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# Data Architecture & Governance Consultant

- **Company:** Capgemini
- **Location:** Diegem (Machelen), Belgium
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Data Architecture, Information Engineering, Data Governance, Data Lineage, Data Management
- **Published:** July 11, 2026
- **Apply:** https://be.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=9fb0bba7e28a1e61

## About the Role

* Experience in data architecture or data engineering roles
 * Strong understanding of data governance and metadata concepts
 * Ability to work in complex stakeholder environments
 * Professional working proficiency in Dutch/French and English is required.

## Description

We are currently looking for a Data Architecture and Governance consultant. You help organizations structure govern and trust their data by combining data architecture with data governance principles enabling explainable compliant and AI ready data foundations. You focus on technical governance topics such as data domains metadata lineage data quality and platform alignment. You translate governance requirements into concrete data platform solutions and help ensure that governance is embedded into delivery practices rather than treated as a standalone exercise. You bridge data architecture and data governance to help organizations structure and trust their data. You focus on the technical side of governance and its integration into data platforms. Core responsibilities:

 * Support data governance initiatives from a technical perspective
 * Define data domains metadata lineage and quality principles
 * Translate governance requirements into platform solutions
 * Collaborate with architects, engineers and stakeholders
 * Contribute to governance assessments and improvement initiatives
 * Ensure data lineage quality and metadata support explainability for analytics and AI use cases


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