Principal Data Architect

Visium; Lausanne; Hybrid; CHF 150.000 - 190.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Competitive compensation package

Yearly education budget

Yearly sport budget

Flexible working culture

Impact on company growth

Collaborative international team

Zusammenfassung

A leading data and AI consultancy is seeking a Principal Data Architect to design scalable and secure data platforms on Azure. The role involves defining data architectures, standards, and requirements, while collaborating with engineers and stakeholders. Candidates need over 8 years in data architecture, strong cloud experience, and excellent communication skills. This position offers competitive compensation and a dynamic work culture, making a significant impact on the company's growth and the industry.

Qualifikationen

• 8+ years of experience in data architecture and/or data engineering roles.
• Deep expertise in data architecture including lakehouse and analytics architectures.
• Strong experience in designing cloud-native data platforms (Azure preferred).
• Proven ability to translate business requirements into robust, end-to-end technical solutions.
• Solid understanding of data warehousing, analytics, and data-driven use cases.
• Excellent communication skills, with experience interacting with senior-level stakeholders and leading technical discussions.

Aufgaben

• Design end-to-end data architectures including platforms and pipelines.
• Define data models, standards, and best practices.
• Lead architectural decisions and manage technical trade-offs.
• Work closely with data engineers, data modelers, analytics teams, and business stakeholders.
• Ensure security, performance, and cost-efficiency of data solutions.
• Contribute to data strategy and long-term platform evolution.

Kenntnisse

Data architecture

Data engineering

Cloud-native data platforms

Data modeling

Analytics

Communication skills

Tools

Azure

Jobbeschreibung

Overview

About Us At Visium, we enable enterprise executives in defining their AI & Data strategy, execute large scale transformations and implement AI across operations, ensuring their organization becomes future-proof.

Title: Principal Data Architect

Type: Full-time

Location: Barcelona or Lausanne

Start date: May 2026

With expertise in strategy, architecture, cloud engineering, analytics, artificial intelligence and machine learning, we empower our clients to unleash and scale the power of their data. We’re on a mission to pioneer a bright future and build future-proof and ethical organizations. Join the curious, the ambitious, the doers, the good-hearted, the ones who build a world we’re all in awe of - our Visiumees. Ready to become one?

Role

As a Principal Data Architect, you will design and shape scalable, secure, and business-driven data platforms on Azure. You act as a technical reference for data architecture decisions across complex environments. You collaborate closely with engineers, stakeholders, and leadership to turn data strategy into reality.

Responsibilities

• Design end-to-end data architectures (data platforms, pipelines, storage, analytics)
• Define data models, standards, and best practices for scalability and governance
• Lead architectural decisions and support complex technical trade-offs
• Work closely with data engineers, data modelers, analytics teams, and business stakeholders
• Ensure security, performance, and cost-efficiency of data solutions
• Contribute to data strategy and long-term platform evolution

Requirements

To succeed in this role, you bring a combination of expertise, experience, and skills including:

• 8+ years of experience in data architecture and/or data engineering roles, with exposure to complex, large-scale data platforms.
• Deep expertise in data architecture and data modeling, including lakehouse and modern analytics architectures.
• Strong experience designing and delivering scalable, cloud-native data platforms (Azure preferred).
• Proven ability to translate business requirements into robust, end-to-end technical solutions.
• Solid understanding of data warehousing, analytics, and data-driven use cases.
• Excellent communication skills, with experience interacting with senior-level stakeholders and leading technical discussions.

Benefits

What we offer

• A competitive compensation package
• A yearly education budget to steep your learning curve
• A yearly sport budget because a fit body leads to a fit mind
• A flexible working culture because your work-life balance matters to us
• A position that enables you to have an impact on 1\'000s of people, and the whole company\'s growth
• An international, knowledgeable, and passionate team with a strong collaborative mindset

Check our LinkedIn and website to learn more about us & don’t hesitate to contact us if you have any questions.