Data Platform Lead

Tasks

• As the Data Platform Lead, you are responsible for the technical leadership and lifecycle management of a global data platform (Data Lake House) to ensure alignment with business requirements, architectural standards, and operational stability.
• Work closely with product owners, platform owners, system architects, and IT service owners to support technical decisions and oversee solution designs.
• Oversee the technical design, development, and operational performance of the platform to ensure comprehensive lifecycle management and compliance with corporate standards.
• Contribute to the platform’s technical roadmap, including technological changes, modernization, and decommissioning, in alignment with business and architectural strategies.
• Take the lead and contribute to key deliverables, including solution design, security concepts, and interface agreements; ensure that architectural standards are adhered to in collaboration with the system architect.
• Plan and coordinate application releases in accordance with change and release management processes; work with the Product Owner, Platform Owner, and ITO to make decisions regarding production.
• Monitor the platform infrastructure and data development activities, promote "shift-left" practices (automation, unit testing, CI/CD), and ensure that functional and non-functional requirements are implemented robustly.
• Provide third-level support, serve as the master data custodian in JBAR, and manage support for third-party applications, including performance and delivery monitoring.
• Estimate the effort required for changes, advise on technical risks and risk mitigation measures, assist with budgeting, and ensure that technical requirements are properly validated and tested before they are released.
• Take responsibility for the global data platform, which provides global data for various analytical use cases, and ensure that the environment is up and running and stable.
• Assist the system architect in creating and maintaining technical debt.
• Support the business lead and the IT product owner in designing and implementing the platform service.
• Collaboration with support teams in Asia to ensure extended support hours.

Requirements

• At least 8 years of experience with data platforms / data lakes / data lakehouses (Kubernetes, Kafka, distributed storage systems such as S3/HDFS) – preferably on-premises.
• Several years of professional experience in a similar role in the financial industry.
• Experience in the technical management of data platforms to keep pace with the latest advancements in tools, formats, and concepts.
• Experience managing the entire platform lifecycle, from concept and design through development, testing, deployment, operation, and eventual decommissioning, including responsibility for master data, incident support, and release coordination.
• Excellent understanding of data technology and its operational management.
• A very high degree of self-motivation to take the initiative to