Technical Lead – Azure Data & Cloud Architecture

Innowave Group; Portugal; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

InnoWave seeks an experienced Technical Lead to drive design of complex data solutions in Azure, ensuring security, performance, and quality. You will lead architectural decisions, oversee data governance, and promote observability across scalable, event-driven pipelines.

Work with international teams to deliver high-impact data products. The role emphasizes cloud-native data architectures, Azure technologies, and strong leadership in a collaborative environment, with a focus on deliverables and

Qualifications

• Degree in software/engineering related field.
• Experience designing scalable, secure data solutions and architectures.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership in design and implementation of data solutions.
• Define and drive architectural decisions across data platforms and integration solutions.
• Design and evolve cloud-based data architectures using Azure and Databricks.
• Lead architecture reviews and ensure adherence to security and engineering standards.
• Promote observability, reliability, and operational excellence with an SRE mindset.
• Collaborate with global, cross-functional teams to drive technical decisions and delivery quality.

Skills

Azure

Data architecture

Event-driven architecture

REST APIs

Delta Lake

Azure Databricks

Azure Functions

Terraform

GitHub

Security

Observability

SRE mindset

Leadership

Communication

Agile methodologies

JIRA

Confluence

GDPR

English

Spanish

Education

Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering

Degree in Computer Engineering

Tools

Azure Data Factory

Azure Storage

Azure Key Vault

Azure Event Hubs

Azure Databricks

Job description

InnoWave is looking for an experienced and forward-thinking Technical Lead to drive the design of complex data solutions, lead technical decisions, and ensure high standards of quality, security, and performance. If you are passionate about cloud technologies, data architecture, and building scalable, event-driven solutions within a collaborative, international environment, this could be your next challenge!

Technical Lead – Azure Data & Cloud Architecture

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership in the design and implementation of complex, scalable, and secure data solutions.
• Define and drive architectural decisions across data platforms, event-driven architectures, APIs, and integration solutions.
• Design and evolve cloud-based data architectures, leveraging Azure and Databricks technologies.
• Lead architecture reviews and ensure adherence to engineering best practices, architectural standards, and security requirements.
• Promote observability, reliability, and operational excellence, applying an SRE mindset.
• Oversee data governance, cloud cost optimization, and technical risk management.
• Manage and prioritize the technical debt backlog, ensuring continuous improvement of the platform.
• Produce and maintain high-quality technical documentation for applications and architectural solutions.
• Assess and manage infrastructure change requests, ensuring alignment with architectural and operational requirements.
• Collaborate with global, cross-functional teams to drive technical decisions and ensure delivery quality.
• Support knowledge sharing and promote a culture of collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement.

Skills

• Up to 10 years of experience in the relevant platform, programming language, technology, or framework, as defined by the project requirements.
• Degree in Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
• Strong hands-on experience with the technologies supporting the application and the ability to design complex technical solutions.
• Solid knowledge of data architecture, event-driven systems, APIs, and integration patterns, including: Lakehouse and Medallion architectures, Delta Lake and Unity Catalog, Data Products and Data Mesh (preferred), Event Hubs, Change Data Capture (CDC), and streaming pipelines, REST APIs, asynchronous APIs, and event-driven APIs.
• Strong experience with Microsoft Azure technologies, including: Azure Event Hubs, Azure Functions, Azure Data Factory, Azure Databricks, Azure Storage, Azure Key Vault and Terraform (preferred).
• Experience with GitHub and collaborative development practices.
• Knowledge of architecture governance, observability, cloud cost management, security, and data governance.
• Strong analytical and critical-thinking skills, with a problem-solving mindset.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively in collaborative environments with international teams.
• Strong commitment to delivery quality and continuous improvement.
• Knowledge of Agile methodologies, JIRA, and Confluence (valued).
• Experience working on complex or strategic projects (valued).
• Knowledge of the Energy & Utilities sector and GDPR (valued).
• Languages (written and spoken): English (mandatory)and Spanish (valued).

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