Data Architect to build modern data solutions
Hybrid
Ghent, Belgium
Full Time
13-04-2025
Job Specifications
Data Architect – would you like to build modern data solutions utilizing modern cloud technologies and learn more from a community of 2000 tech consultants across Europe?
Solita serves the needs of companies’ digitisation on a large scale in areas such as software development, cloud and integration services, data analytics, service design and consulting. Our customers, usually large international companies, come from various industries (telecom, retail, logistics, banking etc.). Here's an example of one of our projects: read more
As we are growing, we are looking for a Data Architect to join our team in Belgium and help us build modern data solutions.
Where Your Expertise Is Needed
You will map the current situation and outline future goals. You will describe to our customers the business opportunities ahead and how they can capitalise on these opportunities, in particular from the perspective of data and analytics.
Your job is to design technical solutions that incorporate data modelling and integrations, data warehouses and cloud-based data pipelines and to implement them with a team.
You will work closely with our existing cross-border data, cloud and integration competence teams of over 2000 data engineers, data scientists, integration and cloud consultants throughout our organization in both Central Europe and the Nordics.
Curious to know more about the position of a Data architect? Read the story of Anaïs Renson, one of our senior data architects in Belgium
What We’re Looking For
You can map out architecture-level solutions for both business decision-makers and the implementing experts in an understandable way.
We hope to see the following in your toolkit: data modeling, data warehousing, databases (SQL/NoSQL) and ETL/ELT.
You will make us very happy if you are familiar with cloud service architecture and big data technologies (e.g. Spark, Kafka), and can comprehensively apply cloud service provider offerings (GPC, Azure, etc.) to meet the customer’s business needs.
You are able to architect creative solutions using cloud components regardless of their nature (functions, databases, services, IoT, repositories, …) and orchestrate them (Airflow, Data Factory, …)
You are familiar with software development practices, e.g. version control and CI/CD.
Great analytical mindset with excellent communication skills
Fluency in English and in one of the native languages: Dutch or French. Unfortunately this is one of our requirements which we can't make any exceptions for.
You have the technical expertise to personally execute the solutions you design. Here at Solita, our Data Architects are working mostly in hands-on projects.
What We Offer
Challenging, impactful projects to work with
Nordic work culture of trust, responsibility, and maximum freedom
Individual benefit packages that suit your personal needs, read more about it over here: click here, including our new health insurance: click here
Learning and career growth opportunities
Community of 2000+ Tech Expert colleagues across Europe
We believe diversity of ideas and backgrounds gives us the creativity to be successful in a rapidly changing world. In support of this, we stress equality of opportunity for all qualified individuals in accordance with applicable laws. Decisions on hiring, promotion, development, compensation or advancement are based solely on a person’s qualifications, abilities, experience and performance.
Solita Belgium is awarded as a pioneering employer, read more about it: click here
INTERESTED TO HEAR MORE?
We want to hear from you and figure out together what works best for us both. Tell us about yourself and your background in your own words.
Our recruitment consists of three rounds interviews where you will meet our team and learn more about working at Solita. You will be given the opportunity to show your skills with a short assessment, and we will provide constructive feedback on the results.
If you would like to hear more about the position, please contact Liese Hennus(Talent Acquisition) or Fernando Polonia (Connected Data Lead)
Unfortunately we are not able to sponsor any VISA for this position.
We don't work with recruitment agencies for this position. If you are a freelancer or want to become one, read more from Friends of Solita.
About the Company
We create impact that lasts by combining tech, data and human insight. Solita is a community of highly and widely skilled experts geared for impact and customer value. We do what matters to build the future with our clients by delivering high-quality solutions to real problems. Our unique service portfolio seamlessly combines expertise from strategic consulting to AI design, software development, analytics and data science, cloud and integration services. Founded in 1996, Solita is a fast-growing community of over 2,200 pro... Know more
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