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Talan

Agile IT transformation consulting and delivery

Data Platform Architect

Data EngineeringConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeParis, FranceNo salary listedHybrid

About the Job

Requirements

  • Significant experience in cloud data platform architecture.
  • Proficiency in modern architectures, including lakehouse, cloud data warehouse, and medallion architecture.
  • Strong understanding of end-to-end data flows.
  • Proficiency in Data Vault and dimensional modeling approaches.
  • Ability to define target architectures and standardized patterns.
  • Proficiency in data governance, security, performance, and FinOps.
  • Ability to define data continuous integration and continuous delivery strategies.
  • Ability to implement automated data quality, schema, and regression tests.
  • Ability to structure monitoring and observability.
  • Ability to define deployment processes, including releases, rollbacks, and environments.
  • Ability to govern data industrialization practices.
  • Ability to persuade and engage technical and business stakeholders.
  • Ability to present clear, well-reasoned positions.
  • Strong consulting skills with large enterprise clients.
  • Ability to adapt communication to technical and executive audiences.
  • Strategic vision, prioritization, and sound decision-making.
  • Ability to explain complex topics clearly and facilitate scoping and presales sessions.

Responsibilities

  • Design modern data architectures suited to business, technical, and economic needs.
  • Define patterns for the full data lifecycle: ingestion, transformation, and exposure.
  • Structure data layers, environments, and governance and security standards.
  • Ensure scalability, performance, resilience, and cost control.
  • Support clients in defining their data platform and data cloud strategies.
  • Build transformation roadmaps for migration and modernization.
  • Challenge requirements and guide clients toward suitable market solutions.
  • Present structured recommendations to decision-makers, including CTOs, CDOs, and data leaders.
  • Contribute to presales activities and offer development.
  • Define DataOps standards, including data continuous integration and continuous delivery, automated tests, monitoring, and observability.
  • Structure operational practices, including incident management, runbooks, and service-level agreements and objectives.
  • Ensure coherence across the data ecosystem in collaboration with Cloud, Engineering, Analytics, and Security teams.
  • Facilitate architecture, scoping, and prioritization workshops with technical and business stakeholders.
  • Contribute to technology monitoring, knowledge sharing, and the development of the team’s offerings.

Desired Qualifications

  • Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code using Terraform.
  • Knowledge of secrets management, identity and access management, and advanced security.
  • Experience with multi-cloud or hybrid architectures.

About the Company

Talan

Agile IT transformation consulting and delivery

Talan is a European consulting and IT services group that helps organizations transform and adapt to fast-changing environments. It offers a full range of services from strategic business consultancy to packaged IT solutions, including production support, software development, business analysis, and nearshore delivery. The company works by deploying multidisciplinary teams across its global offices to guide clients through agile transformations, change programs, and IT modernization. Talan differentiates itself through its international footprint, sector focus on Major Service Operators, and a culture built on transparency, respect, teamwork, entrepreneurial spirit, and commitment. With strong organic growth and a large pool of over 3,500 consultants, its goal is to create and share value for clients while coaching and developing its people—empowering customers to transform and compete more effectively.

Company size
1,001-5,000
Company stage
Late Stage VC
Total funding
$110M
Headquarters
Paris, France
Founded
2002

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