Standard 8 are supporting our talent partner on the delivery of a large-scale data project to their large end client in Brussels, Belgium.

We’re looking for a strong Data Architect who knows how to turn messy, fragmented data landscapes into something usable, scalable and trusted. You’ll be close to delivery, working with engineers, analysts, business teams and senior stakeholders to shape the architecture, set standards, make sensible trade-offs and keep the data platform moving in the right direction. Day to day involves working across Azure-based data platforms, data modelling, governance, integration patterns and modern pipeline design.

The environment is complex, international and moving fast, so you’ll need to be comfortable bringing structure without slowing everything down.

What you’ll be doing

• Define and own the data architecture approach across key programmes,making sure designs are robust, consistent and built for scale.

• Lead data modelling across both operational and analytical environments,covering conceptual, logical and physical models.

• Help shape Azure data platform design across services such as Data Factory,Databricks, Synapse and data lake environments.

• Work with engineering teams on ingestion, transformation and consumptionpatterns, including batch and streaming pipelines where required.

• Support data governance, metadata, master data, data quality, security andGDPR considerations from an architectural point of view.

• Translate business problems into a clear technical direction, without overengineering the answer

• Act as the person teams go to when the data design needs to be challenged, simplified or properly thought through.

What we’re looking for

• You will have experience in data architecture, data engineering, data modelling, analytics engineering or a technical data leadership role

• You’ll need solid hands-on experience with data modelling and pipeline design.

• Azure experience - Data Factory, Databricks, Synapse, data lakes

• You should understand governance, security, compliance and GDPR