Senior Data & Analytics Solution Architect – Banking Sector

Senior Data & Analytics Solution Architect – Banking Sector Krakow Hybrid English Senior Banking, Corporate Banking Solution Architect Unleash innovation — shape the future of banking Data & Analytics! Krakow-based opportunity with hybrid work model (up to 3 remote days per week). As a Senior Data & Analytics Solution Architect, you will work for our client, a leader in the banking sector dedicated to transforming data into strategic business assets. Your role will be pivotal in designing cutting-edge solutions that drive data-driven decision-making workflows, ensuring compliance, operational excellence, and technological innovation for a dynamic financial environment. Your main responsibilities: Rapidly understand business needs by engaging with the Chief Data Office, business users, and subject matter experts. Translate complex business requirements into robust solution and functional designs. Develop technical and logical architecture templates supporting scalable data solutions. Communicate technical solutions effectively to development teams and support ongoing implementation. Collaborate with production support to ensure maintainability and supportability of delivered solutions. Promote best practices, standards, and tools within the architecture community. Provide strategic recommendations and develop roadmaps for technology solutions. Document best practices and share knowledge across teams. Lead process improvements and develop innovative solutions to meet evolving demands. Provide technical leadership throughout project lifecycles, including proof-of-concept projects. Review and validate design solutions created by team members. Manage detailed end-to-end solution design, addressing architectural risks, issues, and technical debt. Ensure cost-effective architecture, supporting agile development and backlog management. Facilitate governance reviews and ensure solutions adhere to reference architectures and standards. Collaborate with enterprise and platform architects to refine the architectural strategy and roadmap. You're ideal for this role if you have: Minimum 5 years’ experience as a Solution Architect in large, complex, and distributed organizations. Proven ability to abstract architectural patterns from technical solutions. Strong leadership, presentation skills, and experience communicating with diverse stakeholders. Hands-on experience with streaming technologies: Kafka, Flink, Pub/Sub. Knowledge of application integration patterns: REST API, Microservices. Expertise in database technologies: SQL / NoSQL. Background in Data Warehousing, ETL, and data integration. Familiarity with Linux, Shell Scripting (Bash, PowerShell). Experience with cloud platforms: GCP, Azure, AWS. Experience with Big Data platforms: Hadoop, Spark, Databricks, BQ. Knowledge of containerization: Docker, Kubernetes. Strong analytical skills, with the ability to challenge and refine design decisions. Excellent communication skills, fluent in English. Strong planning, organization, and time management skills. Commercial acumen and ability to independently manage tasks. It is a strong plus if you have: Awareness of master data management principles. Knowledge of programming languages: Python, Scala, and libraries such as Spark, Pandas. Understanding of Enterprise Architecture methodologies like TOGAF. Language Required for the role: Fluent English, both spoken and written. Eligibility for the role: Only candidates with an existing legal right to work in the European Union will be considered for this role.