Data Architect

You will contribute to the design and evolution of strategic digital and data platforms, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture, security standards, and business objectives. You will work closely with product teams, subject matter experts, solution architects, system architects, and business stakeholders to define scalable, future-proof solutions that support strategic ambitions and data-centric transformation.

The Data Platform vision is based on Data Mesh principles, including domain ownership, data as a product, and federated governance. The platform provides data services to internal customers and enables the creation of domain-oriented data products.

As a Solution/data Architect, you will:

• Steer architecture activities within strategic platform initiatives (business to technology).
• Provide architectural guidance to product management and delivery teams.
• Collaborate with product teams to define solutions aligned with architectural principles.
• Ensure solutions comply with enterprise architecture, technology, security, and governance standards.
• Design solution taking into account, integration, application, and data capabilities.
• Support Data Product Teams in defining information domains and data products.
• Contribute to the definition of Transversal Data Models (TDM) and Canonical Data Models (CDM).
• Drive Proofs of Concept to validate architecture decisions and technology choices.
• Support product teams and engineers in designing robust and scalable solutions.
• Facilitate alignment between business needs and technology solutions to achieve strategic objectives.
• Contribute to the definition of best practices, methodologies, standards, principles, and architecture/data governance.

Experience & Expertise

• Minimum 6 years of experience in a Solution / data Architect role
• Strong experience with data integration architectures across cloud and on-premise environments.
• Deep understanding of Enterprise Integration Patterns, API-based integrations, and event-driven systems.
• Strong experience with data modelling, including conceptual, logical, and canonical data models.
• Experience with messaging solutions and event-driven architectures.
• Experience with metadata management, data catalogues, and governance platforms is an asset.
• Experience with Master Data Management, Big Data, Data Lakes, or Data Mesh architectures is a plus.
• Experience with Collibra Data Catalog solution is a plus
• Experience with SAP, S/4Hana and SAP Datasphere as well as other related technologies

Architecture & Methodologies

• Experience with IT architecture frameworks and standards (e.g., TOGAF, ArchiMate, ATAM)
• Familiarity with architecture modeling tools (e.g., Sparx Enterprise Architect is a plus)
• Good understanding of:
• Domain-Driven Design (DDD)
• Microservices architectures
• Event-driven systems

Soft Skills & Mindset

• Autonomous and results-driven
• Strong team player, open to feedback and collaboration, with the ability to communicate complex issues correctly and clearly to both internal and external audience.
• Agile mindset with a continuous improvement approach
• Excellent ability to facilitate discussions, communicate ideas clearly and get architectural decision validated
• Good level of Dutch and/or French and English is required.