Senior Manager – Data Engineering (m/f/d)

Senior Manager – Data Engineering (m/f/d)

In Germany – Berlin | Bonn | Cologne | Frankfurt/Main | Hamburg | Munich

Elevate is Simon‑Kucher’s dedicated service line for digital consulting projects. We empower organizations by merging advanced technology with creative business strategies, transforming raw data into actionable insights. Our goal is to deliver scalable, robust, and secure digital solutions that accelerate growth.

What Makes Us Special

• Advance your career with exciting opportunities in a startup‑feel environment.
• Take part in projects that focus on growth with a positive impact.
• Voice your unique ideas in a culture defined by entrepreneurial spirit, openness, and integrity.
• Enjoy a supportive, enthusiastic team spirit.
• Broaden your perspective with extensive training and learning programs (e.g. LinkedIn Learning).
• Speak your mind in a holistic feedback and development process (360‑degree feedback).
• Live and work abroad in one of our many international offices.
• Benefit from hybrid working, daycare allowance, corporate discounts, and wellbeing support (Headspace).
• Unwind in break areas with healthy snacks and beverages.
• Celebrate with frequent employee events, the World Meeting, and holiday parties.

How You Will Create An Impact

Client & Team Collaboration

• Enable confident decision‑making by ensuring stakeholders have access to complete, accurate, and relevant data.
• Accelerate insight generation by transforming complex datasets into structured, actionable outputs.
• Increase operational efficiency by delivering automated, reliable data flows that support fast‑changing business needs.
• Present technical concepts and recommendations to technical and non‑technical stakeholders.
• Deliver clear, intuitive visualizations that translate technical analysis into business language and executive‑ready insights.

Data & Cloud Architecture

• Design and implement end‑to‑end data architectures on AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Collaborate with data science and engineering teams to optimize data pipelines and analytics workflows for AI/ML solutions.
• Establish data management best practices to ensure compliance, security, and high availability.

Infrastructure & Cloud Management

• Architect, deploy, and maintain scalable cloud environments to support mission‑critical AI and machine learning applications.
• Define and drive cloud stack design and strategy, focusing on high availability, security, and cost‑efficiency.
• Advise on the implementation of infrastructure as code principles, leveraging tools like Terraform or CloudFormation.

DevOps & MLOps Leadership

• Design, develop and manage robust CI/CD pipelines for AI/ML production.
• Orchestrate containerized environments (Docker, Kubernetes) for efficient application delivery.
• Establish MLOps best practices, including feature store management, model monitoring, and automated retraining.

Experience

• At least 6 years of relevant industry experience, including 3 years in a consulting capacity covering cloud operations, data infrastructure, DevOps, and/or MLOps.
• Proven success in deploying production‑grade data and AI/ML solutions.

Technical Proficiency

• Deep knowledge of AWS, Azure, or GCP and experience designing cloud‑native architectures.
• Strong expertise in DevOps (CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform/CloudFormation).
• Hands‑on experience deploying and scaling high‑availability AI/ML environments.

Operational Excellence

• Experience implementing robust monitoring, logging, and security practices for data and infrastructure.
• Track record of optimizing system performance and reliability through proactive capacity planning.

Communication & Leadership

• Excellent communication skills, able to convey technical concepts clearly to diverse audiences.
• Proven leadership managing teams through complex infrastructure and data‑centric projects.

Educational Background

• Outstanding university degree in a relevant field with fluency in business English and German.

Interested? Click the ‘Apply now’ button. We cannot accept applications via email. For more information, watch our recruitment video.

Simon‑Kucher is a global consultancy focused on unlocking better growth, with a strong commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Contact: Charlotte Sever – recruitment.germany(at)simon‑kucher.com

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Better growth starts here. With you.