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Entité de rattachement

GEODIS est un leader mondial du transport et de la logistique, reconnu pour son expertise sur l'ensemble de la supply chain. Partenaire de croissance de ses clients, GEODIS intervient sur cinq métiers : l'optimisation de la chaîne d'approvisionnement, le Freight Forwarding, la logistique contractuelle, la distribution & l'express et le transport routier. Avec un réseau mondial couvrant près de 166 pays et plus de 49 720 collaborateurs, GEODIS se classe au sixième rang mondial de son secteur. En 2024, GEODIS a réalisé un chiffre d'affaires de 11,3 milliards d'euros. GEODIS est une société du groupe SNCF.  
A compétences égales, une attention particulière sera accordée aux candidatures des personnes en situation de handicap.  

Référence

2026-16881  

Line Of Business

CORPORATE

Description du poste

Type de contrat

CDI-Temps plein

Fonction

Fonctions Supports - Informatique

Intitulé du poste

Head of Data Platform H/F

Description de la mission

1. About the job
GEODIS is deploying an ambitious strategic plan, "Ambition 2027," to support the Group's growth and digital transformation. This digital transformation relies on a robust data foundation, enabling multiple data and AI use cases and implementations. The GEODIS Data Layer is the technical platform supporting this data foundation.
The Head of Data Platform will manage the Data Platform Engineering team and will report to the Chief Architect Officer.

2. Her/his main responsibilities are:

- Head of Data Platform is the owner of the Data Layer, GEODIS' Data Platform and its entire ecosystem (Databricks, Starburst, Dataiku, Astronomer and more).
- S/He is the Data Layer product owner and is therefore responsible for the product vision, roadmap and versioning.
- S/He manages product usage and drives the evolution of the platform based on Group Data Strategy, Data Layer users' community feedback, best practices and business requirements.
- S/he manages the Data Platform Engineering team, responsible for all aspects of Data Layer administration (including cloud infrastructure management, SaaS or PaaS administration, and middleware management).
- S/he implements and monitors FinOps indicators, makes the adjustments required accordingly, and anticipates appropriate actions to align with budget allocations in coordination with the D&T FinOps team
- S/he maintains a high-level, cross-functional view of projects and data use cases to anticipate resource consumption
- S/He acts as a facilitator with Data Engineering teams during their development and implementation activities in the Data Layer
- The Head of Data Platform interacts on a regular basis with Enterprise Architecture Data Architects to align the Data Layer product evolution with overall Enterprise Architecture strategy, market trends and news usage requirements.
- S/he ensures, together with the team, that the platform is properly monitored and supervised at the required level of quality (including topics implemented by LoBs and/or Regions).
- As the Data Layer Product Owner, s/he defines and communicates the platform roadmap, release plan, versioning and operational calendar

Profil du candidat

- Degree from an Engineering school or in Computer Science with a minimum of 5-10 years of experience as Lead Administrator or Head of SRE Team with a focus on Data Platform Management.
- Expertise in CI/CD pipeline management (build/run)
- Experience and knowledge of cloud-based data platforms and containerized architecture.
- Experience with both micro services Architectures / Event Driven Architecture and with relational and non-relational databases / distributed databases.
- Expertise with event sourcing and event streaming. Specifically, with technologies like Change Data Capture, Kafka, Spark, and Stream processing technologies

In the current Data Layer, version the platform is built on the following technologies:
- Azure Cloud
- Databricks (Apache Sparks)
- Starburst (Apache Trino)
- Confluent Cloud (Apache Kafka)
- Astronomer (Apache Airflow)
- Privacera (Apache Ranger)
- Dataiku
- Apache Nifi
- Apache Kudu

- S/he possesses strong communication skills and is committed to transparent communication.
- S/he is familiar with and an advocate of Scrum/Agile/DevSecOps methodologies.

- You should:
o demonstrate strong analytical skills
o demonstrate effective listening and communication skills, psychology and leadership skills.
o provide guidance and direction, mentorship and quality assessment of best practices.
o be able to interact effectively with co-workers and collaborate with team members
o demonstrate an excellent verbal and written English

- Will be a plus:
o Good Knowledge of Supply Chain Ecosystem and Logistics

Temps de travail en %

100

Lieu de prise de service

Lieu de prise de service

Europe, France, Île-de-France, Hauts-de-Seine

Ville(s)

Critères candidat

Niveau d'études min. requis

BAC+5 / MASTER

Niveau d'expérience dans la fonction

Expérimenté (plus de 10 ans d'expérience)

Langues

Anglais (Maitrise Courante)