Data Architect

Visium SA; Barcelona; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation package

Yearly education budget

Yearly sport budget

Flexible working culture

Impactful position

Collaborative international team

Job summary

A leading data and AI consulting firm in Barcelona is seeking a Principal Data Architect to design scalable, secure data platforms on Azure. You will lead architectural decisions, collaborate with various teams, and ensure comprehensive data strategy implementation. Candidates should have over 8 years of experience in data architecture, strong knowledge of data modeling, and excellent communication skills. This role offers a competitive salary and a flexible working culture.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in data architecture and/or engineering roles.
• Experience with large-scale data platforms, particularly on Azure.
• Expertise in business requirements translation into technical solutions.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement end-to-end data architectures on Azure.
• Define data models, standards, and best practices.
• Lead technical trade-offs and architectural decisions.
• Ensure security and performance of data solutions.
• Ensure security, performance, and cost-efficiency of data solutions.
• Contribute to data strategy and long-term platform evolution.

Skills

Data architecture

Data modeling

Cloud-native solutions

Communication with stakeholders

Technical decision-making

Data warehousing

Analytics

Tools

Azure

Job description

Title: Principal Data Architect

Type: Full-time

Location: Barcelona

Start date: April 2026

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.

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.

Your responsibilities will include:

• 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.

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.

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.