Senior Data Architect — Real-Time Data, Governance & Cloud

Assist Digital Netherlands; Amsterdam; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work (Amsterdam)

Competitive salary

Pension

Lunch & Friday drinks

Career growth opportunities

Job summary

Assist Digital Netherlands is seeking a hands-on Senior Data Architect to design scalable, future-proof customer data landscapes for leading mid-market and enterprise clients. You will define data models, governance, and end-to-end data flows across complex ecosystems, while mentoring teams and contributing to pre-sales and solution design.

You will work with cloud platforms (Azure/AWS/GCP), various data platforms, and our proprietary Nominow platform, translating architectural direction into

Qualifications

• 6+ years in data architecture, data engineering or senior technical data roles, preferably consultancy.
• Experience with scalable data models and integration architectures (API, event-driven, ETL/batch).
• Strong cloud data & integration skills (SQL, Snowflake/BigQuery/MS SQL, APIs, SFTP, ELT).
• Understanding of cloud platforms (Azure, AWS or GCP) and data governance/MDM concepts.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to pre-sales and solution design: RFPs, architecture proposals and technical discovery workshops
• Translate complex client requirements into clear, implementable architecture decisions and align stakeholders
• Define conceptual and logical data models for operational, governance and analytical contexts
• Define end-to-end data flows across the data ecosystem and advise clients on data processes and integration strategy
• Establish and enforce data governance, quality and MDM principles
• Design integration architectures connecting operational systems, data platforms and downstream activation tools
• Hands-on work across data platforms and integration technologies including our Nominow platform
• Support delivery teams and mentor colleagues in architecture practices

Skills

Data architecture

Data engineering

Consultancy

Cloud data & integration

Leadership discussions

AI interest

Tools

Nominow

Job description

Assist Digital Netherlands is seeking a hands-on Senior Data Architect to design scalable, future-proof customer data landscapes for leading mid-market and enterprise clients. You will define data models, governance, and end-to-end data flows across complex ecosystems, while mentoring teams and contributing to pre-sales and solution design.

You will work with cloud platforms (Azure/AWS/GCP), various data platforms, and our proprietary Nominow platform, translating architectural direction into