Data Architect

Senior Data Architect / Data & Integration Architect 📍

Location:
Hasselt, Belgium (Hybrid with significant on-site presence) 📅 Duration: Long-term Assignment (14+ months) 🕒 Start: ASAP About the Opportunity We are looking for an experienced Senior Data Architect / Data & Integration Architect to support a large-scale digital transformation program. The mission focuses on building a future-proof data landscape that enables secure, high-quality, and efficient data exchange across multiple business applications and platforms. Working closely with business stakeholders, project teams, data specialists, and technology partners, you will help define the organization's data architecture, governance framework, integration strategy, and data migration roadmap.

Key Responsibilities
Data Architecture & Data Management
• Assess and document the current data landscape, including applications, databases, files, and data flows.
• Define enterprise-wide data architecture principles and standards.
• Design and maintain canonical data models and enterprise data structures.
• Create data mappings between existing and target systems.
• Identify data quality issues, duplicate data sources, and improvement opportunities. Data Governance & Quality
• Define data governance frameworks, ownership models, and data standards.
• Establish validation rules, data quality controls, and reference data management practices.
• Support data cleansing and data quality improvement initiatives. Integration Architecture
• Design integration patterns and data flows between business applications.
• Define mappings between source and target systems.
• Support API-based and middleware-driven integrations.
• Contribute to enterprise integration strategies involving iPaaS and event-driven architectures. Data Migration & Modernization
• Support migration activities related to new business applications and platforms.
• Define migration strategies, transformation rules, and reconciliation approaches.
• Contribute to data warehouse expansion and modernization initiatives. Required Experience
• 8+ years of experience as a Data Architect, Integration Architect, Data Engineer, or similar role.
• Strong expertise in:
• Data Architecture
• Data Modeling & Canonical Data Models
• Data Governance
• Data Quality Management
• Master Data Management (MDM)
• Data Migration
• Data Mapping & Data Transformation
• Experience delivering complex integration and transformation programs.
• Strong knowledge of:
• REST APIs
• Middleware Solutions
• Event-Driven Architectures
• iPaaS Platforms
• Ability to engage with both technical and business stakeholders. Nice to Have
• Experience in healthcare, social services, or highly regulated environments.
• Knowledge of interoperability standards such as FHIR.
• Experience with modern SaaS application ecosystems. What We're Looking For ✅ Enterprise Data Architecture expertise ✅ Data Governance & Data Quality leadership ✅ Integration Architecture experience ✅ Migration & Transformation project experience ✅ Strong stakeholder management and communication skills ✅ Hands-on and pragmatic approach If you have experience designing enterprise data landscapes, driving integration initiatives, and establishing strong data governance practices, we'd love to hear from you.