[C3I] Data Architect

Project the aim youll have

We are the Data & Analytics Global Capability at Software Mind. We design build and maintain data and analytics solutions for clients across industries: financial services telco media & entertainment retail manufacturing gaming healthcare and more. Our projects run on modern data platforms mainly Snowflake and Databricks on Azure AWS and GCP as well as on-premises and hybrid environments.

Role how youll contribute

Architecture & Delivery:

• Assess the clients current data landscape and design target-state architectures (cloud hybrid on-prem) aligned with their business goals.
• Select technologies based on the clients needs constraints and existing stack with Snowflake and Databricks as our core platforms.
• Design lakehouse warehouse and data lake architectures including ingestion ETL/ELT pipelines CDC streaming and API integrations.
• Design data models (conceptual logical physical) using Kimball Data Vault or 3NF as well as semantic layers for BI and AI.
• Define security (IAM encryption masking row-level security) HA/DR performance and cost optimization.
• Build data governance foundations: catalog metadata lineage data quality and data contracts.
• Make sure platforms are ready for advanced analytics ML GenAI and real-time use cases.
• Create reference architectures reusable patterns and accelerators for our Data & AI offering.
• Act as technical authority for delivery teams: review designs and keep quality consistent across projects.

Presales & Client Advisory

• Partner with sales and industry teams as technical presales: discovery workshops solution design estimations and the technical parts of proposals and RFPs.
• Present architectures and recommendations to client stakeholders from engineering teams to C-level.
• Design and run PoCs and technical demos.
• Evaluate new approaches and tools (data mesh streaming-first AI-native platforms) and share what you learn internally and externally.

Qualifications :

Expectations the experience you need

• 7 years in data engineering or data architecture including at least 3 years in an architect role.
• Hands-on experience designing and delivering solutions on Snowflake and Databricks (Delta Lake Unity Catalog Spark): expert level in at least one working knowledge of the other.
• Experience with at least one major cloud (Azure AWS or GCP) and its data services.
• Strong data modeling skills (Kimball Data Vault 3NF).
• Strong SQL and good Python.
• Experience with orchestration and transformation tools (e.g. Airflow dbt Azure Data Factory).
• Solid understanding of data security governance and regulatory requirements.
• Client-facing experience ideally in consulting or IT services and the ability to explain technical trade-offs to business stakeholders.
• Very good English spoken and written (C1).

Additional skills the edge you have

• Snowflake (SnowPro Advanced) Databricks or cloud architect certifications.
• Experience with Microsoft Fabric BigQuery or Redshift.
• Streaming (Kafka Spark Structured Streaming) and event-driven architectures.
• Data catalogs and MDM (Unity Catalog Collibra Atlan DataHub).
• Semantic layer and knowledge graphs (dbt Semantic Layer ontologies RDF/OWL).
• Domain experience in one of our verticals (BFSI telco retail/manufacturing gaming & betting healthcare media).
• Previous presales or solution consulting experience.

Additional Information :

What we offer:

• Flexible and remote cooperation options
• International projects with leading global clients
• Travels related to international projects
• Non-corporate atmosphere
• Access* to language classes
• Access* to knowledge-sharing initiatives
• Access* to private healthcare and life insurance
• Access* to multisport card

*The availability and terms of individual benefits may vary depending on the chosen form of cooperation.

Remote Work :

Yes

Employment Type :

Full-time