Job
- Level
- Lead
- Job Field
- IT, Data, DevOps
- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Contract Type
- Permanent employment
- Location
- Cologne
- Working Model
- Hybrid, Onsite
Job Summary
In this role, you will evolve the data strategy, decide on tool landscapes, ensure stable platform operations, and lead a team of data engineers while managing external partner relationships.
Job Technologies
Your role in the team
- Responsibility: You are responsible for the strategic development and operation of the infrastructure and tools for operational and analytical data.
- Strategy: You will continuously develop our data strategy in light of new technological opportunities and internal needs, aligning it with the Enterprise Architecture and Tech Leadership.
- Architecture Governance: You make the strategic decisions for our tool landscape (Databricks, Snowflake) by consistently weighing 'Make vs. Buy' and 'Impact vs. Effort'.
- Operational Excellence: Additionally, you ensure a stable, secure platform operation (Data Governance, Compliance, Security) and establish standards and processes to guarantee scalable use of the data platform.
- Partner & Budget Management: You oversee the platform budget as well as the selection and negotiation with external technology partners.
- Leadership: Not least, you lead and develop a team of experienced Data Engineers, thereby creating the framework for efficient, decentralized development of data products.
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Our expectations of you
Qualifications
- Management Profile: You are accustomed to strategically designing complex architectures and roadmaps, and to arguing confidently at the C-level as well as with experienced architects.
- Mindset: You have a passion for modern data structures (e.g., Data Mesh), but you don't get lost in theories; instead, you deliver pragmatic solutions for the dynamic environment of a trading company.
- Communication: You are skilled at clearly conveying technical requirements to various stakeholders. For this, you are fluent in both German and English.
Experience
- Experience: You have several years of leadership experience in Data Platform Engineering as well as in the operation of modern cloud data platforms, ideally Databricks and Snowflake.
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What we offer
- Work-Life Balance - 31 vacation days per year, with an additional ten vacation days available.
- Flexible working hours & Workation - We offer you the flexibility to structure your workday within our flexitime framework. Additionally, you have the opportunity to work from abroad (EEA) for up to 20 days per year.
- Office or home - Our hybrid model includes two fixed team days when we meet in person. Additionally, you choose one more office day flexibly, and enjoy the benefits of remote work on the remaining two days per week.
- Sabbatical - You have the option to take a leave of absence from your daily work for up to six months.
- Mobility - A configurable company car.
- Your development - Many exciting training opportunities, e.g., in our OBI Academy.
- Shopping at OBI - 15% discount on your purchases in our store.
- For reinforcement - company restaurant, free hot drinks, water, and fruit.
- Corporate Benefits - Exclusive discounts on countless leisure activities, online shops, technology, and more.
- Travel sustainably - If interested, receive a discounted company bike.
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Vorausgehen statt folgen. Das ist der Anspruch von OBI als Nr. 1 unter den Bau- und Heimwerkermärkten. Auch OBI Smart Technologies, die IT-Tochter der OBI Gruppe, beschreitet erfolgreich immer neue Wege. Etwa 280 Spezialisten entwickeln zukunftsweisende Konzepte, individuelle Software sowie Lösungen für alle nötigen IT-Anforderungen und implementieren diese in 11 Ländern Europas.
Description
- Company Size
- 50-249 Employees
- Company Type
- Established Company
- Working Model
- Full Remote, Hybrid, Onsite
- Industry
- Trade
Head of Data Platform Engineering
- Location
- Cologne
- Working Model
- Hybrid, Onsite
- Diversity
- Open for all genders
