Azure Data Architect Lead: Lakehouse, Delta & Data Products

Aubay Portugal; Lisboa; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Training Academy

Career progression

Health insurance

Team events

Language platform

Job summary

Aubay Portugal is seeking a senior Data Architect / Technical Lead to design and implement advanced data architectures, leveraging Lakehouse patterns with Delta Lake and Unity Catalog. You will build robust data pipelines, including streaming and CDC, and drive data governance and observability across Azure environments.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in data architecture/engineering, strong knowledge of data mesh concepts, API strategies (REST, Async, Event APIs), and hands-on Terraform and

Qualifications

• +5 years of professional experience in Data Architecture, Data Engineering, or a similar Technical Lead role.
• Understanding of Lakehouse, Medallion Architecture, Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, Data Products, and Data Mesh.
• Experience with event-driven architectures, streaming pipelines, CDC, and REST/Async/Event APIs.
• Strong Data Governance, observability, SRE mindset, cloud cost management, security; exposure to Terraform and GitHub.
• Mandatory fluency in Portuguese (written and spoken) and understanding of English.
• Alignment with our corporate culture and ethics; strong customer focus and teamwork.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and implementation of advanced data architectures using Lakehouse patterns and Delta Lake.
• Develop and optimize data pipelines, including streaming, CDC, and event-driven integrations on Azure.
• Define and implement data governance, security, and observability across Azure environments.
• Drive architectural reviews and promote an SRE mindset for cost and reliability.
• Collaborate on Data Products and API integration strategies (REST, Async, Event APIs).

Skills

Data Architecture

Data Engineering

Technical Lead

Lakehouse

Medallion Architecture

Delta Lake

Unity Catalog

Data Products

Data Mesh

Event-driven

Streaming

CDC

REST APIs

Async APIs

Terraform

GitHub

Azure Event Hub

Portuguese fluency

Tools

Azure Event Hub

Terraform

GitHub

Job description

Aubay Portugal is seeking a senior Data Architect / Technical Lead to design and implement advanced data architectures, leveraging Lakehouse patterns with Delta Lake and Unity Catalog. You will build robust data pipelines, including streaming and CDC, and drive data governance and observability across Azure environments.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in data architecture/engineering, strong knowledge of data mesh concepts, API strategies (REST, Async, Event APIs), and hands-on Terraform and