Manager-Data Modelling and Engineering_491
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Overall Objectives:
- Create and build data ingestion pipelines using Azure Synapse Pipelines, Azure Functions and Synapse Notebooks as well as developing script in Python or PySpark for automation.
- Extract data from diverse sources including APIs, databases, flat files and other cloud or on-premises systems.
- Maintain and optimize Synapse Dedicated SQL Pools for data storage and analytical queries.
- Manage code using Git for source control and CI/CD, ensuring consistent and governed deployment of pipelines and artifacts across environments.
- Automate failure handling, alerts and retries to minimize operational overhead and provide technical troubleshooting, issue resolution and continuous support for data delivery pipelines.
- Collaborate with different stakeholders to ensure that data meets business needs and is delivered on time. Engage with leadership and functional leads to ensure alignment and support.
- Ensure adherence to security, privacy and development guidelines whilst also documenting processes and data flows for transparency and knowledge sharing.
- Identify opportunities for standardization and automate data maintenance processes and foster a data-driven culture and advocate for the benefits of data management.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Architect, design, and implement Azure- and Databricks-based data platforms in alignment with Allianz Group architecture standards.
- Build scalable, secure pipelines for ingestion, transformation, modeling, and consumption using Azure Data Factory, Databricks, Synapse, Fabric, and Spark.
- Develop reusable data products supporting Group-wide analytics, reporting, and operational intelligence.
- Drive the implementation of Allianz’s Lakehouse strategy using Databricks and Unity Catalog.
- Engineer robust ELT/ETL frameworks across Azure, AWS, Snowflake, and hybrid environments common within Allianz Business Units.
- Optimize performance, cost, and scalability of cloud-native data platforms.
- Introduce automation, CI/CD, DevOps, and governance patterns specific to Allianz’s regulated environments.
- Collaborate with senior business stakeholders, solution architects, and CDO teams to translate business needs into scalable technical architectures.
- Lead architecture workshops and define data roadmaps, modernization plans, and platform adoption strategies across Allianz entities.
- Guide Allianz teams through Document DB adoption, lineage/governance enhancements, and migration to unified catalog-based governance.
- Develop conceptual, logical, and physical data models using Data Vault, Dimensional, and enterprise modeling standards (Erwin/ER/Studio).
- Implement Allianz-aligned governance frameworks including data quality, lineage, metadata, access controls, and compliance.
- Contribute to the evolution of Group Data governance standards, taxonomies, and architectural decision records (ADRs).
- Work across Allianz’s global delivery ecosystem—Solution Architects, Platform Engineers, Data Stewards, and Product Owners.
- Provide thought leadership on data integration, analytics modernization, and enterprise data mesh/lakehouse patterns.
- Evaluate vendor solutions and influence product roadmaps relevant to Allianz’s technology strategy.
Allianz Group is one of the most trusted insurance and asset management companies in the world. Caring for our employees, their ambitions, dreams and challenges, is what makes us a unique employer. Together we can build an environment where everyone feels empowered and has the confidence to explore, to grow and to shape a better future for our customers and the world around us.
At Allianz, we stand for unity: we believe that a united world is a more prosperous world, and we are dedicated to consistently advocating for equal opportunities for all. And the foundation for this is our inclusive workplace, where people and performance both matter, and nurtures a culture grounded in integrity, fairness, inclusion and trust.
We therefore welcome applications regardless of ethnicity or cultural background, age, gender, nationality, religion, social class, disability or sexual orientation, or any other characteristics protected under applicable local laws and regulations.
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Note: Having different strengths, experiences, perspectives and approaches is an integral part of Allianz‘ company culture. One means to achieve this is a regular rotation of Allianz Executive employees across functions, Allianz entities and geographies. Therefore, the company expects from its employees a general openness and a high motivation to regularly change positions and collect experiences across Allianz Group.
