Data Architect

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Summary of the role:

Navitaire, an Amadeus company, are proven innovators in the travel industry shaping the way the world thinks about travel. With more than 50 customers worldwide, including many of the world’s most successful hybrid and low-cost airlines, Navitaire offers a unique opportunity to make a large impact on the world of travel.

Navitaire is evolving our portfolio of hosted services towards a next-generation modern airline retailing platform aligned to industry offer and order retailing concepts. This transformation is founded in principles of customer-centric value delivery and driven by cloud-first modern engineering practices. We are looking for talented and motivated people with a passion to innovate, collaborate, and learn together to join our team that will shape the evolution of our platform. This is a hybrid position and would require you to be in the local office 2-3 days a week. 

We are seeking a Data Architect to play a key role in designing and enabling a data mesh architecture that enables scalable, decentralized data management, which facilitates big data and fast data projects. This role requires strong data modeling skills and expertise in distributed data systems to support teams building domain-driven data products.  Work with teams building self-service data infrastructure, governance-as-code, and robust APIs that empower teams across the organization.  Support teams and architects as the organization shifts from relational to NoSQL data stores.

Key Responsibilities:

• Data Modeling: Design and develop data models that support business requirements and ensure data integrity and consistency.

• Compliance: Facilitate and ensure compliance with data governance, security, and regulatory requirements following corporate policy.

• Operational Data Projects: Collaborate with operational teams to understand their data needs and develop solutions that improve efficiency and decision-making.

• Fast Data Projects: Design and collaborate with domain teams implementing real-time data processing systems to support fast data applications.

• Big Data Projects: Support and enable teams working with scalable data architectures to handle large volumes of data, ensuring high performance and reliability.

• Collaboration: Work closely with other architects, data engineers, and business stakeholders to ensure data solutions align with business goals and deliver value.

• Documentation: Create and maintain comprehensive documentation for data models, architectures, and processes.

• Innovation: Stay up-to-date with the latest trends and technologies in data architecture and recommend improvements to existing systems.  Understanding of data patterns used to support analytics, insights, and intelligence.

Required Skills & Experience

• 8+ years of experience in data architecture, data modeling, and working with operational, fast, and big data projects.

  • Expertise in event-driven architecture and data streaming.

  • Experience with data contracts, schema evolution, and data lineage tracking.

  • Knowledge of data governance frameworks, metadata management, and federated governance models.

• Proficiency in data modeling tools, SQL, NoSQL databases, big data technologies (e.g., Databricks, Spark), and real-time data processing frameworks (e.g., Kafka, Flink).

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to effectively communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment and build strong relationships with colleagues and stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience implementing self-service data platforms for domain teams.

• Knowledge of data security, compliance, and privacy.

• Experience with integration of operational data stores.

• Familiarity with cloud-native architectures (Azure).

• Travel industry experience is a plus.

Working at Amadeus, you will find

🎯 A critical mission and purpose - At Amadeus, you will be powering the future of travel and pursuing a critical mission and extraordinary purpose.

🌎 A truly global DNA - Everything at Amadeus is global, from our people to our business, which translates into our footprint, processes, and culture.

🎓 Great opportunities to learn - Learning happens all the time and in many ways at Amadeus, through on-the-job training, formal learning activities, and day-to-day interactions with colleagues.

🤗 A caring environment - Amadeus fosters a caring environment, nurturing both a fulfilling career and personal and family life. We care about our employees and strive to provide a supportive work environment.

💰 A complete rewards offer - Amadeus provides attractive remuneration packages, covering all essential components of a competitive reward offer, including salary, bonus, equity, and benefits.

🌟 A flexible working model - We want our employees to do their best work, wherever and however it works best for them.

🌈 A diverse and inclusive community - We are committed to leveraging our uniquely diverse population to drive innovation, creativity, and collaboration across our organization.

📈 A Reliable Company - Trust and reliability are fundamental values that drive our actions and shape long-lasting relationships with our customers, partners, and employees.

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