6 months ago
Berlin, GermanyMid Level / Senior
Responsibilities
- Design, provision, harden, and operate end-to-end cloud data platforms.
- Build scalable platform capabilities across storage, compute, networking, security, IAM, observability, and cost management.
- Codify infrastructure using Terraform, Pulumi, or CloudFormation.
- Establish data governance frameworks including catalogs, contracts, RBAC models, and SLAs.
- Design logical and physical data models, data flows, lineage, integration patterns, and target-state architectures.
- Support data mesh, data product, data lakehouse, multi-tenant, and multi-cloud architecture initiatives.
- Advise clients and translate stakeholder needs into data platform strategies and architecture decisions.
- Collaborate with data engineers, data scientists, product owners, analysts, business leaders, and senior client stakeholders.
Requirements
- Master's degree in Engineering or Technology, such as Computer Science, Data Engineering, Information Systems, or a similar field.
- Fluency in written and spoken English.
- 2–4 years of full-time post-Master's experience in cloud data infrastructure, data platform engineering, or data architecture.
- Strong hands-on experience with at least one major cloud platform, including compute, storage, networking, and identity management.
- Practical experience with at least one modern cloud data platform.
- Experience with infrastructure as code and modern CI/CD and DevOps workflows.
- Experience with data modeling, data architecture, or designing data flows and integration patterns.
- Experience designing or operating data governance, security controls, and platform observability for multiple teams or domains.
- Demonstrated ability to collaborate with diverse stakeholders in client-facing settings.
- Preferred experience includes data mesh, data products, data lakehouse architectures, enterprise data architecture, data lineage, dimensional modeling, Data Vault, multi-tenant platforms, multi-cloud environments, Kubernetes, and Docker.
Benefits
- Professional development opportunities through diverse client projects and an international network of more than 2,000 individuals.
- An experienced mentor and professional coach.
- International and diverse working environment with a central modern office.
- Transparent salary model with equal pay regardless of assignment and biannual salary reviews.
- Benefits including company shares, Deutschlandticket, and parental benefits.
- Freedom to shape client, domain, and role choices with support from a global community.
- Access to Netlight's Edge network, competence cells, conferences, and knowledge-sharing opportunities.
Tech Stack
Amazon RedshiftAWSAzureDatabricksDockerGoogle BigQueryGoogle Cloud PlatformKubernetesSnowflakeTerraform
Categories
Data EngineeringDevOps
About Netlight
Netlight provides digital consulting services, from product and technology strategy to software delivery, for enterprises and high-growth startups. It operates on a fee-for-service consulting model, supplying cross-functional consultants for advisory and implementation work. Founded in 1999 and privately held, Netlight has offices across Europe and North America, including Stockholm, Berlin, London, Zurich, Madrid, Oslo, Copenhagen, Helsinki, Amsterdam, Munich, and Toronto.