Data Architect

MEERAB GROUP; Brussel Hoofdstad; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

MEERAB GROUP seeks a Senior Data Architect to lead the data platform development and assume some Solution Architect duties. You will collaborate with business and ICT teams, aligning with the Architecture and Operations departments to interpret tasks.

The role emphasizes hands-on implementation by the internal team and ongoing progress reporting through steering groups. You will drive end-to-end data solutions, translate concepts into models, and ensure data standards are applied across domains

Qualifications

• Demonstrated data architecture across multiple projects with complex data challenges.
• Experience with Azure DevOps and data platform projects.
• Knowledge of Power BI and data governance practices.
• Experience in the public/government sector.
• Ability to translate data models into logical architectures.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture across data platform projects and coordinate with business and ICT teams.
• Collaborate with ICT Architecture and Operations to interpret tasks and ensure alignment with governance.
• Ensure implementations are carried out and managed by the internal team wherever possible.
• Provide regular progress updates through project and steering groups.
• Deliver end-to-end data domain solutions within the data platform.

Skills

Data architecture

Azure DevOps

Power BI

Data management

Data standards

Programming languages

Public sector experience

Tools

Microsoft Azure DevOps

Microsoft Fabric

Job description

Senior Data Architect / Solution Architect –

The candidate will be engaged as a Senior Data Architect, also taking on certain Solution Architect responsibilities, in the context of the further development of Client's data platform.

The Senior Data Architect will work closely with all employees involved in implementing the data platform, across both business and ICT teams. Where necessary, the candidate will also collaborate with the ICT Architecture Department and the Operations Department to ensure the correct interpretation of the tasks outlined in the appendix. All choices and decisions will be made in coordination and consultation with the relevant stakeholders.

An additional principle is that concrete implementations should, wherever possible, be carried out and managed independently by the internal team.

Together with, or in consultation with, the Client Data Platform Project Leader, the Senior Data Architect will ensure sufficient consultation with the various stakeholders and provide regular progress updates through project and steering groups.

The end result of this assignment is the technical and data-related completion and improvement of the existing data platform in all its aspects (see also the tasks in the appendix), including the implementation of several end-to-end solutions within one or more data domains.

Skills and Experience

• Demonstrable experience as a Data Architect across multiple projects involving complex data architecture challenges
• Proven experience with Microsoft Azure DevOps
• Proven experience with Microsoft Fabric
• Demonstrable experience in establishing and developing data strategy and data architecture
• Proven experience with Power BI
• Proven experience in the public/government sector
• Demonstrable experience translating conceptual information models into logical data models
• Demonstrable experience with Data Management
• Demonstrable experience working with data standards
• Proven experience with programming and scripting languages
• General knowledge of, or experience with, legislation and procedures relating to agriculture and manure policy