Data Architect
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 1, 2026. First seen by Alion on Sep 23, 2026.
130 years of trust. One team shaping what's next. Allianz Group is one of the world's leading insurers and asset managers - built on over a century of stability, expertise, and financial strength. Allianz Services is where that legacy meets the future. 8,500+ people. Twelve countries. Four continents. We deliver specialized services to clients within Allianz Group, powered by AI, advanced analytics, and a mindset that refuses to stand still. From core insurance operations to engineering and consulting services, we reimagine how insurance works. What truly sets us apart are our people and the trusted partnerships we build, anchored in our values of expertise, integrity, and empowerment. We don't support the business. We shape it.
Job role
Are you passionate about data platforms and eager to see how modern data architectures transform the world’s leading insurance brand? Join Allianz Services as a Data & AI Transformation Manager and lead hands-on data modernization and migration programs within our Data & AI Transformation team. Collaborate with a dynamic, international team to re-platform legacy data estates, decommission legacy technologies, and stand up cloud-native data, AI & GenAI services. We're seeking technically strong leaders who can architect solutions, get into the detail with engineers, and drive real delivery to "Make Data & AI Transformation Happen." Apply now and become a key player in modernizing the data foundations of Allianz.
What will you do
- Senior Data Architect with Snowflake & dbt knowledge who can help them with architecture for Business Master Platform onboarding and steer local team towards agreed architecture.
- Architect data warehouse solutions applying industry patterns - including Data Vault 2.0, dimensional modelling (Kimball), historization (SCD Type 1/2), persistent staging areas, and change data capture (CDC).
- Design repeatable, industrialized ELT/ETL frameworks leveraging dbt for transformation orchestration; define integration patterns for ingesting data from heterogeneous source systems.
- Establish architectural principles, design patterns, naming conventions, and data standards; conduct architecture reviews and ensure compliance across delivery teams.
- Assess, recommend, and roadmap cloud-native data technologies and tooling; drive architectural decisions with documented ADRs (Architecture Decision Records).
- Evaluates the business units for existing inefficiencies and bottlenecks and to develop and maintain protocols for handling, processing, and cleaning data.
- Understanding of data privacy regulations (such as GDPR) and ethical considerations in handling sensitive customer data and their historization.
- Ability to work as an individual contributor and effectively collaborate with Stakeholders.
What you bring
- Proven skills in enterprise & solution architecture.
- Define and own the end-to-end data architecture strategy, ensuring alignment with enterprise standards, scalability requirements, and long-term business goals.
- Navigates, recommends, and implements cloud-based data solutions and can work on modern tools like DBT for data transformation.
- Design reference architectures and solution blueprints for cloud-based data platforms (Snowflake-centric), covering ingestion, transformation, storage, and consumption layers.
- Develop Conceptual, Logical and Physical Data Models and related artefacts to specified standards.
You have
- Cloud Technologies: Azure, AWS;
- Proficient in SQL, Python and ETL concepts;
- Well versed in DBT and DWH concepts (OLAP, OLTP, DataVault);
- Experienced in data architecture with proven skills.
What we offer
We support your well-being
- Access dedicated counseling services, mental health resources, and well-being sessions designed to keep you feeling your best.
- Enjoy a personalized benefits package through a monthly budget on the Benefit platform, covering medical subscriptions, meal tickets, private pension plans, life insurance, Allianz Tiriac exclusive insurance discounts, and many more.
- Prioritize what truly matters with time off on your birthday, additional vacation days for each year with Allianz (up to five extra days), Paid leave on December 24th and 31st, plus the flexibility to swap weekend holidays for extra days off, and special allowances for significant life events.
We invest in your growth
Take advantage of an extensive learning curriculum tailored to support your career growth and meet your professional needs, with access to a wide range of technical and soft skills trainings, international certifications (including Agile, Lean Six Sigma, PRINCE2, ITIL, IFOA, ACCA, IACCM, and more), learning resources from LinkedIn and Allianz platforms, language development opportunities (German, French, English), and our dedicated Leadership Program to help you reach the next level.
We value you and your work
We acknowledge and recognize your work through performance-based rewards to celebrate your achievements, team, and individual recognition programs to celebrate your contributions and internal referral bonuses.
Your personal information, including sensitive data, may be shared with Hiring Managers to evaluate your suitability for the role. Only candidates who meet the criteria will be contacted, and all applications will be treated with strict confidentiality.
Allianz Group is one of the most trusted insurance and asset management companies in the world. Caring for our employees, their ambitions, dreams and challenges is what makes us a unique employer. We are united by a shared commitment: to put our customers first and at the center of everything we do. Their needs inspire our thinking and guide our actions. Together, we can build an environment where everyone feels empowered and confident to explore, grow and shape a better future - for our customers and for the world around us. At Allianz, we stand for unity: we believe that a united world is a more prosperous world, and we are dedicated to consistently advocating for equal opportunities for all. The foundation for this is our inclusive workplace, where people and performance both matter, and where integrity, fairness, inclusion and trust are at the heart of our culture.
We therefore welcome applications regardless of ethnicity or cultural Internal background, age, gender, nationality, religion, social class, disability or sexual orientation, or any other characteristics protected under applicable local laws and regulations.
Join us. Let's care for tomorrow.
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