Senior Cloud Architect AWS (f/m/d)

Who are we?

Imagine if technology allowed us to push boundaries and offer new sporting experiences. This is precisely our ambition at Decathlon Digital! We are a team of more than 5,000 experts in software engineering, product management, data, cloud, and cybersecurity, located in Paris, Lille, Nantes, Lyon and Amsterdam. Together, we are creating the largest digital sports platform, leveraging technological innovations to optimize the value chain, design connected experiences and give a second life to our products.

Let's change the situation for good. Our passion for sport guides us and we want it to continue. This is why we are committed to building a more sustainable technology model, reducing our direct impact on the environment, and creating a safe and inclusive space to learn and grow together. Join the team and let’s shape the future of sport.

Staff DevOps Engineer AWS (Lille or Paris)

Data is at the heart of this ambition and in order to achieve it, we are looking for a Senior Cloud Architect AWS to join the Data Factory team, reporting directly to the senior engineering manager and alongside 3 other staff data engineers and over 70 other teammates. The mission of this team is to manage the Data Lake and a stack of best-in-class Analytics and Machine Learning tools. In this cross-functional role, you will be responsible for building a technical vision of the data platform and contributing to its implementation in the different teams that make up the Data Factory.

How will you contribute?

• Guarantee high availability, scalability, security and observability of the Data Factory by relying on best practices and compliance with standards.
• Contribute to a global technical vision in collaboration with other business domains and platform teams via Special Interest Groups and technical communities. 
• Shine technically: thanks to your expertise, make technical decisions that have an impact on the company and have them applied operationally.
• Draw on your technical expertise in order to initiate, scope and streamline the most impactful, cross-functional and/or complex projects.
• Work on architecture and the technical evolution of the data factory.
• Bring a true SRE culture through good practices in deployment, administration, observability of the infrastructure.
• Help your teammates to improve their technical skills via mentoring and training programs.
• Improve overall efficiency and reliability by creating automation and integrations for existing tools and processes. 
• Implement efficient FinOps tools and practices to ensure responsible use of resources for all platform users.
• Carry out POCs and help different teams make well adapted technical choices.
• Actively participate in tech watch.

Our technical stack

• Full cloud environment: 100% AWS for Data, mostly GCP for other digital domains
• Terraform
• Kubernetes
• CI/CD: Github Actions, Flux, Jenkins
• Data Viz: mainly Tableau, plus other tools such as Looker, Qlik, Quicksight
• Processing: Databricks, EMR, Athena, dbt
• ML: SageMaker, MLFlow
• Orchestration: Airflow
• Storage/Metastore: S3, Glue
• DB: Elasticsearch, Druid, DynamoDB
• Stream: Kafka
• Other: Jira/Confluence, GitHub

What will you bring?

• 5+ years of experience as Senior Cloud Architect, DevOps and/or SRE in a full cloud environment (preferably AWS)
• Expert in administration and best practices of cloud services
• Knowledge of Python and/or Java
• Hands-on experience with data ecosystems is highly appreciated
• Strong tech and innovation culture with an architectural approach 
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies
• Proficient in French (C1) and Autonomous (B2) in English
• Desire to join a company with a positive impact (#Tech4Good)

What do we offer?

• Competitive remuneration package (fixed salary + bonuses + shares)
• Equipment of your choice: Mac or Windows laptop + Android or iPhone
• Structured platform for skill development: internal and external training, certifications, participation in meetups and conferences, etc.
• Opportunity to work from one of our Digital Hubs in Lille or Paris
• 2 remote days per week

 

DECATHLON DIGITAL CONTEXT 

What if technology allowed us to push the boundaries and take sports experiences to new levels? That's exactly our goal at Decathlon Digital! We are a team of 5,000+ experts in software engineering, product management, data, cloud, and cybersecurity, distributed across Paris, Lille, and Amsterdam. Together, we are creating the largest digital sports platform, leveraging tech innovation from design to value chain optimization, connected experiences and product second life.

Changing the game for good. We are in this for the love of sports. And like everything we love, we want it to last. That’s why we are embarking on a journey to create a more sustainable tech model, reducing our direct environmental impact while maintaining a safe, diverse, and inclusive space for all our people to learn and thrive together. Team up with us to design the digital future of sports.