Hybrid Senior Architect, AWS Data Management

at XL2 by Audi & Capgemini

• Job title: Senior Architect, AWS Data Management
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Amazon Redshift, AWS, TypeScript
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Heilbronn, Germany

About the role

• Senior Architect leading AWS Data Management initiatives for Audi and Capgemini's IT consulting team. Focusing on data architecture, governance, and integration for improved automotive processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead development teams in the context of data management and design scalable, multi-tenant-capable AWS data architectures with a focus on AWS DataZone and Lake Formation
• Develop standards and guidelines for data access, sharing, and cataloging in close coordination with Data Owners and business units
• Integrate external tools such as Collibra into the AWS environment to ensure seamless data governance and high data quality
• Promote decentralization and automation of data management tasks by enabling self-service solutions for teams and business units
• Own the creation, evolution, and rollout of principles and policies for handling data
• Define, continuously update, and enforce group-wide (process) standards and policies in data management in close collaboration with Data Owners, business units, and management functions
• Participate in and/or coordinate data management activities originating from decentralized projects and ensure continuous alignment with the central Data Management team
• Model business and data objects and onboard them into the group-wide data catalog via AWS DataZone
• Organize, prepare, and facilitate data-governance-oriented committees and forums

Requirements

• Deep understanding of AWS services in the data domain, especially Glue, S3, Redshift, and RDS databases (ideally also AWS DataZone and Lake Formation)
• General AWS expertise (IAM, Lambda, CloudWatch, KMS, EventBridge, Step Functions, Secrets Manager, ...)
• Experience leading development teams and implementing data domains and data products
• Understanding of the principles, practices, and technologies of data management
• Competence in managing and implementing data access and data sharing processes
• Experience implementing standards and rules for managing the data catalog
• Knowledge of data quality and lifecycle management and implementing Data Governance KPIs
• Solid understanding of business processes in complex automotive companies
• Competence in integrating third-party tools (e.g., Collibra) into AWS architectures
• Ability to assert influence with clients and act as a reliable guide in the areas of Data Governance and Data Management
• Independent, structured working style and strong communication skills with the ability to bring together diverse stakeholders — including across hierarchy levels
• German and English language skills at a minimum of C1 level are mandatory for this position.

Benefits

• Company car
• Stock and pension programs
• 3 months continued salary payment in the event of illness
• Job bike (company bike)
• Home office equipment
• 8 days of training per year
• Accident insurance
• Complimentary beverages
• After-work events (e.g., laser tag, bowling)
• Public transport and childcare subsidies