Data Architect for Predictive Solutions

We create smart innovations to meet the mobility challenges of today and tomorrow. We design and manufacture a complete range of transportation systems, from high-speed trains to electric buses and driverless trains, as well as infrastructure, signalling and digital mobility solutions. Joining us means joining a truly global community of more than 38 900 people dedicated to solving real-world mobility challenges and achieving international projects with sustainable local impact.    

Alstom Predictive Maintenance Solution is a leading-edge analytics solution which combines Data Science with Railway technical knowledge to produce real-time monitoring of a system’s Health State. It impacts deeply the way to perform maintenance and it represents a strategic asset for Alstom Services within our Alstom in Motion strategic plan.

You will be part of a young and talented team made of Data Scientists, Predictive Maintenance Engineers, Software Developers and Data Engineers.

What are my responsibilities? 

As Data Architect, you have a key role in the industrialization and the deployment of our Predictive Maintenance solution worldwide. You partner with our data capture experts, fellow data scientists and IT Teams to create a cohesive working environment driven by curiosity and innovation.

Your responsibilities include:

• Leading the design and development of the architecture of the real-time analytic data platform which hosts our Predictive Maintenance applications
• Ensuring the maintainability, modularity and upgrade of our solutions through careful planning of feature deployment at the platform level, in agreement with the product roadmap defined by the Solution Director
• Continuously improving the performance and scalability of our solution
• Supporting the team in planning a development roadmap
• Contributing hands-on to the actual implementation of the platform functionalities

What do I need to qualify for this job? 

In addition of being a technical expert, your analytical and creative mind makes you a problem solver, driven by the curiosity and excitement to build the mobility of the future. You also demonstrate the ability to work in an international, geographically spread and multidisciplinary team.

Minimum qualifications 

• +5 years experience in designing and developing production-grade data applications, including data model design, with a software vendor, or IT service provider or digital player
• Extensive knowledge of data processing and storage, in Java or/and Python, PostgresSQL
• Extensive knowledge of Kubernetes and Linux environment
• Engineering degree in computer science, software engineering or equivalent combination of training 
• Fluency in English and French with excellent communication skills

Preferred qualifications 

• Extensive knowledge of Apache Nifi (a plus), OpenFaaS and ElasticSearch.
• Experience of Cloud providers like Microsoft Azure or AWS, including cyber-security
• Experience of Machine Learning in Python or R
• Additional languages a plus.

An agile, inclusive and responsible culture is the foundation of our company where diverse people are offered excellent opportunities to grow, learn and advance in their careers.  We are committed to encouraging our employees to reach their full potential, while valuing and respecting them as individuals.