Lead Data Architect

Orange Business; Oslo; Hybrid; NOK 1,200,000 - 1,600,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work in Oslo

Open and inclusive culture

Expert community of digital natives

Job summary

Orange Business is seeking a Lead Data Architect in Oslo to drive cloud data strategy and design modern data platforms. You will mentor a team of Data Engineers and collaborate with clients to deliver data-driven solutions.

The role involves working across data engineering, analytics, and DevOps, leveraging technologies like Kafka, Spark, DBT, Snowflake, and Databricks in a hybrid work model.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree or PhD in a related field.
• At least 5 years of professional experience with data ICT projects.
• Data architecture experience across modern platforms and data modeling techniques (relational & NoSQL).
• Cloud experience with Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and implementation of modern data platform architectures.
• Mentor and guide a team of Data Engineers.
• Partner with clients to define and implement strategic, data-driven solutions.
• Stay updated on industry trends and obtain relevant certifications.
• Utilize technologies such as Kafka, Spark, DBT, Snowflake, BigQuery, Synapse, Databricks, Airflow, Elasticsearch.

Skills

Data architecture

Cloud platforms

SQL

Programming languages

DevOps CI/CD

Data modeling

Kubernetes

Communication skills

Norwegian/English

Education

Master’s or PhD in related field

Tools

Kafka

Spark

DBT

Snowflake

BigQuery

Synapse

Databricks

Airflow

Elasticsearch

Job description

Ever wondered what it feels like to be at the cutting edge of digital innovation? Our Digital Services team at Orange Business is a dynamic community of expert consultants revolutionizing Customer Experience, Cloud, Data, and AI across various sectors, including retail, finance, manufacturing, life sciences, and public services.

With 30 years of expertise, we remain at the forefront of innovation, revolutionizing business transformation across industry with the full potential of vanguard Data technologies at scale in a sustainable way. By joining us, you will be part of a global impact on businesses around the world.

Check out some of our ongoing projects:

• At Carrefour, Orange Business ensures the seamless operation and evolution of the Data Platform, managing both analytical and operational data flows with a focus on reliability and performance. We handle diverse workloads, including batch and stream processing. By processing everyday terabytes of data that feed dashboards and web APIs, we empower Carrefour to leverage data-driven insights and support their business growth.
• Big Pharma International Company: Orange Business migrated a Drug Discovery Data Platform hosted on-premises from a Hadoop stack to Azure. During the migration, we improved various data flows to reduce processing time, implemented proactive data quality checks, and optimized the CI/CD pipelines. Our efforts resulted in a more efficient and reliable platform, allowing scientists to quickly and safely assess the potential of tested molecules for new drugs development.
• For Paradigm, Orange Business created a data platform and a unified set of tools for all public sector to conduct data projects, with a focus on Kubernetes and DevOps processes to enable self-service and standardization. We were able to handle many projects from all administrations, ranging from API management to data processing & analytics, as well as data science modelling

If you want to take part in this exciting journey, please take a look at the following requirements and let’s meet up if that matches your profile!

Your key areas of responsibility as a Lead Data Architect:

As a Lead Data Architect, you will engage in developing and implementing organizational cloud data strategy in line with business processes. Your role will be pivotal in driving innovative data solutions and leveraging the full potential of data technologies at scale.

• Data Platform Architecture: Lead the design and implementation of modern data platform architectures. Drive the development of robust data pipelines and storage solutions using cutting-edge technologies, ensuring optimal performance, scalability, and security.
• Mentorship and Team Guidance: Mentor and guide a team of Data Engineers, ensuring project success and technical excellence.
• Client Engagement and Strategy: Partner with clients to define and implement strategic, data-driven solutions.
• Industry Trends and Monitoring: Stay updated on industry trends, emerging technologies, and obtain relevant certifications to ensure the application of best practices in data architecture.
• Technologies: Sourcing, capturing, transforming, and preparing data using the newest technologies such as Kafka, Spark, DBT, Snowflake, BigQuery, Synapse, Databricks, Airflow, Elasticsearch and many more.

As an ideal candidate you have:

• A master’s degree or PhD in Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, Engineering, Business Engineering, Physics or any related field.
• At least 5 years professional experience with data related ICT projects.
• Data Platform Architecture: Experience with Modern Data platform architecture rollout from conception to implementation.
• Deep understanding of data modeling techniques, including relational (Kimball, normalization) and NoSQL databases.
• Cloud Platforms: Experience with at least one Cloud platform (Azure, Google cloud, AWS).
• Data warehouse: Experience with Cloud data warehouses (Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery, Synapse Analytics, Redshift).
• Data Processing: Advanced SQL skills, with experience in writing and optimizing complex queries for large datasets.
• Experience with SQL orchestration tool such as DBT or Dataform.
• Programming: Experience with at least one programming language: Python, Scala, Java, etc.
• DevOps methodologies: Strong experience with CI/CD processes and tools (GIT, Azure DevOps, GitLab).
• Strong communication and presentation skills in Norwegian and English.
• You are able to explain technical concepts to a non-technical audience and know how to have a professional and commercial approach with customers.

It is not a requirement, but other preferred qualifications would be:

• Deployment & Orchestration: Knowledge of Docker and orchestration platforms (Kubernetes, Openshift, AKS, GKE...) with experience in deploying and managing containerized applications. Experience with micro-services & event-driven architecture.
• Scripting & Unix: Knowledge of Unix environments & scripting languages such as Bash, Powershell,…
• Data Modeling & Concepts: Knowledge of the Data Mesh concept & Experience with the DataVault 2.0 modeling methodology.

What we offer you:

• Hybrid ways of working with access to our modern & collaborative office in Oslo.
• An open and inclusive culture, that enables us to reach our full potential.
• A community of experts - as Digital Natives, we put innovation at the heart of our expertise.
• Read more about the benefits we offer here.

About Orange Business:

Orange Business is a leading network and digital integrator company with offices in 65 countries worldwide, and part of the Orange Group.

Digital Services, a business line of Orange Business is a newly created division within Orange Business. In Europe the business line consists of approximately 1500 people distributed across 10 countries. We are digital natives, with innovation at the core of our business, which makes us a reliable partner close to our customers. Our joint mission is to help innovate, drive and lead them in their digital transformation challenges and business strategies in key digital domains, including Cloud, Customer Experience, Digital Workspace and Data & AI. As an agile and fast-moving digital business partner, the business line offers trusted end-to-end solutions and products that help businesses in a wide range of industries in the private and public sector transform their operations, enhance customer experience, and drive growth.

With our digital expertise, we are a strategic partner of Orange Business objectives to be a leading network and digital integrator with our team as a key growth engine.

The process:

We screen applications on an ongoing basis.