Decskill

Data engineer

In short

This senior role defines and evolves Data Governance and Data Quality frameworks, standards, and KPIs for an IT consulting company operating from Lisbon, Porto, and Madrid. It requires hands-on experience with Data Ownership, Data Stewardship, Business Glossary, Data Catalog, Data Lineage, cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, or GCP), and proven experience with Microsoft Fabric and Databricks. Fluency in both Portuguese and English is mandatory, and the position is onsite in Lisbon.

About Decskill
At Decskill, we believe that technological excellence is driven by human talent. We are an IT consulting company with more than 10 years of consolidated experience in the market, focused on building long-term relationships with both our clients and our people. Today, we are a community of over 800 professionals, working from Lisbon, Porto, and Madrid, contributing to impactful technology initiatives.
Responsibilities
•Define and evolve the Data Governance and Data Quality framework, including policies, standards, processes, and guidelines.
•Define Data Quality methodologies, rules, metrics, and KPIs, and monitor data quality issues and remediation actions.
•Establish standards and best practices for Data Governance and Data Quality across platforms, technologies, and teams.
•Define and promote practices related to Data Ownership, Data Stewardship, Business Glossary, Data Catalog, and Data Lineage.
•Lead and support Data Governance and Data Quality initiatives and strategic projects, from requirements and solution design through implementation and adoption.
•Develop reporting, dashboards, and KPIs to measure Data Governance maturity, adoption, and effectiveness.
•Work closely with Data Owners, Data Stewards, technical teams, and business stakeholders.
•Provide guidance, training, and enablement to teams to promote the adoption of Data Governance and Data Quality practices.
•Identify improvement opportunities and promote continuous improvement across data management practices.
Requirements
•Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Information Systems, Information Management, or a related field.
•Solid knowledge of Data Governance and Data Quality practices, frameworks, and processes.
•Experience with Data Ownership, Data Stewardship, Business Glossary, Data Catalog, Data Lineage, and Data Quality.
•Experience with Data Governance and/or Data Quality tools.
•Good knowledge of databases and data technologies, including Data Lake, Lakehouse, and NoSQL architectures.
•Experience with at least one Cloud platform: Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud Platform.
•Proven experience with Microsoft Fabric and Databricks, including their concepts, architectures, and data management/governance capabilities.
•Good communication skills and ability to interact with technical and business stakeholders.
•Experience working in multidisciplinary and/or global teams.
•Strong commitment to delivery quality.
•Fluent in Portuguese and English, both written and spoken.
•Clear and effective communication.
•Analytical and structured mindset.
•Proactive and autonomous approach.
•Ability to collaborate and align with different stakeholders.
•Strong focus on quality and continuous improvement.
•Ability to work effectively in multicultural and distributed environments.
Nice to have
•Experience in the Energy & Utilities sector.
•Knowledge of GDPR, data privacy, and data protection.
•Experience in strategic projects or organizational transformation.
•Knowledge of Agile methodologies.
•Experience with JIRA and Confluence.
•Knowledge of Spanish.
•Experience with Data Governance operating models, Data Catalogs, Business Glossaries, Data Ownership, Data Stewardship, Data Lineage, and Data Quality metrics.
Conditions
•Long-term projects with national and international context (if applicable).
•Opportunities to grow technically and professionally.
•A people-first culture, focused on transparency and trust.
•Teams that value ownership, collaboration and stability.

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