Senior Data Architect

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Colombia.

📋 Description

• Provide technical leadership to the data team by offering hands-on guidance to database specialists and developers regarding data products and pipelines.

• Define and enhance the target data architecture, which includes ingestion, lakehouse design, data modeling, governance, and serving layers.

• Drive solution design by converting both business and technical requirements into practical solutions.

• Choose the right frameworks, patterns, and modeling techniques.

• Work collaboratively with client architects and business leaders to showcase architectural options and their trade-offs.

• Clearly document architectural decisions to facilitate shared execution within the team.

• Set and uphold standards for data quality, access control, data lineage, and privacy.

• Implement CI/CD and DataOps practices to ensure consistent and reliable delivery.

• Lead assessments of the current data state and facilitate knowledge transfer during transitions.

• Identify priorities that yield measurable business value in incremental phases.

• Create proofs of concept and prototypes to validate architectural strategies and illustrate value.

• Contribute to and leverage CI&T's shared methodologies and expertise in data practices.

• Support a comprehensive, end-to-end technology engagement for a US-based EdTech client.

⛳️ Requirements

• Advanced proficiency in English (C1 level or higher) is essential for daily interactions with North American stakeholders.

• Demonstrated experience in designing data architecture and providing hands-on technical leadership to multidisciplinary data teams.

• Strong experience in creating, building, and deploying data pipelines, lakehouse architectures, and scalable data products.

• Practical experience with Databricks, including Delta Lake and Unity Catalog, or equivalent expertise with AWS data services.

• Proficient in data modeling using both dimensional (Kimball) and relational approaches, with advanced SQL skills.

• Familiarity with pipeline orchestration and workflow automation tools, such as dbt, Databricks Workflows, or Apache Airflow.

• Proven ability to translate business challenges into actionable data solutions and effectively communicate trade-offs to both technical and non-technical audiences.

• Capability to work in a nearshore delivery model with consistent overlap with US Central business hours.

• Databricks certification is preferred.

• Experience with Snowflake or similar cloud data warehouse platforms is preferred.

• Understanding of data governance and privacy principles within regulated industries is preferred.

• Experience with CI/CD and MLOps pipeline practices is preferred.

• Familiarity with AI solutions and agentic coding workflows is preferred.

• Experience leading consultative data assessments and data modernization projects is preferred.

• Proficiency in Spanish or Portuguese is preferred.

🏝️ Benefits

• Comprehensive Healthcare coverage.

• Meal vouchers provided.

• Maternity and Parental leave policies.

• Subsidy for mobile services.

• Sick pay and Life insurance options.

• Access to CI&T University.

• Observance of Colombian Holidays.

• Paid Vacation time.