Lead Data Architect

ALTEN Polska; Kraków; Remote; PLN 240,000 - 360,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medicover healthcare

Medicover dental care

Medicover Benefits platform

Medicover sports card

Newborn welcome package for employees

Group life insurance

Pension program

Job summary

ALTEN Polska in Kraków is seeking a Lead Data Architect to design and implement an enterprise-wide data model harmonizing data across business, operational, and IoT systems. You will define common concepts, ontologies, and data semantics, collaborate with stakeholders and data engineers, and guide the development of a centralized data platform within international projects.

This role offers a full-time contract, remote work from Kraków, and opportunities for career growth within a European

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional experience in data management and data architecture.
• Proven experience in conceptual data modelling within large organizations.
• Hands-on experience designing ontologies, taxonomies, and business relationships.
• Strong focus on data harmonization and standardized data definitions across systems.
• Excellent written and spoken English communication.

Responsibilities

• Design conceptual data models, ontologies, and taxonomies.
• Define common concepts, business objects, and relationships between data.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, data architects and data engineers to implement data models.
• Facilitate workshops, document models, and align data standards across departments.
• Support the development of an enterprise-wide centralized data platform and information model.

Skills

Data modelling

Data architecture

Ontologies & taxonomies

Business semantics

Entity-relationship modelling

Workshop facilitation

English communication

Job description

WHO WE ARE?

WE ARE A GLOBAL LEADER IN ENGINEERING AND IT SERVICES.

At ALTEN, we see our specialists as architects—designers of tomorrow’s world.

As a leader in engineering and IT services, we support companies in their technological and sustainable transformation.

OVER 57,400 EMPLOYEES IN 30+ COUNTRIES, SUPPORTING MORE THAN 6,500 CLIENTS WORLDWIDE. We operate across all industries, including: Aerospace, Defense, Naval, Security, Automotive, Rail & Mobility, Energy & Environment, Life Sciences & Health, Industrial Equipment & Electronics, Telecommunications, Banking, Finance & Insurance, Retail, Media & Services, Public Administration, and Government Sector.

We deliver complex and highly advanced technical projects at every stage of the value chain for the world’s most prestigious companies.

Our motto: Building Tomorrow’s World Today!

For more information, visit: http://www.altenpolska.pl

We're hiring Lead Data Architect!

Project description: Design and implementation of an enterprise-wide data model aimed at harmonizing data from multiple business, operational, and IoT systems. The project focuses on defining common business concepts, standardizing data semantics, and establishing a unified information model to support a centralized data platform and enable consistent data usage across the organization.

WHAT WILL YOUR CHALLENGES BE?

• Designing conceptual data models, business ontologies, and taxonomies.
• Defining common concepts, business objects, and relationships between data.
• Resolving discrepancies in data definitions across different systems.
• Collaborating with business stakeholders, Data Architects, and Data Engineers to implement data models.
• Facilitating workshops, documenting models, and aligning data standards.

WHAT DO WE REQUIRE?

• Minimum 8 years of professional experience in data management, data modelling, and data architecture within complex enterprise environments.
• Conceptual Data Modelling – independently designing conceptual data models within large-scale organizations.
• Ontologies & Taxonomies – hands-on experience in designing ontologies, object classifications, and business relationship frameworks.
• Business Semantics & Data Harmonization – standardizing data definitions, identifiers, and meanings across multiple systems.
• Entity & Relationship Modelling – defining business entities, their identities, relationships, lifecycle stages, and temporal dependencies.
• Enterprise Data Architecture – translating conceptual models into logical data models and implementation-ready solutions.
• Proven experience in facilitating workshops with business stakeholders and technical teams, combined with excellent English communication skills.
• Extensive experience in large, complex, international projects involving data integration and harmonization across multiple business, operational, and IoT systems, particularly in the development of centralized data platforms, common information models, and Enterprise Data Platform solutions.

WHAT CAN WE OFFER YOU?

ALTEN’s DNA combines human values, a culture of excellence, and experience in serving our clients. We offer:

• A full-time employment contract.
• Location: Kraków; work model: remote
• Stable and long-term cooperation.
• A clearly defined career path with a European leader in engineering and IT consulting.
• The possibility of relocation within ALTEN Poland’s local branches.
• After project completion, the opportunity to engage in another project within the company.
• Onboarding and collaboration with a dedicated Competences Manager.

Benefits

• Medicover healthcare.
• Medicover dental care.
• Medicover Benefits platform.
• Medicover sports card.
• Newborn welcome package for employees.
• Group life insurance.
• Pension program.

We also offer cooperation based on B2B or contract (UZ).

We guarantee:

• Access to professional certifications with our technology partners (e.g., Google, ISTQB).
• Access to industry events.
• Access to the Knowledge Sharing Program.

Join our team and create the future of technology with us today!

NOTE: We will contact selected candidates only.