Senior Data Architect — Cloud Data Pipelines & DataOps

Sia; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NS Business Card

Tailored training

Flexible work locations

Job summary

Sia is a next-generation, global management consulting group seeking Senior Consultants specializing in Data Architect solutions to lead client engagements and co-design data engineering architectures. You will collaborate closely with clients, manage stakeholders, and ensure impactful project delivery from strategy through execution.

You will design robust data platforms on modern cloud ecosystems, mentor teams, contribute to thought leadership, and drive business development across data

Qualifications

• Completed WO Master’s degree in Data Science, Econometrics, Applied Mathematics, Computer Science or related field.
• 3–6 years of relevant professional experience (or equivalent academic research).
• Fluency in Dutch with excellent communication; German or French a plus.
• Strong analytical mindset and proactive problem solving.

Responsibilities

• Data Architecture & Pipeline Design to enable robust data ingestion, processing and delivery.
• Cloud & Distributed Systems design using AWS, Azure or GCP and Spark/Kafka.
• Database Design & Data Modeling for relational, NoSQL, time-series and graph data.
• Data Integration & Loading for batch, streaming and real-time sources.
• CI/CD & DataOps practices to automate data workflows and deployments.
• Mentor junior to medior consultants and contribute to thought leadership.

Skills

Data Architecture

Cloud Platforms

Data Modeling

Data Integration

DataOps

Education

WO Master's degree in Data Science or related field

Tools

Databricks

Snowflake

Azure

Job description

Sia is a next-generation, global management consulting group seeking Senior Consultants specializing in Data Architect solutions to lead client engagements and co-design data engineering architectures. You will collaborate closely with clients, manage stakeholders, and ensure impactful project delivery from strategy through execution.

You will design robust data platforms on modern cloud ecosystems, mentor teams, contribute to thought leadership, and drive business development across data