Data Architect (f/m/d)

TÜV SÜD; München; Hybrid; EUR 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

TÜV SÜD Digital Service GmbH in München is seeking a seasoned Data Architect to shape our data foundation and lead end-to-end data solutions. You will work on ingestion, transformation, and data products while ensuring scalability, security, and governance.

This role operates in a hybrid environment with a strong emphasis on collaboration with data engineers, owners, and stewards. The ideal candidate has 7+ years in data roles, fluency in English, and expertise in cloud platforms like Fabric,

Qualifications

• Minimum 7 years of experience in Data Architecture, Data Engineering, Analytics, or a similar role.
• Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Science, or a related discipline.
• Strong ability to translate business challenges into scalable data solutions for data-driven decision‑making.
• Experience designing end-to-end data architectures from ingestion to data products and consumption.
• Experience with modern cloud data platforms such as Microsoft Fabric, Databricks, Snowflake, AWS or GCP.
• Solid knowledge of data modeling, database design, data governance, metadata management, and data product concepts.
• Proficiency in SQL and at least one modern data processing language (e.g., Python, Java, Scala, Spark).
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills across business and technical teams.
• Fluent in English; German language skills at B2 level or higher are an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Advise stakeholders on data-driven opportunities and solutions for informed decision‑making.
• Design end-to-end data solutions for business use cases from ingestion to data products.
• Collaborate with business and technical teams to translate requirements into scalable, secure data architecture.
• Optimize and evolve existing data solutions for efficiency, scalability, and business value.
• Ensure alignment with enterprise architecture, data governance standards, and data mesh principles.
• Promote reuse by designing shared data products and standardized integration patterns.
• Work with data engineers, owners, and stewards to ensure data quality and metadata documentation.

Skills

Data modeling

SQL

Data governance

Metadata management

Data-driven decision making

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

English proficiency

German language advantage

Education

Degree in Computer Science/Information Systems/Data Science or related

Tools

Microsoft Fabric

Databricks

Snowflake

AWS

GCP

Job description

At TÜV SÜD Group we are passionate about technology. Innovations impact our daily lives in countless ways, and we are dedicated to being a part of that progress. We test, we audit, we inspect, we advise. We never stop challenging ourselves for the safety of society and its people. We breathe technology, we strive for professional excellence, and we leave a mark. We take the future into our hands. We are TÜV SÜD Group.

Join us as a Data Architect (f/m/d) and shape the data foundation of TÜV SÜD. You will design, build and manage our data landscape, ensuring scalability, security, and efficiency while enabling data-driven business decisions.

Tasks

• Advise business stakeholders on data-driven opportunities and solutions that support informed decision‑making, digitalization, and business growth
• Design end-to-end data solutions for business use cases, from data ingestion and transformation to reusable data products
• Collaborate with business and technical teams to translate requirements into scalable, secure, and sustainable data architecture
• Optimize and evolve existing data solutions to improve efficiency, scalability, and business value
• Ensure alignment with enterprise architecture, data governance standards, and data mesh principles
• Promote reuse by designing shared data products, common data models, and standardized integration patterns
• Work closely with data engineers, data owners, and data stewards to ensure data quality, compliance, and discoverability through effective metadata management and documentation

Qualification

• Minimum 7 years of experience in Data Architecture, Data Engineering, Analytics, or a similar role
• Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Science, or a related discipline
• Strong ability to understand business challenges and translate them into scalable data solutions that enable data-driven decision‑making
• Experience in designing end-to-end data architectures, from data ingestion and transformation to data products and consumption
• Experience with modern cloud data platforms such as Microsoft Fabric, Databricks, Snowflake, AWS, or GCP
• Solid knowledge of data modeling, database design, data governance, metadata management, and data product concepts
• Proficiency in SQL and at least one modern data processing language or framework (e.g., Python, Java, Scala, Spark)
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across business and technical teams
• Fluent in English; German language skills at B2 level or higher are an advantage

Additional Information

• You take full accountability for your ideas and bring them to reality
• You can act as an intrapreneur in a well established company
• Diversity is at the core of our way of working

At TÜV SÜD Group, we have employees from more than 100 different countries collaborating together. People of different backgrounds, skills, and pursuing different life goals. Our strength comes from these countless and varied perspectives.

We are committed to be an inclusive and diverse workplace by welcoming people of all backgrounds. We want Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) to be a foundation of our company and create an environment where all our employees can trust they will be treated with respect, regardless of gender, nationality, ethnic background, faith, beliefs, disabilities, age, sexual orientation, or identity. As such, our employees are expected to behave at all times in a manner consistent with TÜV SÜD Group Code of Ethics and Company values.

We firmly believe embedding D&I in the heart of what we do will inherently contribute to the success of TÜV SÜD Group.

Work Area: Digital, IT, IT Security & Safety

Country/Region: Germany

Job Location: München

Working Model : Hybrid

Employment Type: Full time / regular

Company: TÜV SÜD Digital Service GmbH