Data Architect

Data Architect

Inetum Polska is part of the global Inetum Group and plays a key role in driving the digital transformation of businesses and public institutions. Operating in cities such as Warsaw, Poznan, Katowice, Lublin, Rzeszow, Lodz the company offers a wide range of IT services. Inetum Polska actively supports employee development by fully funding training, certifications, and participation in technology conferences. Additionally, the company is involved in local social initiatives, such as charitable projects and promoting an active lifestyle. It prides itself on fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment, ensuring equal opportunities for all.

Globally, Inetum operates in 19 countries and employs over 28,000 professionals. The company focuses on four key areas:

• Consulting (Inetum Consulting): Strategic advisory services that help organizations define and implement innovative solutions.
• Infrastructure and Application Management (Inetum Technologies): Designing and managing IT systems tailored to clients' individual needs.
• Software Implementation (Inetum Solutions): Deploying partner solutions from industry leaders like Microsoft, SAP, Salesforce, and ServiceNow.
• Custom Software Development (Inetum Software): Creating unique software solutions to meet specific client needs.

With strategic partnerships with major technology giants, including Microsoft, SAP, Salesforce, and ServiceNow, Inetum delivers advanced technological solutions tailored to customer requirements. In 2023, Inetum reported revenues of €2.5 billion, underscoring its strong position in the digital services market.

Inetum distinguishes itself by offering a comprehensive range of benefits that meet the diverse needs of employees, providing flexibility, support and commitment. Here's what makes working at Inetum unique:

• Flexible and hybrid work:
• Flexible working hours.
• Hybrid work model, allowing employees to divide their time between home and modern offices in key Polish cities.
• Attractive financial benefits:
• A cafeteria system that allows employees to personalize benefits by choosing from a variety of options.
• Generous referral bonuses, offering up to PLN6,000 for referring specialists.
• Additional revenue sharing opportunities for initiating partnerships with new clients.
• Professional development and team support:
• Ongoing guidance from a dedicated Team Manager for each employee.
• Tailored technical mentoring from an assigned technical leader, depending on individual expertise and project needs.
• Community and Well-Being:
• Dedicated team-building budget for online and on-site team events.
• Opportunities to participate in charitable initiatives and local sports programs.
• A supportive and inclusive work culture with an emphasis on diversity and mutual respect.

Job Description

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Data Architect to join our team. This role involves designing and documenting end-to-end solutions for data integrations, major enhancements, and complex data products, ensuring adherence to architectural standards and best practices. The Data Architect will also contribute to the technical roadmap, define and enforce data engineering standards, and serve as the final technical approver for significant code changes and architectural modifications.

Main Tasks:

• Strategic & Technical Leadership (Enhance)
• Solution Architecture: Design and document end-to-end solutions for new data integrations, major enhancements, and complex data products, ensuring they adhere to architectural standards and best practices.
• Technical Roadmap: Contribute to the technical roadmap for the Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW), identifying opportunities for refactoring, performance optimization, and the adoption of new technologies or patterns to improve service reliability.
• Pattern & Standard Setting: Define and enforce data engineering and development standards across the program, including coding conventions, CI/CD practices, and data quality frameworks.
• Technical Review: Serve as the final technical approver for all significant code changes, pull requests, and architectural modifications, ensuring quality and consistency.
• Service Reliability & Operations (Operate)
• Technical Escalation: Act as the highest point of technical escalation for critical P1/P2 incidents and complex, recurring problems that the engineering teams are unable to resolve.
• Expert-Level Triage: Lead the technical investigation during major outages, performing deep-dive analysis across the entire data stack (from source systems to BI reports) to identify root causes.
• Problem Management: Drive the technical resolution for systemic issues identified through Problem Management, designing long-term fixes to prevent recurrence.
• Mentorship & Governance
• Team Upskilling: Actively mentor Data Engineers and Data Visualization Engineers, providing technical guidance, conducting code reviews, and fostering a culture of technical excellence.
• Knowledge Centralization: Champion the creation and maintenance of technical documentation, ensuring critical knowledge is captured and shared effectively across the team.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with client architects, source system owners, and other vendor teams to resolve cross-platform dependencies and ensure end-to-end data flow integrity.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of professional experience in data-centric roles,
• Proven experience in a technical leadership position such as Solution Architect, Technical Lead, or Principal Engineer,
• Expert-level knowledge of Snowflake and Azure Data Factory (ADF),
• Deep experience with SQL Server,
• Familiarity with Informatica and IBM DB2,
• Hands-on experience with Control-M,
• Experience with SAP Business Objects and Power BI,
• Expert-level SQL,
• Proficiency in Python,
• Experience with XML and JSON data formats,
• Deep, demonstrable expertise across Data Engineering (ETL/ELT), Data Visualization (BI), and Quality Engineering (QA).

Nice-to-have requirements:

• Experience working in an international environment (with significant time shifts, teams located on different continents),
• ITIL certification (Foundation or higher),
• Experience with service management platforms (e.g., ServiceNow, Jira Service Management),
• Proficiency in Python,
• Experience with XML and JSON data formats,
• Experience with enterprise schedulers, with Control-M being highly preferred.

Additional Information

This position allows for remote work for candidates based in Poland.