Data Solution Architect

Craftzing Group; Oost-Vlaanderen; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Craftzing is seeking a Data Solution Architect to design the data backbone of digital platforms for top-tier clients. You’ll translate business needs into concrete data designs and refine them together with data and application specialists.

You’ll stay vendor-agnostic, weigh build vs. buy, and guide architecture decisions with pragmatic, client-focused thinking. Fluent in Dutch and English, you’ll communicate with C-level stakeholders and cross-functional teams.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in data engineering or architecture.
• Technology- and vendor-agnostic by instinct.
• Ability to translate business needs into concrete data designs.
• Excellent communication with C-level stakeholders and agile teams.
• Fluent in Dutch and English; French is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Understand goals, challenges and constraints with business stakeholders.
• Translate requirements into end-to-end data solution designs.
• Refine designs with data and application specialists into actionable plans.
• Make architecture decisions independent of any single vendor.
• Evaluate build vs. buy and select appropriate data platforms.
• Document architecture decisions balancing scalability, security, cost, and quality.
• Design API-driven integration across apps, data sources and third parties.
• Ensure data governance and non-functional requirements throughout projects.
• Explain technical topics clearly to business and C-level stakeholders.
• Identify risks early and propose pragmatic mitigations.

Job description

Craftzing is looking for a Data Solution Architect who can zoom out, stay vendor-agnostic, and make the right technical decisions in our clients' best interest. Someone who designs the data backbone of digital platforms for top-tier clients. Sounds like you? Keep on reading!

About the job:

As a Data Solution Architect at Craftzing, you are the bridge between business ambition and technical reality. You think along with business stakeholders, but above all you translate their needs into concrete data solution designs and refine them together with data and application specialists.

What you’ll do:

• Think along with business stakeholders to understand their goals, challenges and constraints.
• Translate business and functional requirements into clear, end-to-end data solution designs and architecture schemas.
• Refine those designs together with data and application specialists into concrete, plannable work.
• Zoom out to see the bigger picture and make architecture decisions in the client's best interest, independent of any single vendor.
• Judge when to engage a specific platform or vendor and when to step back and run a market evaluation (build vs. buy, selecting the right data platform for the need).
• Make and document architecture decisions, balancing scalability, security, performance, cost and data quality.
• Design API-driven and integration approaches across applications, services, data sources and third-party systems.
• Safeguard non-functional requirements and data governance throughout the project lifecycle.
• Translate complex technical topics into clear language for business and C-level stakeholders.
• Identify technical risks and dependencies early, and propose pragmatic mitigations.

Who we're looking for:

• A strong architect with sharp execution skills and a healthy dose of pragmatism.
• 7+ years of experience in data engineering and/or architecture, with a solid track record in a data solution or technical architect role.
• Technology- and vendor-agnostic by instinct: broad familiarity across the landscape (data platforms, data lakes, cloud providers, warehouses, integration) without being tied to a single vendor.
• Able to zoom out, weigh build vs. buy, and run a market evaluation when the situation calls for it.
• Strong command of data architecture, integration patterns and API-driven design.
• Able to think along with business stakeholders and refine solutions with data and application specialists into plannable work.
• Excellent communication skills: you can hold the attention of C-level stakeholders and unite teams around a shared technical direction.
• Familiarity with scrum and working in an agile environment.
• Fluent in Dutch and English. French is a plus.

You're Craftzing-material when

• You have a genuine interest in your customer, their needs and challenges.
• You have a real passion for technology and its potential to improve work and life.
• You bring a true consulting mindset.

Why you'll love us

You'll be part of a team of experts who share a passion for business transformation. Strategizing, designing and building spot-on sustainable digital environments that made us a trusted long-time partner of Telenet, Flemish Government, itsme®, BNP, Proximus, Philips TP Vision, Ahold Delhaize, Mediafin, Melexis, and many others. Together with us, you love to make a meaningful difference for our clients.

From day one you get the trust and space to do what you're good at, and we encourage you to step out of your comfort zone and take ownership.