Job Description

About Virtusa

Virtusa is a global IT consulting and engineering-first company, partnering with leading financial institutions to build cutting-edge digital, data, and AI solutions. We strongly believe in

work-life balance

, continuous learning, and empowering experts to innovate in complex, high-impact environments.


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Role: Technical Expert - Data & AI

As a

Technical Expert - Data & AI

, you will act as a senior technical authority within SCIB's CIO organization, driving the design, implementation, and evolution of enterprise-scale

data and AI platforms

. You will ensure that solutions are

scalable, secure, compliant, and aligned with business and data governance standards

.


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What You'll Do

Define

standards, best practices, and architectures

for Data & AI platforms (cloud, on-prem, hybrid). Design and optimize

data pipelines, data lakes/warehouses, streaming platforms, and analytics solutions

. Lead and support

ML/AI model deployment

, including MLOps, monitoring, and lifecycle management. Evaluate and benchmark new

AI, Big Data, and cloud technologies

, leading PoCs when required. Act as a

technical reference and mentor

for data engineers, architects, and data scientists. Ensure compliance with

security, privacy, and data governance

standards. Collaborate closely with

business, cybersecurity, infrastructure, and compliance teams

. Stay ahead of trends in

LLMs, RAG architectures, semantic search, embeddings, and AI safety

.
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Key Technical Skills

Languages:

Python, SQL (Scala/Java/R are a plus)

Data & Cloud:

Spark, Databricks, Kafka, Airflow, Hadoop, Trino, AWS/Azure/GCP

ML & MLOps:

Model deployment, CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes, monitoring, versioning

AI Expertise:

LLM-based systems, RAG pipelines, embeddings, model evaluation & safety

Governance & Security:

Data protection, access control, encryption, compliance
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Experience & Education

5-8+ years in senior Data / AI / Cloud / Big Data roles 3+ years designing enterprise-scale data or AI architectures Degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, or similar Experience in regulated or high-security environments is a plus
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Work Model

Location:

Malaga, Spain ?

On-site:

3-4 days per week Be part of a high-impact banking transformation project while enjoying life near the beach

About Virtusa

Teamwork, quality of life, professional and personal development: values that Virtusa is proud to embody. When you join us, you join a team of 27,000 people globally that cares about your growth -- one that seeks to provide you with exciting projects, opportunities and work with state of the art technologies throughout your career with us.


Great minds, great potential: it all comes together at Virtusa. We value collaboration and the team environment of our company, and seek to provide great minds with a dynamic place to nurture new ideas and foster excellence.


Virtusa was founded on principles of equal opportunity for all, and so does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.