Data Architect, AWS, Databricks
Location
Brazil
Posted
3 days ago
Salary
0
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Data Architect, AWS, Databricks
Compass
• Perform the complete migration of the current environment, today hosted on Databricks on Azure, to AWS, including creating a new data model and restructuring legacy pipelines and routines; • Define and evolve the Corporate Data Platform architecture (Lakehouse); • Ensure adherence to the target model based on AWS + Databricks; • Define architecture standards, frameworks and best practices; • Drive the definition of the migration strategy (waves, prioritization, dependencies); • Migration and Modernization: Lead the modernization of the legacy Data Warehouse (Azure/DataStage → AWS/Databricks); • Define migration approaches: Incremental vs Big Bang; • Ensure operational continuity during the transition; • Governance & Security: Define and implement standards for: Data governance/Access control/Data quality and lineage; • Ensure compliance with corporate policies and LGPD (Brazilian data protection law); • DataOps & Standardization: Structure standardized and reusable pipelines; • Implement best practices for CI/CD for data; • Reduce dependence on manual processes and low standardization; • Integration and Ecosystem: Design integrations with multiple sources and on-premises systems;
Job Requirements
- Experience with Cloud & AWS Platform, S3, Glue, IAM, Lake Formation, CloudWatch, CloudTrail;
- Experience with Databricks: Unity Catalog, Delta Lake, notebooks, clusters and policies;
- Knowledge of modern Lakehouse-based architecture;
- Experience with data modeling (DW, Lakehouse – Bronze/Silver/Gold);
- Experience with data pipelines (ETL/ELT);
- Experience with: advanced SQL, Python, tools such as: Airflow / Control-M / distributed orchestration;
- Experience with ADF / DataStage (legacy);
- Experience with CI/CD for data (Azure DevOps, Git, pipelines);
- Experience with Data Quality, Data Contracts, Data Lineage;
- Experience with data catalog and corporate governance;
- Experience with security and compliance (LGPD, access control, sensitive data);
- Knowledge of integration with multiple sources: APIs, relational databases, NoSQL, mainframe;
- Experience in distributed and domain-driven architecture;
- Migration strategies: Replatform, Refactor, Rewrite;
- Knowledge of monitoring (Datadog, CloudWatch);
- Definition of SLAs/SLOs;
- Experience troubleshooting critical pipelines;
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