Overview

In this role you will shape and govern the ODS Datalake and cloud-based data ecosystem at Open Digital Services. You will collaborate with data engineering, ML, security, and product teams to deliver scalable, secure data platforms that empower analytics, AI/ML and operational processes. You’ll define architectural standards and lead AWS-based solutions to support a multi-entity, regulated banking environment. This is a hands-on, architecture-focused position with a strong emphasis on data governance and production reliability.

Responsabilidades

- Design and evolve the ODS Datalake architecture for scalability, reliability, security and maintainability
- Define architectural standards, patterns and best practices for data processing and storage
- Lead the design of AWS-based data solutions using services like S3, Glue, Athena, EMR, Redshift, Lake Formation, Kinesis and IAM
- Partner with Data Engineering to align pipelines with architectural principles and production standards
- Support data quality, lineage, metadata, observability, security and access control across the Datalake
- Collaborate with ML and Analytics to ensure data foundations are reliable for advanced analytics and AI/ML use cases




- Review technical designs and guide engineering teams on architectural decisions
- Identify risks, debt, bottlenecks and scalability issues, proposing pragmatic solutions
- Promote engineering excellence, automation, documentation and operational discipline
- Act as technical reference for AWS data architecture, Datalake evolution and cloud-native data platform design

Requisitos principales

- 7+ years in Data Architecture, Data Engineering, Big Data or related domains
- Strong hands-on experience with AWS data services (EMR, Glue, Lake Formation, Athena, EC2, etc.)
- Experience defining architectural standards and best practices for data platforms
- Experience in complex technical environments with multiple stakeholders
- Experience in banking, fintech or regulated environments
- Fluent English; professional Spanish (preferred)

- Strong architectural thinking
- Excellent communication skills
- Stakeholder management and influence
- AWS data services: S3, Glue, Athena, EMR, Redshift, Lake Formation, Kinesis, IAM
- Modern data lake/lakehouse architectures
- Data governance, metadata, lineage, quality, observability, access control

📌 Cloud Architect (AWS) – ODS - madrid
🏢 Grupo Santander
📍 Madrid