
Senior Data Architect
CI&T
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🇵🇹 Portugal
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Senior
Tech Stack
AWSAzureCloudGoogle Cloud Platform
About the role
- Define and lead end-to-end data architecture for complex ecosystems, balancing technical depth with business outcomes.
- Translate business strategy into scalable technology solutions through discovery workshops, assessments, and roadmaps.
- Act as technical sponsor for CI&T’s most strategic accounts, working closely with C-level clients and non-technical stakeholders.
- Lead architectural design, technology selection, and proof-of-concepts for critical platforms and innovation programs.
- Govern technical quality across delivery squads, driving adherence to security, performance, scalability, and privacy standards.
- Support pre-sales, proposal development, RFPs, and technical visioning with account teams and clients.
- Coach and mentor senior architects and technical leads, shaping technical career development paths.
Requirements
- Experience in data architecture and technical leadership, including strategic consulting and system design.
- Strong technical breadth across data engineers, science and modelling.
- Strong Databricks experience.
- Proficiency in cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
- Solid understanding of non-functional requirements: performance, resilience, security, and scalability.
- Advanced English (spoken and written), with strong communication across technical and non-technical audiences.
- Familiarity within consultancy
- Knowledge of frameworks: Clean Architecture, Domain-Driven Design (DDD), TOGAF, SAFe.
- Experience hiring, growing, and managing architect-level talent.
- Public speaking or thought leadership in engineering/architecture forums.
Benefits
- Competitive Salary
- Generous paid vacation days
- Generous sick time
- 100% paid health & dental benefits starting day one
- Annual profit-sharing distribution
- Paid parental leave
- Dedicated career advisor
- And so much more…
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
data architecturesystem designtechnical leadershipDatabrickscloud platformsAWSAzureGCPnon-functional requirementsframeworks
Soft skills
communicationcoachingmentoringpublic speakingthought leadership