Solution Designer Data Platforms

Accenture Digital Core

At Accenture Digital Core, we help clients continuously innovate at speed and at scale, combining deep industry expertise with cutting-edge technology to deliver meaningful transformation. You will bring innovation,intelligenceand experience together to shape robust,secureand scalable digital solutions.

What You'll Do

• Architect and evolve enterprise-scale data platforms, defining standards for data integration, storage, processing and governance across cloud environments;
• Lead the design and implementation of end-to-end data governance frameworks, embedding quality, lineage and classification by design;
• Engage with C-level and senior client stakeholders to translate business requirements into data architecture strategies and roadmaps;
• Drive thought leadership on data platform trends, emerging technologies and best practices across internal and client-facing forums;
• Mentor and guide senior and junior engineers, setting technical direction and ensuring architectural consistency across delivery teams;
• Own the enterprise data architecture, including reference architectures, design patterns and platform standards;
• Define governance, security and compliance principles across data platforms, ensuring alignment with regulatory requirements (e.g. GDPR, sector-specific regulations);
• Establish data modeling standards, metadata management strategies and master data management frameworks;
• Act as the primary escalation point for architectural decisions, platform issues and cross-team dependencies;
• Lead architecture reviews, ensuring solutions are scalable, resilient and aligned with business and technology strategy;
• Build and maintain trusted relationships with client architecture and technology leadership.

What You Bring

• University degree in Computer Science, Engineering or comparable field
• 10+ years of experience in data architecture, data engineering or data platforms in complex enterprise environments;
• Deep expertise in cloud data architectures, preferably Azure (Data Lake Gen2, Synapse, Purview, Azure Data Factory);
• Strong understanding of ETL frameworks and data warehousing concepts;
• Strong hands-on experience with PySpark/Apache Spark;
• Proficiency in Python and SQL;
• Strong command of data governance, data quality and master data management frameworks (e.g. DMBOK);
• Proven experience designing and delivering multi-environment, multi-domain data platforms at scale;
• Track record of engaging and influencing senior stakeholders and translating strategy into architecture;
• Experience in regulated industries (e.g. financial services, energy, utilities) is a strong plus;
• Professional English C1 level (spoken and written - mandatory);
• French and/or Dutch is a plus;
• Strong collaboration skills within distributed and cross-functional teams;
• Proactive mindset with a high sense of ownership and accountability;
• Structured approach to incident and problem management;
• Ability to prioritize workload efficiently in a dynamic environment.

Legal: Must own a valid work permit or EU/Schengen Space Nationality to legally work in Portugal

What We Offer

• Health insurance;
• Life Insurance and Pension Plan Programs;
• Free medical services at the office (Physician, Nutritionist, Psychologist);
• Wellness programs;
• Flexben Program (Support for Education, Kindergarden, Training, Technology, Health);
• Employee Share Purchase Plan;
• Personalized training paths and access to Udemy and Plurisight Plataforms;
• Flex-ability program (financial and flexible support for people with disabilities);
• Special banking conditions;
• Hybrid working model.