TASKS WITH IMPACT
- * You further develop the data architecture of our central Data Platform and define robust target pictures for Data Vault, data products, business marts and reporting
- Business requirements are translated by you into sustainable data models and architecture decisions along a clear layer architecture, from the landing zone through the Raw Vault and Business Vault to consumable data products
- Modeling standards and methodological guardrails for Data Vault, Kimball-oriented consumption layers and the structured transition from legacy to target architectures are in your hands
- Definition of domain-oriented data products that are consistent, reusable, aligned with the role and access concept, and technically clean for internal and external use
- Together with data engineers, analytics engineers, platform teams and business departments, you turn architecture decisions into actionable guidelines for dbt, Snowflake, Prefect and continuous integration and continuous delivery processes
- Governance topics such as data quality, test strategies, auditability, security, data masking, anonymization and role-based access concepts are actively driven forward by you
- Technical standards for documentation, testing, deployment and architecture transparency are established by you so that they take effect in day-to-day engineering
Your Skills
- * Several years of experience as a Data Architect, Lead Data Engineer or in a comparable role in the modern cloud and data warehouse environment
- Very good understanding of modern data architectures, particularly in the interplay of Snowflake, dbt, orchestration and consumption-oriented data products
- Well-founded experience in data modeling using Data Vault and Kimball
- Experience in building or further developing scalable platform architectures with clear layers, responsibilities and governance principles
- Very good knowledge of SQL and a solid technical understanding of data integration, automation and orchestration, ideally with Python and Prefect
- Experience with architecture governance, data quality, test strategies, observability and security concepts such as RBAC, dynamic data masking or anonymization
- Routine in version-based development processes with Git, pull requests, code reviews as well as CI/CD and release processes
- Strong communication skills, conceptual clarity and the ability to align business and technical stakeholders on shared architecture principles
- Very good German and English, spoken and written
What You Can Expect
- * Great technical scope for shaping a modern data platform landscape with a clear target architecture.
- An environment in which architecture is not only documented, but consistently implemented in standards, pipelines and data products.
- Close collaboration in an international, cross-functional environment made up of architecture, engineering and business departments.
- A lot of personal responsibility, fast decision-making and the opportunity to further develop the data landscape with visible impact.
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