# Principal Data Architect

> Visium SA · Barcelona, Spain (Hybrid) · Full-time · Posted 2026-02-20

**Workplace:** hybrid

**Department:** Data & Cloud Engineer

## Description

Title: Principal Data Architect

Type: Full-time

Location: Barcelona or Lausanne

Start date: May 2026

**About us**  

At Visium, we enable enterprise executives in defining their AI & Data strategy, execute large scale transformations and implement AI across operations, ensuring their organization becomes future-proof.  

With expertise in strategy, architecture, cloud engineering, analytics, artificial intelligence and machine learning, we empower our clients to unleash and scale the power of their data.

We’re on a mission to pioneer a bright future and build future-proof and ethical organizations . Join the curious, the ambitious, the doers, the good-hearted, the ones who build a world we’re all in awe of – our Visiumees.

Ready to become one?

**Role**

As a Principal Data Architect, you will design and shape scalable, secure, and business-driven data platforms on Azure. You act as a technical reference for data architecture decisions across complex environments. You collaborate closely with engineers, stakeholders, and leadership to turn data strategy into reality.

Your responsibilities will include:

-   Design end-to-end data architectures (data platforms, pipelines, storage, analytics).
-   Define data models, standards, and best practices for scalability and governance.
-   Lead architectural decisions and support complex technical trade-offs.
-   Work closely with data engineers, data modelers, analytics teams, and business stakeholders.
-   Ensure security, performance, and cost-efficiency of data solutions.
-   Contribute to data strategy and long-term platform evolution.

## Requirements

To succeed in this role, you bring a combination of expertise, experience, and skills including:

-   8+ years of experience in data architecture and/or data engineering roles, with exposure to complex, large-scale data platforms.
-   Deep expertise in data architecture and data modeling, including lakehouse and modern analytics architectures.
-   Strong experience designing and delivering scalable, cloud-native data platforms (Azure preferred).
-   Proven ability to translate business requirements into robust, end-to-end technical solutions.
-   Solid understanding of data warehousing, analytics, and data-driven use cases.
-   Excellent communication skills, with experience interacting with senior-level stakeholders and leading technical discussions.

## Benefits

What we offer

-   A competitive compensation package
-   A yearly education budget to steep your learning curve
-   A yearly sport budget because a fit body leads to a fit mind
-   A flexible working culture because your work-life balance matters to us
-   A position that enables you to have an impact on 1’000s of people, and the whole company's growth.
-   An international, knowledgeable, and passionate team with a strong collaborative mindset

Check our [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/visium-sa/mycompany/) and [website](https://www.visium.ch/) to learn more about us & don’t hesitate to contact us if you have any questions.

## Apply

[Apply at Visium SA](https://apply.workable.com/visium/j/A002AD5FC7/apply)

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