Data Platform Responsible

About the role

Julius Baer is looking for a Data Platform Responsible to lead the technical design, development and operation of its global data platform (data lake house). You will act as the key technical stakeholder, ensuring the platform meets business needs, architectural standards and operational resilience.

Key responsibilities

• Lead end‑to‑end technical design, development and lifecycle management of the global data platform.
• Coordinate releases, production go‑live decisions and change management together with Product Owner, Platform Owner and IT Service owners.
• Supervise infrastructure and data development, promote automation, unit testing and CI/CD practices.
• Provide 3rd‑level support, act as master data custodian and manage third‑party suppliers.
• Estimate effort, advise on technical risks, support budgeting and validate requirements before release.

Required profile

• At least 8 years of experience with data platforms, data lakes or data lake houses (Kubernetes, Kafka, S3/HDFS).
• Several years in a similar technical leadership role within the financial industry.
• Strong communication, planning and coordination skills; fluent English, German a plus.
• Higher education in Computer Science or equivalent.

Required skills

• Kubernetes
• Kafka
• Distributed storage (S3, HDFS)
• Docker and Harbor
• CI/CD pipelines
• VM and pod scaling