Data Architect – Porto | Portugal
About the client and the project
Global IT consulting and technology services company with a delivery hub in Porto, Portugal. The role sits within a large-scale analytics platform supporting a business domain's data needs across multiple regions and functions, aiming to unify data architecture and enable scalable, business-oriented data products.
What you will do
- Define and maintain the target data architecture and design principles for a large business domain.
- Steer and align multiple domain data teams to ensure architectural coherence and reuse.
- Collaborate with business data analysts to define data product structures, KPIs, and interfaces.
- Define and enforce data modeling, integration, and quality standards for an analytics platform.
- Act as primary interface to data architecture and governance functions to ensure compliance and synergy.
- Evaluate and introduce new tools, frameworks, and best practices supporting data efficiency and innovation.
- Provide architectural guidance across ongoing projects to ensure scalable and cost-efficient design.
Must-have skills
- Data Architect experience — 7+ years
- Databricks
- Data Lake
- Strong understanding of modern data architectures
- Data modeling, lineage, and governance principles
- Leadership and coordination across multiple agile data teams
- English B2
Nice to have
- Synapse
- Purview
- Data Vault modeling
- PySpark
- Azure Data Factory
- Qlik
Location and work model
- Hybrid (1 day/week in the office, Porto)
Why KWAN
At KWAN, your career is bigger than one project. You join a real team, on a long-term project, at a company where technology is the business. And when you are ready for something new — a new stack, a new industry, a bigger role — we find that next step with you, without you having to start over somewhere else.
From day one you have a dedicated People Experience Partner: one person accountable for your growth, not your allocation. They know where you want to go, and they help you get there.
You keep learning as technology moves (AI included). Your impact is seen and recognised. Pay and expectations are talked about openly. And you work remote-first, with hubs in Lisbon and Porto for when you want people around.
Grow with clarity. Be treated with respect. Build things that matter.
Apply — if your profile is a match for this role, you will hear from our Talent team within 48 hours. If it is not the right match this time, we will reach out as soon as we find a role that fits you better.
