Fortbras exists to be the KEY PIECE in Brazilian Mobility, making life easier for our EMPLOYEES and CUSTOMERS. Getting ever closer to our customers is our primary objective—offering top-quality, fast, and qualified-service automotive replacement parts from both domestic and foreign brands. Today, Fortbras is one of the fastest-growing companies in Brazil’s auto parts sector and one of the main investments of the private equity fund Advent International. We comprise 17 regional brands (**Ambra Pneus, Atacado União, Atacarejo União, BHZ, Hipervarejo, Jaicar, Javali, Menil, Milenium Lubrificantes e Elétrica, Multiplan, Pegasus, Rondobras, Soma, TBrasil, Total, and União Autopeças**). From Oiapoque to Chuí, we operate across Brazil to consolidate and professionalize the auto parts market—with a retail focus—operating **+200** stores across 20 states and more than 160 cities, each hosting one or more branches of our regional brands. Our commitment is to satisfy all our customers and our 5,000 employees, who daily embody the **Fortbras Values**: **Ethics & Respect** **We Value Our People** **Excellence with Simplicity** **Passion in Everything We Do** **Customer Focus** **Ownership Mindset** ALL PEOPLE ARE WELCOME in all our job openings, regardless of gender, sexual orientation, race/ethnicity, age, or disability. Come be strong—come be Fortbras! **Responsibilities and Duties** * **Job Description:** The Tech Lead / Data Architect will serve as the technical reference for designing and evolving the company’s data and analytics architecture, ensuring continuous enhancement of the data platform—including scalability, governance, performance, and reliability—with strong involvement in the "Horizonte Data-Driven Program — Data Intelligence and Predictive Insights". This professional will lead Data Engineering, Analytics, and Data Science teams, guaranteeing optimization of the data foundation and generation of actionable insights. * **About the Role:** This is an opportunity for a technical leader and data architect eager to drive our data-driven strategy forward. You will play a pivotal role in optimizing data flow and reliability, empowering business areas to generate deep insights and transforming analyses into actionable predictions via Artificial Intelligence. Projects such as "Cloud Migration", "Self-Service BI", and "AI Acceleration" will fall under your influence, and your expertise in system integrations will be crucial for enabling communication between data and digital systems—including omnichannel operations. **Responsibilities and Duties:** * Define and evolve end-to-end data architecture (ingestion, transformation, storage, semantic layer, and consumption). * Provide technical leadership to the Data Analytics team, guiding best practices, standards, and architectural decisions. * Design and maintain analytical data models (Data Warehouse, Data Lake, Lakehouse, Data Marts). * Ensure data quality, governance, security, and observability. * Participate in defining and standardizing the semantic layer (e.g., Power BI, Tableau, SSAS Tabular). * Support decisions regarding scalability, performance, and cost-efficiency of data solutions. * Lead technical reviews, proof-of-concepts (POCs), and build-vs-buy decisions. * Serve as guardian of best practices in: Version Control (Git); CI/CD for data; Observability and monitoring. * Act as a technical mentor, fostering team growth. **Desired Experience:** * Strong, proven knowledge and experience in Data Warehouse (DW) and Business Intelligence (BI) architecture—preferably based on Microsoft technologies (SQL Server, Azure Data Services). * Hands-on experience with integration layers and integration buses (e.g., MuleSoft) to streamline inter-system communication. * Experience leading and organizing technical teams (Data Engineering, BI, Data Science). * Familiarity with Artificial Intelligence concepts, Intelligent Agents, and Predictive Vision. **Requirements and Qualifications** **Requirements, Qualifications, Tools, Skills, Courses, and Certifications:** * **Education:** Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, or related fields. A postgraduate degree or MBA in Data Architecture, Business Intelligence, or related disciplines is a plus. * **Tools/Platforms:** Expertise in Microsoft SQL Server (SSIS, SSAS, SSRS), Azure Data Factory, Azure Synapse Analytics, and Power BI. Knowledge of other data platforms (NoSQL, Big Data) and integration buses (MuleSoft) is a plus. * **Skills:** Technical leadership, strategic and tactical vision, proactivity, strong analytical and communication skills, and ease working within multidisciplinary teams. * **Certifications:** Microsoft certifications (Azure Data Engineer, Data Analyst, Database Administrator) and/or data architecture certifications are highly valued. Fortbras exists to be the KEY PIECE in Brazilian Mobility, making life easier for our EMPLOYEES and CUSTOMERS. Getting ever closer to our customers is our primary objective—offering top-quality, fast, and qualified-service automotive replacement parts from both domestic and foreign brands. Today, Fortbras is one of the fastest-growing companies in Brazil’s auto parts sector and one of the main investments of the private equity fund Advent International. We comprise 17 regional brands (**Ambra Pneus, Atacado União, Atacarejo União, BHZ, Hipervarejo, Jaicar, Javali, Menil, Milenium Lubrificantes e Elétrica, Multiplan, Pegasus, Rondobras, Soma, TBrasil, Total, and União Autopeças**). From Oiapoque to Chuí, we operate across Brazil to consolidate and professionalize the auto parts market—with a retail focus—operating **+200** stores across 20 states and more than 160 cities, each hosting one or more branches of our regional brands. Our commitment is to satisfy all our customers and our 5,000 employees, who daily embody the **Fortbras Values**: **Ethics & Respect** **We Value Our People** **Excellence with Simplicity** **Passion in Everything We Do** **Customer Focus** **Ownership Mindset** ALL PEOPLE ARE WELCOME in all our job openings, regardless of gender, sexual orientation, race/ethnicity, age, or disability. Come be strong—come be Fortbras!