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