Data Architect (Databricks Focus) at Capgemini UK · Lisbon

Data Architect (Databricks Focus)

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YOUR ROLE

We are looking for an experienced Data Architect with a strong focus on Databricks to strengthen Capgemini Portugal’s Data & AI team. This professional will be responsible for defining modern lakehouse architectures, guiding delivery teams through complex technical challenges, and supporting commercial initiatives by designing robust, scalable, and cost-optimized solutions for our clients.

In this role you will play a key role in:

• Own the architecture of Databricks-based solutions from discovery through delivery, ensuring scalability, maintainability, and performance;
• Define and implement lakehouse patterns using Databricks (e.g., Delta Lake, Unity Catalog), enabling analytics and AI/ML workloads;
• Design data ingestion and transformation pipelines (batch and streaming), with best practices for reliability, observability, and SLA management;
• Establish standards for data modeling, dataset design, and domain-oriented data products where applicable;
• Drive security, governance, and compliance: access control, data privacy, auditing, lineage, and catalog strategies (Unity Catalog, integration with enterprise IAM);
• Provide technical leadership during delivery: unblock teams, handle architectural trade-offs, and guide performance/cost tuning (clusters, job patterns, optimization);
• Define DataOps/MLOps adjacent practices as needed (CI/CD, testing strategies, environment promotion, monitoring);
• Support pre-sales and commercial initiatives: solution architecture, technical proposal content, effort estimation, delivery approach, and client technical workshops;
• Work closely with cloud teams to integrate Databricks with AWS/Azure/GCP services (storage, networking, security, orchestration tools).

YOUR PROFILE

• At least 5 years of experience in data architecture and/or data engineering with hands-on experience in modern data platforms;
• Strong experience with Databricks implementations (architecture + delivery), including Delta Lake and governance concepts (e.g., Unity Catalog);
• Strong knowledge of:
• Lakehouse architectures and data warehousing concepts
• Streaming and batch design patterns
• Performance tuning and cost optimization in distributed data processing
• Data governance/security patterns at scale
• Experience designing solutions on at least one major cloud (Azure/AWS/GCP) and integrating with cloud-native services;
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills; able to lead architecture discussions with both IT and business;
• Proactive, structured problem-solving; entrepreneurial mindset and ownership in ambiguous environments;
• Fluency in Portuguese and English (spoken and written);
• Must have Databricks certification(s) and experience with Unity Catalog operating models.

WHAT YOU'LL LOVE ABOUT WORKING HERE

• At Capgemini Portugal we have a flexible and dynamic work environment. Flexibility enables a better work-life balance and gives more flexibility to the employee to manage the working hours, as well if he works at the office or remotely, according with the company’s hybrid work policy;
• We have local programs that promote people growth, reskill and new skills development (Career Acceleration Programs);
• We promote an empowering environment with autonomy and peers' relationships among the top scores of our Monthly Employees' feedback; Next to this, we also offer an attractive compensation package and benefits such as Health and Life insurance, as well as Referral program with bonuses for talent recommendations and other fringe benefits according with our partnerships in force.
• Capgemini Portugal is an equal opportunity employer. We promote equality and dignity in all aspects of recruitment and employment, as well as employment offers and promotions made according with competence and ability or performance, respectively.

ABOUT CAPGEMINI

Capgemini is a global business and technology transformation partner, helping organizations to accelerate their dual transition to a digital and sustainable world, while creating tangible impact for enterprises and society. It is a responsible and diverse group of 340,000 team members in more than 50 countries. With its strong over 55-year heritage, Capgemini is trusted by its clients to unlock the value of technology to address the entire breadth of their business needs. It delivers end-to-end services and solutions leveraging strengths from strategy and design to engineering, all fuelled by its market leading capabilities in AI, cloud and data, combined with its deep industry expertise and partner ecosystem. The Group reported 2023 global revenues of €22.5 billion.

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