Solution Designer Data Platform

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, intelligence and experience together to shape robust, secure and scalable digital solutions.

• 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

• 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 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
• Professional English C1 level (spoken and written – mandatory)
• 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
• Must own a valid work permit or EU/Schengen Space Nationality to legally work in Portugal

• Experience in regulated industries (e.g. financial services, energy, utilities)
• French and/or Dutch language skills

• Health insurance
• Life insurance and pension plan programs
• Free medical services at the office (Physician, Nutritionist, Psychologist)
• Wellness programs
• Flexben Program (support for education, kindergarten, training, technology, health)
• Employee Share Purchase Plan
• Personalized training paths and access to Udemy and Pluralsight platforms
• Flex-ability program (financial and flexible support for people with disabilities)
• Special banking conditions
• Hybrid working model