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Job description

DIGITS – Digital Transformation and IT Solutions – is tasked with shaping GIZ’s digital future. We enable our more than 25.000 colleagues in over 120 countries worldwide to collaborate efficiently, securely, and reliably. To do so, we shape the strategies that guide the company’s path forward, we provide new tools and applications, we develop proprietary solutions, and we keep everything running on top of all that. Cross-divisional teams of Data Analysts, Data Engineers and Application Development experts support each other in achieving this goal. GIZ encourages all entities in the company to drive data driven innovations either by experiments and prototypes, concrete measures in our projects, as well as recruiting more data experts.

Your tasks

• Define basic data governance and infrastructure rules for a GIZ wide cloud-based data warehouse / data lake infrastructure based on GIZs needs
• Coordinate a cross-divisional team of data engineers and data analysts with the common goal to define and stepwise implement GIZs future data strategy and corresponding data infrastructure
• Create prototypes of single data experiments in Microsoft Azure environment (Synapse, MS SQL DB, Power BI etc.) to proof feasibility and scalability with the team
• Elaborate implementation strategies and recommendations how to realize proofed Data Warehouse / Data Lake prototypes, convince decision bodies and stakeholders across GIZ to actively support the teams’ goals
• Define and establish best practice and architecture standards in the fields of data governance and data infrastructure
• Provide your coworkers with guidance and structure on topics like data governance, data privacy, and data lineage
• Design prototypical data-driven applications to support projects around the world and use them to derive and establish strategic principles and guidelines for the data engineers and solution architects in the projects
• Create data models and a data catalogue for our internal data

Your profile

• Masters-degree in mathematics, computer science, statistics, engineering, or a similar qualification
• Several years of relevant professional experience, preferably gained abroad, as a lead developer, IT architect and/or senior data analyst with designing data-driven applications and interfaces
• Outstanding knowledge in data modelling and database administration, preferably in MS Azure environments
• Practical experience with data analysis (Power BI, SAP SAC i.e.), data management and data integration tools on enterprise level
• Experience with data management in a heterogeneous IT world (mix of on-premises and cloud)
• Experience with ITIL service processes
• Experience in agile project and innovation management is desirable
• Excellent communication skills combined with resilience and reliability
• Ability to coordinate a team functionally and mentor junior team members
• Business fluent in German and English

Notes

This job is suited to a full or a part-time position.

The willingness for frequent business trips is required.

The willingness to work reciprocally abroad and in Germany is required.

Please understand, that we can only accept and process applications via our E-recruiting system. Following the confirmation of your successful application, kindly check your spam / junk mail folder on a regular basis, since some provider classify emails from our recruiting system as spam.

About us

Your professional and personal development is important to us. At GIZ, you will be offered global work opportunities and an atmosphere that is characterised by diversity, respect and genuine equal opportunities. Gender equality promotion is a matter of course for us. Our benefits are also impressive in terms of work-life balance and family friendliness. Flexible working hours that fit your life situation are an integral part of our corporate culture.

GIZ is a signatory of the Diversity Charter. Recognition, appreciation and inclusion of diversity in the company are important to us. All employees shall be valued - regardless of gender and gender identity, nationality, ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation.

GIZ would like to increase the proportion of employees with disability, both in Germany and abroad. Applications from persons with disabilities are most welcome.

Contact

HR-Services Client Portal +49 6196/79-3200 [email protected]