading complex initiatives related to Data Engineering, Big Data, Data Architecture, Data Strategy, Data Governance, and enterprise data platforms.
  • A solid and cross-functional technical foundation within the Data ecosystem is required:

    • Large-scale data processing and transformation.

    • Distributed architectures and Big Data platforms.

    • Data integration and pipeline construction.

    • Relational and analytical databases.

    • Cloud-based data environments.

    • Advanced knowledge of Python and SQL.

    • Experience with Big Data technologies, especially Apache Spark.

    • Experience with cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS, or GCP.

    • Experience with orchestration and distributed processing tools.

    • Databricks will be especially valued as a differentiating skill (nice to have).

  • Familiarity with agile methodologies (Scrum/Kanban).

  • Advanced English level (B2/C1) for collaboration on international projects.

About the company & team

GFT is a pioneering company in digital transformation. We design business solutions centered on artificial intelligence (AI-Centric), modernize IT infrastructures, and develop next-generation core systems for leaders in the banking, insurance, and industrial sectors. In close collaboration with our clients, we push boundaries to help them reach their full potential.

Main technologies we work with

  • Cloud Platforms: Azure (Data Factory, Synapse, Databricks, Event Hub), AWS (Glue, Redshift, S3, Kinesis), GCP (BigQuery, Dataflow, Pub/Sub).
  • Data processing: Spark, Databricks, Flink, Beam, Airflow.
  • Databases and storage: SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Snowflake, Delta Lake, Parquet, BigQuery.
  • Ingestion and streaming: Kafka, Debezium, NiFi, AirByte, Event Hub, Pub/Sub.
  • Governance and cataloging: Unity Catalog, Collibra, Anjana, OpenMetadata, Purview.
  • Containers and orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes.
  • Languages: Python, Scala, Java, SQL.

Personal competencies

  • Teamwork and multidisciplinary collaboration.
  • Excellent communication and influence skills.
  • Ability to interact with technical profiles, business teams, and executive stakeholders.
  • Consultative mindset and client orientation.
  • Ability to define strategies and translate business needs into Data solutions.
  • Technical leadership and team mentoring.
  • Documentation and technical communication skills.
  • Proactive and results-oriented mindset.
  • Interest in sharing knowledge and contributing to the growth of the Data practice.

Additional information

At GFT, we consider diversity to be one of our fundamental pillars and we promote an inclusive work environment based on cooperation and mutual respect. We offer equal opportunities to all individuals regardless of race, cultural background, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or religious beliefs. GFT has and has registered an Equality Plan that sets out the measures to be adopted with the aim of achieving equal treatment and opportunities between women and men within the company and eliminating, if any, discrimination based on sex.

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