Data Architect – Colombia Region

About the role

Slalom is seeking a Data Architect to help clients across the Colombia region design and deliver modern, cloud‑native data platforms that enable analytics, AI, machine learning and Generative AI solutions. You will work closely with client stakeholders, engineering teams and Slalom consultants to translate business objectives into scalable, secure data architectures.

Key responsibilities

• Design and evolve data lakes, lakehouses, data warehouses and real‑time data platforms on AWS, Azure, GCP, Databricks or Snowflake.
• Lead architecture and technical design from discovery through implementation, including AI‑ready data foundations.
• Facilitate architecture workshops, technical discovery sessions and stakeholder alignment.
• Mentor engineers and architects, sharing best practices across Slalom’s Centers of Excellence.

Required profile

• 8+ years of experience in data engineering, data architecture or related technical disciplines.
• Hands‑on experience with at least one major cloud platform (AWS, Azure or GCP) and a desire to expand across the broader cloud ecosystem.
• Strong communication, consulting and stakeholder‑management skills.
• Passion for mentoring, continuous learning and emerging technologies.

Required skills

• AWS, Azure, GCP, Databricks, Snowflake
• Python, Java, SQL, APIs
• CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, containers
• Data lake, lakehouse, data warehouse, streaming and data governance concepts