Data Consultant (Data Modelling)

Valcon; Utrecht; Hybrid; EUR 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company car or mobility budget

Sabbatical/extra holidays

Affordable sports membership

Remote work abroad (10 days/year)

Vibrant community events

Job summary

Valcon is seeking a Data Modelling Consultant to join our Utrecht-based team. You will translate business needs into conceptual and logical data models that underpin data platforms, reporting, dashboards, and advanced analytics.

You will work with business and technical stakeholders to ensure aligned, scalable data solutions and contribute to modelling standards across data products. You will collaborate in cross-functional projects, helping define data structures, governance, and best

Qualifications

• 2–5 years of experience in data modelling or related roles.
• Familiar with data modelling methodologies (Ensemble, Dimensional, Relational) and standards (Data Vault, Kimball, Inmon, Graph).
• Familiar with data lineage and data architecture.
• Familiar with SQL and data query languages.
• Experience in data warehousing, BI, or reporting environments.
• Experience with data governance and setting up governance structures.
• Strong abstract thinking and ability to design solutions at detailed and high levels.
• Strong communication skills with business and technical teams.
• Fluent in Dutch and English.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain conceptual and logical data models based on business requirements.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to identify key entities and relationships.
• Translate business processes into data structures using established modelling standards.
• Work with analysts, engineers and architects to ensure alignment between models.
• Support data governance and data management activities.
• Share knowledge and help improve modelling frameworks.

Skills

Data modelling

SQL

Data governance

Stakeholder comms

Analytical thinking

Dutch English bilingual

Job description

Do you want to turn complexity into clarity through well-designed data models? Do you want to help organisations lay the foundation for data-driven decision making?

As a Data Modelling consultant at Valcon, you make a difference by using your strong analytical and communication skills to understand business processes and the data that supports them. You collaborate with both business stakeholders and technical teams to create conceptual and logical data models that support data platforms, reporting, dashboards, and advanced analytics.

You will work on exciting data-driven transformation projects where your models form the blueprint for high-impact data solutions. You also play a key role in defining modelling standards and ensuring consistency across data products.

What will you do?

As a Data Modelling Consultant, you are part of cross-functional teams delivering scalable and maintainable data products. You translate business needs into conceptual or logical models, contribute to data frameworks, and support the delivery of data products and platforms.

Among your responsibilities will be the following:

• Design and maintain conceptual and logical data models based on business requirements.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to identify key business entities and their relationships.
• Translate business processes into data structures using clear modelling standards.
• Work with analysts, engineers and architects to ensure alignment between models.
• Support data governance and data management activities (ownership, definitions, standards).
• Share your knowledge and help improve best practices and modelling frameworks.

What do we offer you?

• Personal development: a tailor-made growth path with trainings, courses, certifications and mentoring by experienced colleagues.
• An innovative work environment: collaborate with a team of experts pushing boundaries in data, technology, and consulting.
• Immediate impact and responsibility: you’ll make a difference for our clients from day one and are entrusted with responsibilities that will bring out the best in you.
• Inspiring work culture: a supportive, flexible, and no-nonsense environment that fosters your growth and fully allows you to be yourself.

Additionally, we offer:

• A company car or mobility budget.
• A workplace that prioritizes and respects your work-life balance (for example by offering you the option of taking a sabbatical or expand the amount of holidays per year).
• An affordable sports membership that allows you to participate in 50 different sports offered by over 10,000 partners.
• The opportunity to work remotely from abroad for 10 days per year.
• A vibrant community that organizes both professional and social events.

Experience

• 2–5 years of experience in data modelling or related roles
• Familiar with data modelling methodologies (e.g., Ensemble, Dimensional, Relational) and standards (e.g., Data vault, Kimball, Inmon, Graph).
• Familiar with data lineage and data architecture.
• Familiar with SQL and data query languages.
• Experience in data warehousing, BI, or reporting environments.
• Experience with digital tooling for modelling is a plus.
• Experience with data management, you are able to set up a governance structure around data models.
• Strong abstract thinking level and able to design solutions on both detailed and higher levels.
• Strong communicator, able to connect with both business and technical teams.
• You are curious and have both integrity and a can-do mentality.
• You are fluent in Dutch and English.