Data Architect

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Job Title: Data Architect Department: BNPP Personal finance **About Business Line/Function** BNP Paribas Personal Finance is financial entity specializing in consumer credit and banking as a service. Through our strong partners we distribute financial products on B2C, B2B2C and B2B models for different business lines. Inside Personal Finance, SET Iberia is an IT & Operations hub, providing IT, Data, Cybersecurity and Operations services to Personal Finance corporation, filières and subsidiaries. **Position Purpose** Data Architect will be an integral member of IT Data Tribe of an Extended Team. The role involves, participation, either alone and or in collaboration with the other Data Architect in definition of the local data strategy aligned with PF one, doing technical roadmaps for evolutions in data assets (move to cloud, technology upgrades), participation in solution design and validation in IT committees for projects/product evolutions. **Responsibilities** Direct Responsibilities: - The data architect contributes to the phases of the elaboration of a “Project Solution Document”: - Reviewing business & project chapters and writing applicative, technical and infrastructure chapters - Acting from Investmentcommitteepreparation including project defense in local & central IT project committees - Support business and IT teams in the definition of the data strategy of the subsidiaryor the specific strategy for a product, by mean of conducting assessments, comparingsolutionsand presenting them to a broad audience (IT,business, top management, ...) - Co-build new datacomponent - Support the setup andthe deploymentof a new data product within an existing entity squad (Event, Data Preparation, Big Data platform). - Interact with local/central IT and production teams under the responsibility of IT tech leador product manager - The main responsibilities are covering functional and technical architecture layers, involving data capabilities (ingestion, processing, storage, exchange, management, access) - Define the vision of data product and interactions with IS - Technology watch and advising - Design functional and technical architecture to align with businessrequirementand value definition - Support DevOps and IT delivery teams in the implementation **Contributing Responsibilities** - Team player - Adhere to the standards and practices followed in the Project - Foster a culture of continuous learning and improvement within the team. - Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand data requirements and deliver solutions. Technical & Behavioral Competencies Technical Skills - 10+ years of hands-on data engineering experience, with a strong focus on scalable, high-performance data systems. - Expertisein distributed data processing frameworks (e.g., Spark Compute, Apache Airflow) and modern storage formats (Parquet/Iceberg, ORC). - Proficiencyin Spark (Scala/Python/Java), Kafka, and Elasticsearch for real-time and batch data pipelines. - Deep knowledge of relational (RDBMS) and NoSQL databases, with optimization experience for large-scale workloads. - Hands-on experience with object storage (AWS S3, IBM COS) and data virtualization tools (e.g.,Dremio). - Strong Airflow orchestration experience, including DAG design, scheduling, and monitoring. - Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines (GitLab, Jenkins, or similar) for data workflow automation. - Experience integrating Parquet/ORC formats with cloud/on-prem storage systems - Nice to have: Working knowledge of HDFS, Hadoop and Hive **Other Skills** Skills Referential (Required knowledge, skills and abilities) - Agilemethodologyexposure - Knowledge of banking products isa niceto have - Proactive mindset - Business / IT relationship (including IT OPS) **Behavioral Skills** - Ability to managea programand projects. - Analytical ability, Detail-oriented. - Ability to adopt& promotean Agile Mindset. - Problem solving. - Relationship building. - Client orientation. - Attention to detail /Rigour. - Ability to synthetize / Simplify. - Ability to collaborate/Teamwork. - Resilience. - Excellent written and verbal communication skills. - Dynamic Skills. **Education Level** - Bachelor’s orMaster’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Data Science or equivalent Location: Chennai **About BNP Paribas Group** BNP Paribas is the European Union’s leading bank and key player in international banking. It operates in 65 countries and has nearly 185,000 employees, including more than 145,000 in Europe. The Group has key positions in its three main fields of activity: Commercial, Personal Banking & Services for the Group’s commercial & personal banking and several specialized businesses including BNP Paribas Personal Finance and Arval; Investment & Protection Services for savings, investment, and protection solutions; and Corporate & Institutional Banking, focused on corporate and institutional clients. Based on its strong diversified and integrated model, the Group helps all its clients (individuals, community associations, entrepreneurs, SMEs, corporates and institutional clients) to realize their projects through solutions spanning financing, investment, savings and protection insurance. In Europe, BNP Paribas has four domestic markets: Belgium, France, Italy, and Luxembourg. The Group is rolling out its integrated commercial & personal banking model across several Mediterranean countries, Turkey, and Eastern Europe. As a key player in international banking, the Group has leading platforms and business lines in Europe, a strong presence in the Americas as well as a solid and fast-growing business in Asia-Pacific. BNP Paribas has implemented a Corporate Social Responsibility approach in all its activities, enabling it to contribute to the construction of a sustainable future, while ensuring the Group's performance and stability. **About BNP Paribas India Soluti