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Data Architect

BrusselsRemoteHours negotiable<3months

You will offer your services as an expert remotely.

In the context of the first assignment, the successful candidate will be integrated into an organization's team that will closely cooperate with a major client's IT team on site.

What you do

Develop and execute the organization's data strategy and architecture aligned with business objectives.
Translate business requirements into scalable data architecture, models, and technical specifications.
Design and manage data models, metadata, lineage, and data catalogs.
Architect and integrate batch and real-time data pipelines across diverse sources and platforms.
Establish and enforce data governance, quality, security, privacy, and regulatory standards.
Design and deploy scalable cloud and hybrid data platforms, optimizing performance and cost.
Implement data profiling, validation, cleansing, and lifecycle management processes.
Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize data platforms, pipelines, and infrastructure.
Collaborate with business leaders, engineers, and data scientists to deliver data solutions that meet organizational needs.
Lead data architecture initiatives and mentor teams on standards, tools, and best practices.
Evaluate emerging data, cloud, big data, and AI technologies and recommend relevant solutions.

What they ask

University degree in IT or relevant discipline, combined with a minimum of 12 years of relevant working experience.
At least 2 years of experience in enterprise data architecture and platform assessment, including BI, data, and integration environments.
At least 2 years hands-on with enterprise relational databases/DWH, including SQL analysis, troubleshooting, and performance optimization.
At least 2 years hands-on with ETL/ELT and data integration tools, developing, adapting, and troubleshooting pipelines.
At least 2 years applying data modeling across conceptual, logical, and physical layers, including 3NF, Data Vault, dimensional/star-schema approaches.
At least 1 year involved in enterprise data/BI/DWH migrations.
Experience with metadata and cataloging platforms to govern lineage and ownership (e.g., Collibra, Alation, Azure Purview; OpenLineage).
Experience with cloud data platforms such as Azure Synapse/Databricks/Microsoft Fabric, Snowflake, Amazon Redshift.
One of the following or an equivalent certification would be mandatory: TOGAF, CDMP, DAMA-DMBoK, and ISO data governance standards.
Excellent command of the English language.

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