Lead Data Platform Engineer (Aviation Industry)

About Atos Group

Atos Group is a global leader in digital transformation with c. 63,000 employees and annual revenue of c. €8 billion, operating in 61 countries under two brands — Atos for services and Eviden for products. European number one in cybersecurity, cloud and high performance computing, Atos Group is committed to a secure and decarbonized future and provides tailored AI-powered, end-to-end solutions for all industries. Atos Group is the brand under which Atos SE (Societas Europaea) operates. Atos SE is listed on Euronext Paris.

The purpose of Atos Group is to help design the future of the information space. Its expertise and services support the development of knowledge, education and research in a multicultural approach and contribute to the development of scientific and technological excellence. Across the world, the Group enables its customers and employees, and members of societies at large to live, work and develop sustainably, in a safe and secure information space.

If you join our team, you will have an opportunity to become a part of the delivery team for one of our key Customers in the Airspace Industry, dealing with Air Traffic Management, Flight planning and Air Traffic Control capacity planning.

Our Customer has embarked on the multi-year journey of IT landscape modernisation to increase efficiency of the European Air Traffic Management systems under the most critical programme in European public sector area.

We are looking for an experienced and hands-on Lead Data Platform Engineer to architect implement, and lead the delivery of a modern, self-service data platform, guided by the Data Mesh paradigm. This role is critical to enabling domain teams to build, deploy, and manage high-quality data products independently, enabling decentralized data ownership, and ensuring scalability, governance, and efficiency across the data ecosystem. You will serve as the technical lead, translator of needs, and strategic planner—bridging the gap between data product teams’ pain points and platform capabilities. This role requires deep technical expertise in DevSecOps practices, Azure Cloud, Databricks, and modern data engineering practices. Proven experience in building such platforms is essential.

Responsibilities

• Architect and deliver a self‑service, Data Mesh–guided data platform end‑to‑end (ingest, processing, quality, lineage, catalog, security, observability).
• Define and execute a phased rollout (MVP → core services → domain onboarding) and manage the platform backlog.
• Translate domain needs into reusable patterns, templates and onboarding automation.
• Implement governance, RBAC and data protection; lead architecture reviews and hands‑on engineering.
• Mentor platform engineers and enable domain teams to operate independently.

Technical Skillset

• Azure Cloud (ADLS Gen2, Data Factory, Synapse, Event Hubs, CosmosDB, Azure ML)
• Databricks Lakehouse (Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, DBX, jobs/notebooks, Spark optimizations)
• Data Mesh / data-as-a-product (domain ownership, data contracts, versioning, lineage)
• Terraform (Infrastructure as Code for reproducible platform provisioning)
• Python, SQL, Spark (hands‑on data processing and optimization)
• CI/CD (Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions for data pipelines)
• Security / RBAC (Unity Catalog policies, encryption, access controls)
• Metadata & governance (Azure Purview, Collibra) and observability/data quality tools (Monte Carlo, Great Expectations, Datadog)
• European Union country citizenship required

Nice‑to‑have

• dbt,
• Airflow/orchestration,
• regulated/enterprise experience.

What's in it for you?

• Courses and certifications (e.g., Google Cloud, AWS, ITIL)
• Wellbeing programs & work-life balance - integration and passion-sharing events
• Private medical and dental care
• Family-friendly offices Supporting working parents
• Benefits platform – shopping, cinema, sport, etc.
• Co-funding of sport activities (e.g., Multisport & OK system cards, b-active program)
• Conferences and expert communities
• Gift packages for special occasions Easter, Christmas, Children’s Day
• Appreciation for seniority additional days off, Atos Jubilee gifts
• Charity and eco initiatives
• Hybrid working mode (max. 2 times per month in the office, based on your location)

Your benefits could vary depending on the employment contract type.

Boost your career!

What happens next?

• Quick conversation with HR
• Interview with a Manager/IT expert/project representative
• Interview with the client

Here at Atos, diversity and inclusion are embedded in our DNA. Read more about our commitment to a fair work environment for all.

Atos is a recognized leader in its industry across Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) criteria. Find out more on our CSR commitment.

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