Senior Data Architect – Cloud & Data Governance

Unleash transformative data strategies — shape enterprise-wide architecture for the future!

Krakow-based opportunity with hybrid work model (up to 3 remote days per week).

As a Senior Data Architect – Cloud & Data Governance, you will be working for our client, a leading financial institution. You will be instrumental in defining and governing the target data architecture for Data Refinery, ensuring data is managed as a strategic enterprise asset with robust quality, lineage, security, and compliance standards. This role offers a unique opportunity to influence how data assets are structured, integrated, and governed across the organization, driving innovation and operational excellence.

Your main responsibilities:

• Define and maintain enterprise and domain data architecture standards, including metadata, reference data, models, and naming conventions.
• Own and develop the target-state data architecture, including conceptual, logical, and physical data models and end-to-end data flows.
• Design scalable data integration patterns (batch and streaming), ensuring interoperability across multiple source systems and platforms.
• Establish and govern data quality, lineage, retention, and security requirements for published datasets, partnering closely with engineering and governance teams.
• Translate business and functional requirements into comprehensive architecture artifacts (data models, data flow diagrams, interface contracts).
• Act as the data architecture SME, guiding engineering, testing, and business teams on design decisions and resolving data-related challenges.

You're ideal for this role if you have:

• Over 10 years of experience in data architecture and data modeling (conceptual, logical, physical).
• Proficiency in SQL and Python, ideally within Google Cloud or other cloud environments.
• Strong knowledge of data management best practices: metadata, lineage, data quality, security/privacy, governance, and retention.
• Experience defining architecture patterns for data pipelines and integration layers.
• Excellent English communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to produce architecture documentation and facilitate design discussions.

It is a strong plus if you have:

• Understanding of IT or business architecture and its alignment to enterprise strategies.
• Experience working in large or matrix organizations with diverse stakeholders and multiple delivery teams.
• Familiarity with data governance and metadata tools such as Collibra, Erwin, or Dataplex.
• Knowledge of cloud platforms like Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud Platform.
• Strong technical writing and presentation skills to communicate complex architecture decisions effectively.

Language Required for the role:

• Fluent English (both written and spoken)

Eligibility to work in Europe:

• Only candidates with an existing legal right to work in the European Union will be considered for this role.

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