Cloud Data Platform Expert - Azure/Databricks
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America3 months ago
Bern, SwitzerlandSenior
Responsibilities
- Design, code, configure, and operate distributed cloud data platform components for data ingestion, real-time streaming, batch processing, extraction, and transformation.
- Build and support cloud data analytics platforms in collaboration with data engineers, business analysts, and data scientists.
- Participate in multiple cloud data platform projects and serve as a central technical contact for customers.
- Support acquisition of new customer projects by preparing and discussing proposals with customers.
- Evaluate analytics architectures and environments and recommend improvements.
- Ensure solutions meet customer requirements for functionality, performance, availability, scalability, security, and reliability.
- Coach colleagues in innovative technologies and mentor team members.
Requirements
- University degree from an ETH, university, or university of applied sciences.
- More than 8 years of experience delivering and automating cloud solutions using technologies such as Azure, AWS, Databricks, Kubernetes, or Terraform.
- More than 5 years of implementation experience with analytics technologies such as SQL, Spark, Kafka, Hadoop, or Delta Lake.
- Programming experience with Python or Java/Scala.
- Experience with ETL tools such as Talend or SSIS, data modeling, data governance, data warehouses, and data mesh.
- High-quality Databricks and/or Azure Analytics certifications.
- Knowledge of software engineering best practices across the development lifecycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control, build processes, testing, and operations.
- Several years of consulting experience are advantageous.
- Fluency in German and English.
Benefits
- Flexible working hours and home office options.
- Modern, flexible workplace in a multicultural environment.
- Ongoing training, coaching, and an internal career path.
- Flat hierarchies and open, supportive collaboration across disciplines and departments.
- Regular Brown Bag Lunches, coding events, and social and sporting gatherings.
- Option to purchase up to 13 additional vacation days.
- Contribution toward a private mobile phone or business phone.
- Half-Fare travel card and first-class business travel.
- Flexible pension fund models and coverage of KTG and NBU insurance.
Tech Stack
Categories
Data Engineering
About Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America is a U.S. Christian denomination that coordinates churchwide programs, theological resources, and ministries for congregations, synods, and partners. Founded in 1988 and headquartered in Chicago, it serves about 3.3 million members in more than 9,000 worshiping communities across all 50 states and the Caribbean, funded primarily by congregational benevolence, donations, and endowments, and operating initiatives in leadership development, education, disaster response, and global mission.