Data architect

NextLink is having an existing position as a Data Architect in Brussels area Belgium.

General information:

- Start date: ASAP

- Duration: 24 months renewable

- Workload: full time 2 days on site / 3 days remote

- Work location: Brussels area Belgium

Description :

We are looking for an experienced Data Architect to lead the design and evolution of our data architecture ensuring its scalability security governance and alignment with our business and technological objectives. A central pillar for our Data Engineering Data Science and business teams.

As a Data Architect the responsibilities will include (but are not limited to):

Define and Drive Data Strategy: Elaborate the vision and roadmap for the data architecture aligning with business objectives and in close collaboration with various stakeholders.

Design and Optimize Architectures: Design comprehensive data architectures (Data Lake Data

Warehouse etc.) and select appropriate technologies to meet analytics AI and operational needs.

Establish Standards and Governance: Define norms for data modeling quality security and

performance and implement governance principles (lineage data dictionary).

Guide and Promote Best Practices: Provide technical oversight to Data Engineering/Science teams

during implementation ensure system consistency and promote best architectural practices within

our department.

Profile:

Language: English fluent French and Dutch fluent

Masters degree in quantitative field (computer science statistics mathematics engineering etc.) or a related discipline with a strong focus on data analysis.

Strategic vision and ability to anticipate: Thinks long-term and aligns data strategy with business

objectives.

Technical leadership and influence: Inspires trust and convinces teams and stakeholders of the

best architectural approaches.

Communication and Pedagogy: Explains complex concepts clearly and interacts effectively with

both technical and non-technical audiences. Fluent in French Dutch and English.

Analytical and Pragmatic: Quickly understands complex issues proposes clear solutions and

balances ideal architecture with operational and budget constraints.

Experience as a Data Architect or Senior Data Engineer with significant architectural responsibilities (minimum 5 years of experience)

Advanced expertise in data architecture (Data Warehouse Data Lake) and dimensional data

modeling for relational databases.

Strong knowledge of cloud data platforms (e.g. expertise in GCP services like Dataflow Cloud

Storage or Cloud Azure services like Synapse Analytics Data Factory Databricks)

programming languages (Python) SQL optimization data security/compliance (GDPR) and

DevOps/DataOps principles for automation