Data Architect - Global Architecture & Process Team (M/F)

Banque Internationale à Luxembourg (BIL); Konz; Vor Ort; EUR 75.000 - 100.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A leading banking institution in Germany is seeking a Data Architect to design and govern enterprise data architecture, ensuring data security and compliance. Candidates should have proven experience in data architecture, strong knowledge of modeling standards, and familiarity with cloud-native platforms. This role promotes innovation and advanced analytics while adhering to regulatory mandates in a collaborative environment. Fluency in French and English is mandatory, and additional languages are a plus.

Leistungen

Broad range of challenging projects

Career development opportunities

Commitment to diversity and inclusion

Qualifikationen

• Proven experience in enterprise data architecture, ideally in banking or financial services.
• Strong knowledge of data modeling standards and tools.
• Familiarity with cloud-native architectures and data platforms.
• Experience with data governance, security, and compliance frameworks.
• Mastery of CI/CD tools is mandatory.
• TOGAF certification and ArchiMate modeling skills are a plus.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Fluency in French and English is required.

Aufgaben

• Design and govern enterprise data architecture.
• Support advanced analytics and regulatory compliance.
• Define modeling standards and optimize data flows.
• Ensure interoperability across platforms.
• Integrate security tools and support regulatory initiatives.
• Lead architecture streams in strategic programs.

Kenntnisse

Enterprise data architecture experience

Data modeling standards knowledge

Cloud-native architectures knowledge

Data governance and security experience

CI/CD proficiency

Excellent communication skills

Fluent in French and English

Tools

Snowflake

Oracle

Kafka

Dataiku

Git

Jenkins

Terraform

Docker

Kubernetes

MEGA/HOPEX

Jobbeschreibung

Founded in 1856, Banque Internationale à Luxembourg is the oldest multi-business bank in the Grand Duchy. From its foundation, the BIL has always played an active role in the development of the Luxembourg economy. It currently operates in retail, private and corporate banking, as well as on major capital markets. Employing more than 2 000 people, BIL is present in the financial hotspots that are Luxembourg, Switzerland, and China.
As a major player in Luxembourg's finance industry and as a signatory of the UN Principles of Responsible Banking, BIL is committed to handing over a responsible and sustainable bank to future generations.

Purpose of the role:

The Data Architect plays a pivotal role in designing, governing, and advancing the enterprise data architecture at BIL. This position is responsible for ensuring that data remains accessible, reliable, and secure, while rigorously aligning data solutions with the organization's strategic objectives.

The scope of responsibilities includes supporting advanced analytics, adhering to regulatory mandates such as DORA and BCBS 239, and promoting innovation across a complex hybrid IT environment.

By supporting the transformation of data into actionable insights, the Data Architect establishes effective data management, enables sophisticated analytics, and drives innovation throughout the institution.

This role will report to the Chief Architect / Head of Global Architecture Team.

Your next challenge:

Data Architecture Design

• Define modeling standards (e.g., Data Vault, SCD, star schema) and technical guidelines (naming, versioning, code quality and support the development of logical and physical data models.
• Define and optimize data flows across systems (batch, real-time, streaming).
• Select appropriate technologies (Snowflake, Oracle, Kafka, Dataiku, etc.) based on use cases.
• Design and oversee BI architectures, ensuring seamless integration of business intelligence solutions with enterprise data platforms.

Platform Governance & Integration

• Govern reusable data products aligned with domain-driven design principles.
• Ensure interoperability across platforms (on-premise, cloud, hybrid).
• Collaborate with Data Platform and Analytics teams on ingestion, transformation, and deployment workflows.

Security, Compliance & Metadata Management

• Integrate IAM, encryption, DLP, and data lineage tools into architectural decisions.
• Support regulatory initiatives (e.g., DORA, BCBS 239) by mapping data assets to critical functions.
• Work closely and collaboratively with Data Governance team to enhance metadata repositories and data catalogs.

Collaboration & Leadership

• Actively contribute to the Architecture boards.
• Lead architecture streams in strategic programs.
• Promote architectural best practices.

Your skills:

• Proven experience in enterprise data architecture, ideally in banking or financial services :
• Strong knowledge of data modeling standards (In-depth knowledge of data models: relational, dimensional, document-oriented, graph) and tools (e.g. MEGA/HOPEX).
• Familiarity with cloud-native architectures and data platforms (Snowflake, Azure, Kafka) or Hybride environments.
• Experience with data governance, security (access management, encryption, auditing), and compliance frameworks.
• Masterize CI/CD (Git, Jenkins, Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes) is mandatory
• TOGAF certification and ArchiMate modeling skills are a plus.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Mandatory languages : French and English. Any other language is an asset.

BIL offers a broad range of challenging projects and a huge choice of career paths. We will assist you in finding the one that best meets your skills and expectations. Your personal development is our priority and we greatly encourage you to dive into different business areas for the broadest possible experience.
BIL is firmly of the opinion that diversity & inclusion contribute towards increasing the collective performance of the Bank. We are committed to creating a culture of inclusion that encourages individual development with equal opportunities for all.

NB: The selected candidate will be asked to provide an extract from the criminal record (no.3) as evidence of integrity and justified with regard to the specific needs of the position to be filled. Other documents will be collected, to the extent legally permitted, to perform background checks.