Senior Data Architect

About The Role Join the SimpliFi program as a Lead Architect & Data Engineer to shape the Azure-based data platform that unifies financial data across Operating Entities (OEs) and powers standardized accounting and reporting. You'll set architectural direction, harmonize designs across OEs, and ensure reliability, security, and compliance while guiding DevOps practices and platform operations at scale. What You Do

• Evaluate and guide technical initiatives and platforms to align with strategy, performance, and cost goals.
• Architect DevOps best practices (versioning, CI/CD, IaC) to streamline delivery and operations on Azure.
• Harmonize and standardize architectures and interfaces across global/local OEs for seamless integration.
• Design rollout/release pipelines and oversee go-lives, ensuring readiness of technology, data, and access.
• Lead platform operations (updates, cost optimization/FinOps, incident & service mgmt, DR, monitoring).
• Embed security & compliance into designs to ensure robust, trustworthy systems.
• Resolve Level-3 issues, offering expert guidance and escalation management for complex problems.

• Data Engineering track record: 5+ years delivering data solutions; comfortable engaging in architecture, requirements, cost/effort estimation, and stakeholder alignment.
• Azure expertise: 3+ years building on Azure (strong in Synapse), plus hands-on with Databricks ( 1 year).
• Data architecture depth: data modeling, data warehousing, Data Vault, and big-data tech (e.g., Spark/Hadoop).
• DevOps & automation: CI/CD and Infrastructure-as-Code (e.g., Terraform) across environments.
• Operations mindset: platform releases, disaster recovery, monitoring/observability, and ITSM/ITIL awareness.
• Security & governance: practical knowledge of data governance and data security best practices.
• Leadership & communication: strong analytical/problem-solving skills; organized, customer-focused collaboration.

Nice to Have

• Awareness of web application stacks to support platform interfaces, and experience harmonizing architectures across multiple OEs/global programs.

If you don't tick every box, that's okay-your growth mindset matters. We welcome applicants who bring the essentials and are eager to learn the rest. What We Offer

• Hybrid work model with balance between in-person collaboration and remote working, including up to 25 days per year working from abroad.
• Competitive compensation and benefits package including a company bonus scheme, pension, employee shares program and multiple employee discounts (details vary by location).
• Career development and digital learning programs, international career mobility, and an environment where innovation, delivery and empowerment are fostered.
• Flexible working, health and wellbeing offers (including healthcare and parental leave benefits) to balance family and career and help employees return from career breaks.

About Allianz Technology

With its headquarters in Munich, Germany, Allianz Technology is Allianz's global IT service provider and delivers IT solutions that drive the group's digitalization. With more than 11,000 employees in over 20 countries around the world, Allianz Technology runs, optimizes, transforms, and innovates the infrastructure, applications, and services with Allianz companies to co-create the best customer experience. We service the full spectrum of digitalization-from large IT infrastructure projects spanning data centres, networks, and security to application platforms ranging from workplace services to digital interaction. We deliver end-to-end IT solutions for Allianz in the digital age and are the backbone of Allianz. Find us at: www.linkedin.com/company/allianz-technology. Commitment to Integrity, Fairness & Inclusion Allianz Technology is proud to be an equal opportunity employer dedicated to fostering an inclusive work environment for everyone. We welcome individuals of all gender identities and expressions, sexual orientations, ethnicities, ages, nationalities, religions, disabilities, and philosophies of life. Our greatest strength lies in the unique skills, experiences, and backgrounds our employees contribute. We welcome applications regardless of race, ethnicity, or cultural background, age, gender, nationality, religion, or any other characteristics protected under local laws and regulations. To Recruitment Agencies Allianz Technology has an in-house recruitment team that sources candidates directly. We do not accept unsolicited resumes from agencies or search firm recruiters. If we work with agencies, engagement is formalized by a contract, and fees are paid only when a contract is in place. We will not accept invoices on unsolicited resumes without a contract in place, even if the candidate is ultimately employed by Allianz. 89097 | Data & AI | Profesional / Senior | Non-Executive | Allianz Technology | Jornada completa | Indefinido #J-18808-Ljbffr Este empleo Media Nacional Media - Trabajos en informática Cataluña - Media Analista senior