Data Platform Responsible 100% (f/m/d)

Baer AG seeks a Senior Data Platform Responsible in Zürich to lead the technical design, lifecycle management, and operational stability of a global data platform, ensuring alignment with business needs and architectural standards.

The company is looking for a senior professional to provide end-to-end technical leadership for a global data platform (datalake house). This role ensures the platform aligns with business objectives, maintains architectural standards, and delivers operational resilience through a blend of hands-on technical oversight, supplier management, and agile delivery support.

Responsibilities

• Act as a primary technical stakeholder for designing a modern global platform infrastructure.
• Integrate into the agile framework and assist the development team.
• Direct the technical design, development, and performance of the platform throughout its lifecycle while adhering to corporate standards.
• Help shape the technical roadmap, including technology updates, modernization efforts, and system decommissioning, in sync with business and architectural strategies.
• Develop and manage key deliverables such as Solution Design, Security Concept, and Interface Agreements, ensuring compliance with architecture standards alongside the System Architect.
• Coordinate application releases according to Change- and Release Management processes, collaborating with the Product Owner, Platform Owner, and ITSO to approve production go-lives.
• Oversee platform infrastructure and data development, promoting shift-left practices like automation, unit testing, and CI/CD to ensure robust implementation of requirements.
• Provide third-level support, act as the master data custodian in JBAR, and manage third-party application suppliers, including performance and delivery oversight.
• Estimate effort for changes, advise on technical risks and mitigation, support budgeting, and ensure technical requirements are validated and tested before release.
• Take ownership of the global data platform serving various analytics use cases, ensuring a stable and running environment.
• Assist the System Architect in identifying and maintaining technical debts.
• Support the Business Responsible and IT Product Owner in defining platform services and their execution.

Requirements

• Minimum 8 years of experience in Data Platforms, Data Lakes, or Data Lake houses, including technologies like Kubernetes, Kafka, and distributed storage (S3/HDFS), preferably on-premises.
• Several years of experience in a similar role within the financial industry.
• Proven experience in leading the technical direction of data platforms and staying current with modern tooling, formats, and concepts.
• Experience managing the full platform lifecycle, from concept and design through development, testing, deployment, operation, and retirement, including master data, incident support, and release coordination.
• Skills in VM setup and scaling (pods), Kubernetes scaling, Docker management with Harbor, and pushing images through CI/CD with the development team.
• Higher education in Computer Science (University, University of Applied Sciences, or equivalent diploma).
• Strong communication, planning, and coordination skills.
• Proactive, reliable, and solution-driven mindset with a willingness to bring new ideas and initiate changes.
• Good English language skills (written and verbal); German is a plus.
• Strong team player with a customer-oriented focus on supporting the organization in providing solutions.
• Very good understanding of data technology and its operational management.
• High self-motivation to drive initiatives and initiate changes.

About the company

Baer AG values individual qualities, empowering employees to be impactful, entrepreneurial, and create value beyond wealth. The company invites professionals to shape the future of wealth management together.

• Values individual qualities to enable impact, entrepreneurship, empowerment, and value creation beyond wealth.
• Invites employees to shape the future of wealth management together.

How to apply

Documents to submit:

• Full job application