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Are you willing to take the next step with us in digital banking and asset management? You might be the one we are looking for! We are in search of a data architect who lives and breaths data and who is passionate to modernize our data governance, technology platform and enable advanced analytics.
Who are we
Aktia IT operates mainly in the Helsinki city center and provides flexible remote working opportunities.
Your position would be within Aktia’s IT in Data and Analytics team. We are responsible of the overall data & analytics development, governance, platform, tooling and community around it where you will be driving the data & analytics architecture. You will be supported by a skilled set of architects in different domains, data engineers, data scientist and analysts.
Our working culture is relaxed and informal. We work independently but help each other whenever needed. We are service and solution oriented. We like team players who are willing to get their hands into tech and keep a finger on the pulse. We work agile and try to learn and improve our performance continuously.
Job description and responsibilities
You have a strong technical background and you are able to support data engineers, analysts and business on planning, implementation and problem solving. You will be driving the consolidation of our data environments to modern data platform and enable us to use cutting edge analytics to support our business needs. You have a strong understanding of data modelling, data warehouses, reporting tools but most of all data clouds. Azure, AWS and Snowflake are key competences that will help you drive modernization. Data flows, transformations and virtualization are in natural part of our architecture and will require your design work. As we are a bank – we demand highly secure and scalable solutions that are easily maintained. This creates an exciting challenge for you to solve.
On top of the technical aspects of our data architecture, there is the data governance. You have the possibility to work with data governance policies and procedures to ensure data quality and consistency. You develop and maintain data dictionaries, metadata repositories and set in place data management tools to support the work.
As an architect we expect you to work closely with business and technical teams identifying business needs, handle complex entities and help with data processes and modelling in the big picture. You also are able to balance between planning the short and long term, often in a hectic context switching environment. You make sure that our solutions serve our customers, both internal and external, in a best possible way and are technically reliable, efficient, easily maintained and secure.
You will get support and sparring from a network of professionals and from the architects of other business areas.
What is expected
We expect from you experience in data-architecture or similar positions, deep understanding of data platforms and data modelling, lakehouses, cloud environments, reporting tools and advanced analytics. We hope you love data governance and are business oriented and eager to learn new. You have good technology understanding and are also willing to develop data and analytics services. As an architect you expect you to be analytic and organized and capable of communicating your vision to various stakeholders.
What can we offer you
- The possibility to join a group of IT and business professionals who are helping to create the best digital bank and asset manager in Finland.
- We provide excellent benefits for our personnel, including occupational health care, lunch benefits and exclusive benefits on banking services!
- Our people are treated with respect and we aim to provide learning possibilities while ensuring that our working environment keeps people motivated and enthusiastic.
- At Aktia IT we speak Finnish, Swedish and English, so language is no barrier for us. Rather a possibility to learn a new one or refresh forgotten skills. At least excellent English skills are a must though.
- At Aktia we aim to provide our people flexible opportunities to grow to become a pro in a specific domain or a jack of all trades with a wider perspective from tech or financial industry.
Aktia’s values bravely, skillfully, together guide our actions and attitude in all circumstances. These values have big impact on how we work now and in the future.
Please be aware that background checks (such as credit check and drug test) and also security clearance vetting are part of our recruitment process for the person to be recruited due to regulatory requirements.
Interested?
For further info, please contact Marjo Viinikka ([email protected])
Send in your application by 11.2.2024
We will interview suitable applicants as soon as possible. Please note that we do not accept applications sent via email.
Me Aktiassa haluamme olla tulevaisuuden asiantuntijoita, joilla on rohkeutta ajatella pidemmälle. Meidän arjessamme tämä näkyy esimerkiksi monipuolisina ja haastavina työnkuvina sekä toimeen tarttumisena, oli kyse sitten arjen rutiineista tai omien kehitysideoiden pelottomasta eteenpäin viemisestä.
Osaamisen laaja hyödyntäminen ja jatkuva kehittäminen ovat meille kaikki kaikessa, jotta voimme olla askeleen edellä finanssialan ja digitaalisuuden asiantuntijoina. Olemme kanssasi matkalla tulevaisuuteen neuvoja antaen, itseämme haastaen ja yhdessä kehittyen.
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