Data Architect

Job details :

The Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB), established in 1956, is a multilateral development bank with a unique social mandate from its 43 member states. The CEB finances investment in social sectors, including education, health and affordable housing, with a focus on the needs of vulnerable people. Borrowers include governments, local and regional authorities, public and private banks, non-profit organisations and others. As a multilateral bank with a triple-A credit rating, the CEB funds itself on the international capital markets. It approves projects according to strict social, environmental and governance criteria, and provides technical assistance. In addition, the CEB receives funds from donors to complement its activities.

The Corporate Services Directorate (CS) delivers client-oriented, integrated services, to optimise the work environment and enable the CEB to deliver its mandate. As a business partner, CS supports a capable workforce that is digital and connected, in an adapted and safe working environment, and with efficient travel and visa services. The Directorate comprises: Facility & Travel Management, Corporate Responsibility & ESG Reporting, Human Resources and Information Technology.

The Information Technology Division (CS-IT) provides quality IT services and innovative information technology solutions to support the Bank’s operations and to fulfil the Bank’s strategic objectives in an efficient and effective manner, continuously adapting to business needs.

Within CS-IT, the IT Architecture Unit is looking for an experienced Data Architect. He/she will report to the Head of IT Architecture and will be responsible for defining and implementing data architectures adapted to the needs of the CEB and in line with the guiding principles of its information system. He/she will also contribute to the successful completion of the Data transformation while respecting the CEB's strategic orientations. Then, he/she will be a key player in the implementation of a data governance framework adapted to the CEB's needs.

Main Responsibilities
Support business analysts in qualifying requirements to support enhancements or enable project scoping activities requiring the implementation of data management solutions.
Analyse, identify and compare architectural solutions to meet requirements (including functional and technical architectures).
Propose architectural solutions to meet the needs of analytical use cases (BI), respecting the ingestion, collection, storage, preparation and visualization chain.
Produce reliable estimates for implementing data solutions, in collaboration with system and technical experts at CEB.
Analyse gaps and propose changes to existing semantic data models to meet business needs (conceptual, logical and physical layers).


Academic background:
An advanced degree (master's) - university, engineering school - in computer science with a data specialization or equivalent.

Professional background:
Minimum 8 years' experience as an architect, including 5 years' successful experience in functional and technical Data architectures in a financial environment.
Good expertise in data modelling techniques, including conceptual, logical and physical modelling. Mastery of relational database design, normalization and denormalization strategies (excellent command of SQL).
Knowledge of enterprise architecture frameworks (TOGAF certification desired) and practical experience in their application.
In-depth knowledge of patterns and experience with integration architectures (real-time or near-real time, service-oriented, API, file-based, etc.).
Good command of modern development processes and tools (DevOps, Git, CI/CD) desirable.
Solid knowledge of data architectures and cloud environments. Certifications or experience with Azure cloud are desirable.
Good command of data engineering practices (ETL, ELT) and technologies such as Python, Spark, SQL desirable.
Comfortable with NoSQL databases and modelling for unstructured data.
Knowledge of the main types of operational and analytical data architectures (MDM (Master Data Management), datawarehouse, datamart, datalake, as well as lakehouse).
Very good knowledge of and experience with Microsoft data technologies (Fabric, Power BI, Pureview) would be a plus.

Language skills:
Excellent command of one of the two CEB official languages (English and French), both oral and written, and knowledge of the other, with a commitment to reach a good working level.
Knowledge of one or more other Member State language(s) is an asset.

Core competencies:
Adaptability
Client Orientation
Communication
Innovation
Result Orientation
Team Work

Other competencies:
Excellent communication and presentation skills.
Ability to synthesize complex issues and provide clear visibility to stakeholders.
Strong organizational skills, proactivity, attention to detail.
Ability to work in a team and with cross-functional teams.
Ability to work autonomously while maintaining a high level of visibility on the work performed.

Nationality:
Citizen of one of the Bank’s Member States: Albania, Andorra, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Holy See, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kosovo, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Republic of Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Serbia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye and Ukraine.

Location : 55, avenue Kléber 75116 PARIS