Senior Data Architect

Senior Data Architect

📍 Brussels (100% on-site) ⏳ 12-month project

Belgian Identity required since it’s for a department of the Government

✨ About the Role

We are looking for a Senior Data Architect with at least 10 years of experience to design, govern, and optimize complex data architectures. You translate business and stakeholder needs into scalable, secure, and future-proof data solutions, aligned with organizational strategy and regulatory requirements.

You play a key role in defining data standards, ensuring data quality and integrity, and driving innovation through modern data technologies.

🔧 Key Responsibilities

💻 Design scalable data architectures aligned with organizational strategy

📊 Create and maintain conceptual, logical, and physical data models

🧪 Design, build, and optimize ETL and ELT processes

📈 Implement automated data workflows and monitor data pipelines for errors or delays

🤝 Collaborate with stakeholders, data scientists, analysts, and development teams

📂 Work with unstructured data and big data technologies

⚡ Contribute to data lakes, AI and ML integrations, and real-time data processing

📝 Deliver clear, well-structured documentation in English

👥 Coach colleagues and provide technical leadership across teams

🎯 Requirements

✔️ Minimum 10 years of experience as a Data Architect

✔️ Strong expertise in data architecture, data governance, and data modeling

✔️ Deep technical knowledge of SQL and NoSQL databases, including Graph databases

✔️ Experience with Apache NiFi or similar data flow and transformation tools

✔️ Solid understanding of data and application lifecycle management and CI/CD

✔️ Experience with Agile methodologies such as Scrum, Kanban, or Lean

✔️ Familiarity with GDPR and data management in regulated environments

✔️ Experience with modern data concepts such as data lakes, AI, ML, NLP, and real-time processing

✔️ Strong analytical, conceptual, and problem-solving skills

💡 Why Join

🌍 Work on data solutions with real societal impact in a highly sensitive environment

🧠 Contribute to large-scale, mission-critical data systems

🚀 Collaborate with experienced professionals using modern data technologies

📌 Practical Information

📍 Belgian nationality required

🗣️ French or Dutch as primary language, with basic knowledge of the other national language and English

🔐 Security clearance at Top Secret level, or willingness to obtain it

🏢 No remote work possible, full-time on-site in Brussels (around Brussels-North)

⏰ Flexible working hours

📩 Interested? Let’s connect.