Data Platform Manager

Sword Group; Le Vaud; Vor Ort; CHF 120.000 - 180.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Training budget

25 days paid vacation

Respect for privacy: no meetings after

International accident insurance

Regular events

International environments

Innovation

Discount program

Zusammenfassung

Sword Group in Switzerland seeks a Data Platform Manager to strengthen our client's team based in Nyon.

You will lead Data Engineers, modernize the data platform, and govern IT service practices while optimizing cloud costs and ensuring seamless data delivery across Engineering, Analytics, and BI teams.

Qualifikationen

• Proven experience leading enterprise Data Platform teams.
• Strong Azure cloud and data services knowledge.
• Hands-on with Databricks, dbt, Fivetran and Control-M.
• ITIL v4 Foundation certification or equivalent practical ITSM experience.
• Excellent communication in French and English with technical and business stakeholders.

Aufgaben

• Lead and coordinate a Data Engineering team for data initiatives.
• Industrialize the Cloud Data Platform with standards, docs, and ops processes.
• Manage IT service practices: incident, change, problem, and requests.
• Oversee data tech stack evolution across Azure, Databricks, dbt, Fivetran, and Control-M.
• Monitor costs and usage; provide forecasts and budget reporting.
• Collaborate with Integration, Analytics, and BI teams for end-to-end data flows.
• Define governance, service catalogs, KPIs, and operational models.
• Contribute to long-term data strategy via roadmaps and coaching.

Kenntnisse

Data platform management

Azure ecosystem

Databricks

dbt

Fivetran

Control-M

ITIL

Ausbildung

ITIL v4 Foundation certification

Tools

Azure

Databricks

dbt

Fivetran

Control-M

Jobbeschreibung

Data Platform Manager

We are recruiting a Data Platform Manager to strengthen our client's teambased in Nyon.

Responsabilities

• Lead and coordinate a team of Data Engineers, ensuring efficient planning, prioritization, and delivery of data initiatives.

• Drive the industrialization of the Cloud Data Platform by implementing standards, best practices, documentation, and operational processes.

• Establish and improve IT service management practices, including incident, change, problem, and request management.

• Oversee and guide the evolution of the data technology stack, including Azure, Databricks, dbt, Fivetran, and Control-M.

• Monitor platform costs and consumption, providing forecasts, optimization recommendations, and budget reporting.

• Collaborate closely with Integration, Analytics, and BI teams to ensure seamless end-to-end data flows and service delivery.

• Define governance models, service catalogues, KPIs, and operational frameworks to enhance platform adoption and efficiency.

• Contribute to the long-term data strategy through roadmap definition, knowledge transfer, coaching, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Job requirements

• Proven experience managing enterprise Data Platforms and coordinating Data Engineering teams.

• Strong understanding of the Azure ecosystem, including Cloud services, security, identity, networking, monitoring, and cost management.

• Solid knowledge of Databricks and its production use cases, including jobs, notebooks, orchestration, Delta patterns, performance, and operational support.

• Strong expertise in dbt, data transformation processes, data modelling, testing, documentation, and DataOps practices.

• Hands-on experience with Fivetran and Control-M, particularly connector management, monitoring, orchestration, dependency management, and production tracking.

• Proven experience in IT service management and managed services, with ITIL v4 Foundation certification or equivalent practical experience.

• Ability to manage budgets, analyze Cloud consumption, develop forecasts, and identify cost optimization opportunities.

• Excellent communication skills in both French and English, with the ability to interact effectively with technical teams, IT management, business stakeholders, and external providers.

Joining Sword means…

• Continuous training: A training budget that grows every month to be used in a large training catalog
• 25 days of paid vacation: All our employees are entitled to 25 days of paid vacation per year
• Respect for privacy: No meetings after 5 p.m. with us
• International accident insurance coverage
• Regular events: Monthly events to get together in small or large group
• International environments: Assignments in groups of international scope
• Innovation: Contribute to impactful and innovative projects in many sectors of activity
• Small pleasures: Our employees benefit from a very interesting benefits and discounts program