Senior Data Architect: Cloud Data Platform & Lakehouse

Capgemini Engineering; Lisboa; Hybrid; EUR 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

Health and life insurance

Training and certifications

Career growth programs

International projects

Job summary

Capgemini Engineering seeks a Senior Data Platform Architect to define and govern the target data platform architecture. You will review pilots, set standards, and drive industrialisation across the group while coordinating with on-site teams in Geneva.

The role requires strong AWS data architecture experience, lakehouse patterns, and a proven ability to design scalable, governance-focused data platforms for large-scale projects.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in cloud data platform architecture, ideally on AWS.
• Experience with enterprise-scale data platform design.
• Experience with migration-oriented target architecture design.
• Familiarity with lakehouse and medallion architecture patterns (Iceberg, S3).
• Track record designing for governance, scalability and industrialisation.
• Ability to produce target architectures, standards and blueprints and contribute to roadmaps.
• Client- and business-oriented with strong planning and organisation.
• Hybrid advisory + delivery model with on-site Geneva presence.

Responsibilities

• Define the target data platform architecture and produce architectural principles, standards and blueprints.
• Review the current pilot architecture and provide recommendations for completion, stabilisation and scaling.
• Drive governance, standardisation and industrialisation to reduce complexity and duplication.
• Support implementation decisions and contribute to the roadmap sequencing.
• Enable internal teams through structured knowledge transfer.

Skills

Cloud architecture

Data architecture

Migration design

Governance

Blueprints

Stakeholder comms

Hybrid advisory

Tools

Apache Iceberg

S3

AWS

Job description

Capgemini Engineering seeks a Senior Data Platform Architect to define and govern the target data platform architecture. You will review pilots, set standards, and drive industrialisation across the group while coordinating with on-site teams in Geneva.

The role requires strong AWS data architecture experience, lakehouse patterns, and a proven ability to design scalable, governance-focused data platforms for large-scale projects.