Data Architect

The Reference is a committed digital agency of 160 creative thinkers, driven by knowledge and craftsmanship. Our clients refer to us as a bunch of lovely and intelligent people. We share a collaborative culture in which we leverage our expertise and unleash our creativity in every aspect of our work. This allows us to open up digital opportunities in numerous verticals and businesses. That's why A-brands and other market leaders have been considering us trusted advisors for many years.

**Job**:
As a Data Architect, you will help our clients **envision and create a reliable data architecture and MarTech roadmap**. Drawing on your experience and background, you can analyze the data infrastructure of an organization, plan future databases, and adopt solutions to store and manage data.
- You **translate our client’s business goals into a data strategy and architecture**.
- You take the lead in workshops where you determine new use cases and priorities in collaboration with your client and your colleagues.
- You present your **pragmatic approach** and marketing technology recommendations to different stakeholders.
- You guide your project team during the implementation phase.
- You work closely with our sales team and share your expertise with other architects and implementation teams.

**Profile**:

- You have several years of experience in a data engineering, business analyst or marketing technology position with a proven track record of successful projects.
- You have a **strategic mindset**, being able to translate business objectives into tailor made data solutions.
- You have experience with analytics, data engineering and data visualization.
- You have experience with one or more data solutions such as: ETL-solutions, data warehouse, Customer Data Platform, CRM, data visualization or any other data solution
- You have a strong interest in new (marketing) technologies and digital innovation.
- You have good communication skills, and are not afraid of presenting solutions and roadmaps to board level in a comprehensible way.
- You are fluent in English.

**Our offer**:
We are proud to say that we are one of Belgium’s most successful digital agencies. We are part of EPAM, but carry our own DNA.

You will be one of the key figures in a young and dynamic team where there is plenty of scope for personal initiative.

We give you the opportunity to further develop your talent. We provide an L&D budget and the necessary time to perfect your skills and expertise.

Your welfare is important to us. We ensure a healthy work-life balance and the necessary relaxation, at our company parties for example.

Work from our agile offices (Ghent & Antwerp) or from home (60%). Whatever you want

Last but not leastan attractive salary with lots of fringe benefits, such as a company car, meal vouchers, group and health insurance, bike lease, extra days leave,