Our opportunity

We seek a highly motivated and skilled Solution Architect to join our Enterprise Data Architecture and Analytics (EDAA) organization. You will support lead a team creating solutions on Big Data technology. In this role, you will be accountable for the overall design of solutions, ensuring they meet customer’s needs and are scalable and reliable as part of the overall IT Architecture.

Your role As a Big Data Solution Architect your main responsibilities will involve:

Promote the transformation of the company into a data and analytical insights driven insurance company .
Define integration pattern with downstream applications.
Partner with other solution architects (security, infrastructure, vendors) and collaborate with the open-source community to define and implement best practices and standards for Big Data Solutions implementation .
Define & document data dependencies & data flow diagrams of the solution, e.g. between source and systems consuming the data, as well as the logical processes and interfaces with other systems.
Promote sharing of data assets across functions and analytical use cases.
Support Data Scientists and Big Data Engineers in implementing data structures based on data modes.
Overview and review work of developers to ensure alignment with the designed solution and adapts the design in line with changes of project scope and understanding

Your Skills and Experience -

Technology education with completed University degree.
Secondary business education or insurance background is a plus.
+4 years of work experience in technical positions, including.
+3 years as an Application Architect with Big Data Solutions.
English language on the Business Fluent level is required.

KNOWLEDGE -

Architecting Shared service Platform for Big Data .
Relational and NoSQL Databases Logical and Physical Data modeling, Data Dictionaries.
High availability and contingency solutions.
Knowledge of Data Quality Management and Master Data Management concepts.
Demonstrable knowledge of Continuous Integration/Test Driven Development and Code Analysis, including its application within the software development lifecycle.
Excellent written and spoken communication skills.
A track record of making complex business decisions with authority, even in times of ambiguity, considering the potential long-term risks and implications.
Proponent for innovation, best practices, sound design with data & information optimization in mind, strong development habits, and efficient team/project structures.
Capable of articulating complex designs, code, and applications for large scale projects to a simple to understand non-technical client-facing standard

TECHNICAL SKILLS -

Big Data Technologies hands-on experience: on-premises and on cloud .
Scala and Python programming knowledge.
Experience in Analytical Solutions.
Cloud Solutions experience: AWS, Azure and/or Google.
SQL and NoSQL Databases experience Linux.
TOGAF certification is a plus

COMPETENCIES & SKILLS

Flexible, agile and adaptive to change.
Deep commitment.
Strong organizational and able to multi-task.
Able to prioritize the business needs.
Forward-thinking to determine alternatives.

*Working hours can be either UTC+02:00 or UTC+05:30*