Data Architect: Strategy, Governance & Cloud

Altia; Madrid; Presencial; EUR 70.000 - 110.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Altia is seeking an experienced Data Architect to spearhead our enterprise data strategy and modelling efforts. You will shape data structures, governance and metadata frameworks to support analytics across European projects.

Join a team delivering modern data solutions on cloud platforms, handling ETL pipelines and real-time streaming while ensuring GDPR compliance and robust security controls.

Formación

• Knowledge of enterprise data architecture methods and reference models (e.g., DAMA-DMBOK).
• Knowledge of data modelling approaches: 3NF, dimensional/star-schema, and Data Vault 2.0.
• Experience with metadata and cataloguing platforms to govern lineage and ownership (e.g., Collibra, Alation, Azure Purview).
• Knowledge of data governance and quality frameworks (e.g., ISO 8000, ISO/IEC 11179).
• Understanding of privacy, security, and compliance requirements (e.g., GDPR, ISO/IEC 27001).
• Experience with integration patterns and pipelines: ETL/ELT, CDC, event streaming (e.g., Kafka, Debezium) and orchestration (e.g., Airflow, Dagster).
• Knowledge of lakehouse and warehouse architectures and columnar formats (Delta Lake, Parquet).
• Experience with cloud data platforms such as Azure Synapse/Databricks, Snowflake, Redshift.
• Knowledge of relational and NoSQL data stores (PostgreSQL/Oracle; MongoDB, Cassandra).
• High level of English.

Responsabilidades

• Develop and implement the organization's overarching data strategy and blueprints for data management.
• Translate business requirements into technical specifications and data architecture designs.
• Create conceptual, logical, and physical data models for analytics.
• Maintain metadata repositories ensuring data accuracy and lineage.
• Architect data integration from disparate sources using ETL/ELT tools into a unified framework.
• Build and manage streaming data pipelines for real-time analytics.
• Define and enforce data governance policies, including data quality and cataloging.
• Implement security protocols and design architectures compliant with GDPR.
• Implement processes for data profiling, validation, and cleansing.

Conocimientos

Data architecture

Data modelling

Dimensional modelling

Data Vault 2.0

Metadata management

Data governance

Data privacy compliance

ETL/ELT

Event streaming

Apache Kafka

Cloud platforms

Azure Synapse

Herramientas

Apache NiFi

Talend

Airflow

Dagster

Spark Streaming

Delta Lake

Apache Iceberg

Apache Hudi

Databricks

Snowflake

Redshift

Descripción del empleo

Altia is seeking an experienced Data Architect to spearhead our enterprise data strategy and modelling efforts. You will shape data structures, governance and metadata frameworks to support analytics across European projects.

Join a team delivering modern data solutions on cloud platforms, handling ETL pipelines and real-time streaming while ensuring GDPR compliance and robust security controls.