(Senior) Solution Architect Data (m/f/d)

Knauf Gips KG; Kitzingen (VGem); Vor Ort; EUR 70.000 - 90.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A leading global building materials manufacturer in Kitzingen is seeking a Data Architect to design scalable data architectures and lead data-modelling efforts. This role requires expertise in data integration and governance, with responsibilities including establishing data quality standards and mentoring team members. The company offers a permanent contract, flexibility, generous vacation days, and health benefits, promoting a supportive and inclusive work environment.

Leistungen

30 days of vacation

Discounts on sports activities

Relocation support

Flexitime account

Career development opportunities

Qualifikationen

• Several years of experience in data architecture, modeling, or data-engineering leadership.
• Strong expertise in data integration, modeling, and lifecycle management.
• Experience designing enterprise-scale batch and streaming data pipelines.

Aufgaben

• Design enterprise-level data architectures ensuring scalability and governance.
• Lead data-modelling workshops and maintain data-architecture documentation.
• Establish enterprise data-quality and metadata standards.

Kenntnisse

Data architecture

Data integration

Data governance

Communication

Stakeholder management

Ausbildung

Bachelor’s or Master’s in Data Science, Computer Science, or Information Systems

Jobbeschreibung

Knauf stands for opportunity. This exciting role offers you the ideal opportunity to begin and further develop an impressive career within a values-driven culture.

As a global building materials manufacturer with 43,500 employees in 90 countries, we offer diverse opportunities to ambitious talent. We value every contribution and are committed to creating a safe and inclusive work environment with the aim of developing sustainable solutions for a better future.

Knauf Information Services GmbH is proud to be a part of the Knauf Group. With a long-standing tradition, and a growing international presence, we are seeking dedicated individuals to help us achieve our long-term vision.

Can you say ‘yes’?

• Is respectful and appreciative interaction within the team a given for you?
• Do you always put the customer at the center of your actions?
• Do you consider the future and upcoming generations in your actions?
• Do you strive for personal and professional growth?

What you'll do

• Design enterprise-level data architectures that ensure scalability, governance, and interoperability and architect reliable, traceable batch and real-time data-processing ecosystems
• Lead data-modelling workshops, define standards for conceptual, logical, and physical design as well as create and maintain data-architecture documentation, blueprints, and reference models (enterprise party model and/ or Data Vault)
• Establish and maintain enterprise data-quality, lineage, and metadata standards while collaborating with security, governance, and compliance teams to embed robust data-access and privacy controls
• Provide architectural oversight across data integration/ transformation/ curation workflows and ensure architectures support federated ownership, discoverability, and effective policy enforcement
• Mentor and coach Architects (m/f/d)/ Engineers (m/f/d) to raise data literacy and architecture maturity while evaluate emerging trends in data management, governance automation, and semantic modelling

Who you are

• Bachelor’s or Master’s in Data Science, Computer Science, or Information Systems with several years of enterprise in data architecture, modeling, or data-engineering leadership
• Strong expertise in data integration, modelling, and lifecycle management plus proven ability to define and maintain data-architecture standards within federated models
• Experience designing enterprise-scale batch and streaming data pipelines
• Deep understanding of data-governance frameworks, lineage, and quality management as well as familiarity with data policies, classification, and access models combined with exposure to enterprise metadata management and catalogue frameworks
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills as well as experience with Agile, SAFe, or data-product operating models

What we offer you

We all shape our lives individually. As an employer, we play a significant role in the daily life of our employees and aim to support them with various offerings. This includes, among other things:

• Security: Permanent employment contract in a stable, successful family-owned company.
• Flexibility: 30 days of vacation, special leave for certain occasions, flexitime account with a broad time window for flexible working and weekly home office days.
• Fitness and health: Discounts on various sports and leisure activities (e.g., fitness studio Iphofen, swimming training, soccer, etc.), as well as opportunities for active health promotion through our company doctor and occupational health and safety offers.
• Daily time savings: Ample parking and access to public transport (train, bus).
• Welcome approach: Individual onboarding days, company and team events
• Career and professional development: Individual support and promotion for part-time studies, further education and training.
• Benefits and vouchers: Discounts on well-known brands and reduced-price employee purchases.
• Bike leasing: Using tax advantages while promoting your own health.
• Relocation support: Assistance with international relocation

Knauf as an employer

Knauf Information Services GmbH, headquartered in Kitzingen, Germany, is a key driver of the KNAUF Group's global growth and digital transformation. A team of 500 highly qualified experts is committed to supporting the Group and its customers worldwide with innovative IT solutions and customized services. The core competencies of Knauf IT cover a wide range of IT services, including the development and implementation of complex software solutions, the optimization of business processes through digital technologies and ensuring IT security and data protection.

The Knauf Group is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to a diverse and inclusive work environment, and we make all personnel decisions across all areas of our company based on experience, skills and integrity. We encourage applicants from all walks of life to apply for our positions, regardless of age, gender, gender identity, disability, sexual orientation, origin, religion and so forth.

Share our values and become part of the team to shape the future of Knauf together.