Data Architect – Databricks Migration

Location: Paris - Hybrid

Contract: Long-term freelance

Rates: Negotiable

We’re looking for a Data Architect to lead a full data platform migration from Oracle and Snowflake to Databricks. You’ll play a key role in defining the architecture, strategy, and technical roadmap for this transition, ensuring scalability, performance, and long-term maintainability.

This is an exciting opportunity to work within a leading media and video streaming organisation, modernising their entire data ecosystem and driving best practices across data engineering, governance, and analytics.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement the target Databricks data architecture, ensuring alignment with business goals and data governance principles.
• Define migration strategies and lead the end-to-end data migration from Oracle and/or Snowflake to Databricks.
• Collaborate closely with Data Engineers, Analysts, and Product teams to ensure smooth integration and optimal performance.
• Establish data modelling standards, pipelines, and frameworks for large-scale data processing.
• Optimise data workflows for efficiency, reliability, and scalability.
• Provide architectural guidance and mentorship to technical teams during and after the migration.

Required Skills & Experience

• Proven experience as a Data Architect or Senior Data Engineer in large-scale data environments.
• Strong hands-on experience with Databricks (architecture, Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, ETL pipelines, etc.).
• Solid understanding of data warehousing principles and modern data lakehouse architectures.
• Fluent in French (spoken and written).
• Excellent communication skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Nice to Have

• Previous experience with Oracle and/or Snowflake platforms.
• Background in the Video Streaming, Media, or OTT industry.
• Familiarity with data governance, MLOps, or real-time analytics environments.

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