Senior Data Architect

Organization

• Client is a network that offers care and support to people with a (suspected) disability, seniors in assisted living flats and children in inclusive childcare. The organization supports more than 3,000 clients in Limburg, Antwerp and Flemish Brabant.
• To further strengthen our services, we will invest in an ambitious digital transformation in the coming years. A future-oriented data landscape is being developed in which data can be exchanged between systems securely, qualitatively and efficiently. The implementation of new SaaS applications, integration issues and the further professionalization of data management are central to this.
• To help shape this transformation, we are looking for an experienced Data Architect & Integration Specialist who supports us as an external consultant in the development and realization of this architecture.

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Context of the assignment

• The consultant works together with the internal data team, business experts, project leaders, and suppliers to develop a future-oriented data landscape. The focus is on defining architecture principles, implementing integration and migration strategies, and developing a sustainable approach to data governance.

Scope of the assignment

The consultant supports Client with:

Mapping the data landscape

• Inventory of data sources, databases, files and applications.

• Documenting data structures, entities, and interdependencies.

• Identifying duplicate data sources, shadow IT and data quality issues.

• Creation of data mappings between existing and future systems.

Supporting data quality and data governance

• Developing agreements on data standards and reference data.

• Defining validation rules and quality checks.

• Supporting data-cleaning processes.

• Advising on data management, ownership, and governance processes. 

Designing a canonical data model

• Identify core entities and data relationships.

• Designing an organization-wide data model.

• Define semantic data definitions and unique identifiers.

• Alignment of the model with healthcare-related standards (FHIR)

Developing a sustainable integration architecture

• Design data flows between applications.

• Define mappings between source and target systems.

• Support API and iPaaS integrations.

Supporting migration, archiving and reporting initiatives

• Preparing data migrations to new applications.

• Advising on archiving and history management.

• Contribute to the development of a data warehouse.

Profile sought:

The candidate has:

• At least 8 years of relevant experience as a Data Architect, Integration Architect, Data Engineer or similar role.

• Proven experience with complex integration and transformation projects.

• Experience with API-based architectures, event-driven architectures, middleware and iPaaS platforms.

• Knowledge of data modelling, master data management, data governance and data quality.
• Experience with data migration projects.