Data Platform Architect (IT)
Qatar Airways Location Doha, Qatar Category Corporate & Commercial Job Id 204014
Closing Date: 19-05-2024 JOB DESCRIPTION
About Your Job: In this role, you are responsible designing, implementing and maintaining enterprise self-service cloud data platform and architecture. You will design and build reference architectures, technical blueprints, accelerators for data product team to build data products. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to understand business requirements, select appropriate technologies, and develop scalable and reliable data platforms.
Key Responsibilities:
Design and develop robust, scalable and high-performance self-serve data platform that empowers data product engineers to build data products as well as data analysts and business users to access and analyse data without the need for extensive technical expertise. Create and maintain reference and solution architecture blueprints. Produce high-quality user documentation, including architecture blueprints, design documents, and guidelines. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand business requirements and translate them into technical specifications. Select and implement appropriate technologies for the self-serve data platform, including tools for data ingestion, orchestration, storage & transformation. Ensure data security, compliance, and governance best practices are implemented across the platform. Optimize data infrastructure for performance, cost-effectiveness, and scalability. Monitor, analyze, and optimize data platform services. Stay up-to-date on the latest data platform technologies. Maintain knowledge of emerging technologies and architectures and lead proof of concepts. Provide technical leadership and mentorship to team members, guiding them on best practices and methodologies.
Be part of an extraordinary story
Your skills. Your imagination. Your ambition. Here, there are no boundaries to your potential and the impact you can make. You’ll find infinite opportunities to grow and work on the biggest, most rewarding challenges that will build your skills and experience. You have the chance to be a part of our future, and build the life you want while being part of an international community.
Our best is here and still to come. To us, impossible is only a challenge. Join us as we dare to achieve what’s never been done before. Together, everything is possible
Qualifications
About you 8+ years of experience big data technologies, with at least 3 years in cloud data platform architect role. Strong expertise in GCP cloud services, data engineering, and platform architecture design to develop innovative solutions aligning with business objectives. Expertise in infrastructure as code (Terraform, Cloud Formation, etc.) and automation tools Knowledge of data mesh architecture Prior experience building large scale enterprise big data self-serve platforms. Strong understanding of cloud computing principles and architecture. Experience designing, developing, and implementing data ingestion pipelines, data processing pipelines, and data storage solutions. Proficiency in data engineering concepts, ETL processes, data warehousing, and data lakes. Experience with big data technologies, such as Hadoop, Spark, or Kafka Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, SQL, and experience with scripting. Deep understanding of GCP data platform technologies, including Dataproc, Dataflow, BigQuery, Pub/Sub, and Spanner etc. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to address complex data challenges Excellent communication and collaboration skills to effectively interact with technical and non-technical stakeholders and collaboration skills to work effectively with cross-functional teams. Knowledge of airline domain will be an added advantage Knowledge of agile/lean development methodologies Knowledge of machine learning and artificial intelligence concepts. GCP certifications are a plus.
About Qatar Airways Group
Our story started with four aircraft. Today, we deliver excellence across 12 different businesses coming together as one. We’ve grown fast, broken records and set trends that others follow. We don’t slow down by the fear of failure. Instead, we dare to achieve what’s never been done before.
So whether you’re creating a unique experience for our customers or innovating behind the scenes, every person contributes to our proud story. A story of spectacular growth and determination. Now is the time to bring your best ideas and passion to a place where your ambition will know no boundaries, and be part of a truly global community
