Lead Data Architect
Employer · Hydro
Database administrator
Systems analystSoftware developerFull-timeBudapest
Hydro Global Business Services (GBS) operates as an internal service provider for the Hydro group. We are looking for a Lead Data Architect to make our modern cloud platforms and on-prem SQL Server databases work together as one coherent, AI-ready ecosystem.
Tasks
- Architect and optimize warehouse and lakehouse solutions on Snowflake, Databricks and Azure, integrated with on-prem databases, for analytical, regulatory and operational workloads
- Lead conceptual, logical and physical data modelling standards, using dimensional and data vault methods, and champion canonical models and metadata standards for data product reuse
- Work with BI and Analytics teams to define semantic and business layers that enable self-service analytics
- Define patterns for ingestion, pipelines, orchestration and automation, and set pragmatic standards for CI/CD, infrastructure as code, testing and observability
- Make our data environments AI/ML-ready, working with data scientists and ML engineers on feature data, versioning, reproducibility and provisioning for training and inference
- Define and enforce D&A architecture standards through proportionate design reviews, so solutions meet security, regulatory and Enterprise Architecture requirements
- Help teams decide when to use our standard technologies and when a new path is justified, and advise on prioritizing updates to existing systems
- Lead by example in design sessions, mentor architects and engineers, and keep teams informed of relevant architecture trends