Principal Architect (Data, Analytics & AI)

SEEKING: Principal Architect (Data Analytics & AI)

We are looking fora a leading company in the Engineering/Technology sector profesional Architect with solid experience in Data Analytics and AI

The Data Analytics & AI Architect actively participates in providing the overall direction of architecture across the entire data analytics ecosystem. The role is responsible for defining and driving the strategic vision for enterprise data and AI systems. This position oversees the design and implementation of scalable secure and innovative data platforms and AI capabilities that empower business intelligence advanced analytics and machine learning across the organization. This role is critical in shaping the enterprise data and analytics vision and strategy ensuring alignment with the companys strategic business plans.

As a key member of the Data Analytics & AI Architecture team you will contribute to planning design and implementation of the enterprise data and analytics vision and strategy aligned with the companys strategic business plans. You will enable innovation and understand the business analytics trends that can create business value while decreasing time to market and reducing solution complexity.

In this role you will act as an advisor for various complex projects and initiatives and taking full ownership of all necessary architectural artifacts high-level designs proof of concepts (POCs) and deployment support for small to medium scope data analytics and GenAI solutions. You will play a pivotal role in defining the building blocks for future-state architecture and creating a roadmap for realizing these goals. You will thrive on bringing innovative approaches validated by quality research industry insights and proof of concepts supporting the suggested technology or architecture solution addition to demonstrating proficiency and a deep understanding across the four key data and analytics verticals you will have substantial experience with data management data security and data operations.

Furthermore you will possess robust expertise in ML/AI capabilities. This diverse knowledge will empower you to recommend breakthrough improvements across the entire data and analytics ecosystem ensuring the integration of AI/ML capabilities to enhance analytics processes and outcomes.

RESPONSIBILITIES & TASKS :

Architecture Leadership:

Responsible for developing architecture for technology including best practices and guiding principles and design of new data and analytics technology. Partner through implementation and operational support to ensure technology is achieving desired business outcomes.

Collaborate with business and solution architectures for less complex data and analytics initiatives to ensure we achieve enterprise data and analytics objectives while meeting the business use case requirements

Experience guiding cross-functional teams and influencing senior stakeholders

Analyzes current architectures to identify weaknesses and develop opportunities for improvements

Ensure the completeness of technical requirements and functional architecture analysis for the design and implementation of data and analytics business solutions

Define document and maintain architecture patterns

Complete architecture solution blueprint for data and analytics initiatives

Ability to define and architect interim architectures and strategy to ultimately align to end state

Develop and present a variety of architectural artifacts and documentation

Establishes standard architectural principles patterns and processes

Innovation & Emerging Tech:

Participate in proof-of-concept initiatives to assess and analyze fit for purpose of potential solutions

Participate in data and analytics capability maturity assessment leveraging insights to build foundational future state architecture and corresponding roadmaps

Foster innovation by evaluating emerging technologies and recommending adoption where appropriate

Strives to continuously increase the overall data and analytics architecture practice maturity

Deep understanding of data platforms cloud technologies (e.g. Azure AWS GCP) data modeling and analytics tools

AI/ML Integration:

Model development and deployment using frameworks such as TensorFlow PyTorch or Scikit-learn

Familiarity with cloud-based ML platforms such as AWS SageMaker Azure Foundry or Google AI Platform Mosaic AI

Experience in utilizing tools like MLflow for managing the ML lifecycle including experimentation reproducibility and deployment

Knowledge of natural language processing (NLP) and/or reinforcement learning techniques as applicable to business use cases

Ability to integrate advanced analytics and AI/ML models into existing data workflows ensuring seamless access and usability

EXPERIENCE KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS :

Behavioral Skills:

Organizational Agility

Growth mindset

Creative Innovative thinking

Customer Focus

Learning Agility & Self Development

Cross functional people management

Stakeholder management

Mentoring and coaching

Problem solving

Drives for results

Verbal & written communication

Technical Skills:

Data and Analytics computing methodologies

Data and Analytics platforms tools and integration processes both on-prem and cloud

Common integration patterns (batch micro-batch near real time real time)

Data Fabric framework

Basic Programming skills in Python SQL

Data management and data security

Tools Knowledge:

Data pipeline tools like ADF IICS

Data platforms: Snowflake Databricks BigQuery

BI tools: Power BI Tableau Looker

Cloud platforms: Azure AWS GCP

Streaming/Event processing and pub/sub software

AI/ML Tools like MLOps Tensorflow Mosaic AI AWS Sagemaker Pytorch

WORK EXPERIENCE :

9-12 years of experience in data and analytics solution delivery or related position

5-8 years of architecture or design experience across a broad range of data and analytics capabilities with a cloud background

WORK ENVIRONMENT :

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an associate encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions:

The noise level in the work environment is generally quiet.

Physical and Mental Requirements:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions:

1. Sedentary physical activity requiring reaching shifting lifting finger dexterity grasping feeling repetitive motions talking and hearing.

2. Visual requirement is for close vision distance vision peripheral vision and ability to adjust focus.

3. 25% or more time is spent looking directly at a computer.

4. Associate is frequently required to stand walk (or otherwise be mobile).

5. Ability to deal with stressful situations as they arise

STUDIES :

Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering Information Technology or related field.

CERIFICATIONS :

Relevant cloud provider architect certifications TOGAF CDMP would be desirable

LANGUAGE :

English- (C1)

WE OFFER:

Permanent contract

Rate: 47k/52k (according to the experience provided)

Location: Spain Teleworking 100%

Desired start date: ASAP