Senior Enterprise Data Architect
Start Date: 3rd March 2025
End Date: 31st March 2026 (with possibility of extension)
Regime: Full-time
Location: Brussels center (minimum 2 days per week on-site)
Application Deadline: 12th February 2025
Job Description:
The Data Platform vision is based on the principles of Data Mesh, including domain ownership, serving data as a product, and federated computational governance. The Data Platform is organized around two types of products: Enabler Products, which deliver solutions to support end users and engineers, and Data Product Teams, which focus on delivering value to business users by providing well-curated, domain-based data products.
You will work alongside subject matter experts, Solutions Architects, and Systems Architects to design solid foundations for the Data Platform that serves the business. You will support your product by aligning with all respective stakeholders on technical solutions.
Responsibilities:
* Act as the front runner of your product, discussing technical solutions with new initiatives.
* Support the design of Enterprise Data Architecture Blueprints.
* Validate and improve each blueprint by actively participating in product development.
* Support Data Product Teams in scoping information domains and defining data products.
* Generate business value for the product team.
* Align the business and technology worlds to reach strategic targets.
* Align the data platform architecture view with the needs of the data product team.
* Advocate and push adoption of the data platform by supporting every Data Product Team as your customer.
* Design enterprise data architecture blueprints for data capabilities and enablers.
* Help prioritize and focus data management, data governance, and data quality-improvement initiatives.
* Support the design of the Transversal Data Model (TDM) and Canonical Data Model (CDM).
* Drive Proof of Concepts to evaluate and validate the most suitable options for the Enterprise Data Architecture Blueprint.
* Collect and integrate feedback from other data product teams.
* Support the product team and guide the Data Advisor and Engineer in designing their solutions.
* Maximize the value of the Product in collaboration with the Product Owner.
Requirements:
* 8+ years of experience designing Solutions and Blueprints as a cross-domain Enterprise, Data, or Solution Architect.
* 8+ years of experience designing Data Integrations within the Enterprise and with external parties, bridging Cloud and on-premise systems.
* 7+ years of experience establishing best practices, methodologies, frameworks, principles, policies, and processes.
* Fluent in English and at least one of the following languages: Dutch, French, or German.
* Experience with Domain Driven Design.
* Experience designing and using Data Models.
* Experience with messaging systems and/or Event Driven Architecture.
* Experience with data-intensive API and restful architecture.
* Some experience designing Master Data Management solutions (optional).
* Some experience implementing Big Data and Data Lake (optional).
* 3+ years of experience developing data-focused products (optional).
* Some experience working on data-mesh based Architectures (optional).
* Proven experience in metadata management, data catalogs, and metadata harvesting tools.
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