Senior Azure Data & AI Solution Architect
Antwerp
Digital - Data
Reference number: 93068
You will play a key role in the modernization of an enterprise-scale data platform supporting critical infrastructure operations. The role focuses on designing a future-proof Azure-based data and AI architecture that enables reliable analytics, governed data products, and AI-ready workloads.
You operate at the intersection of enterprise data architecture, governance, and AI enablement, working closely with engineering teams and business stakeholders in a scaled agile environment.
What You’ll Do
- Design and evolve an enterprise Azure data platform, balancing scalability, governance, and performance.
- Define and guide the delivery of data products, from ingestion and transformation to consumption layers.
- Establish and maintain enterprise data governance, including data quality, lineage, and compliance.
- Prepare the data landscape for AI and LLM use cases, including architectures such as RAG and vector-based retrieval.
- Design solutions for unstructured data processing and classification (documents, emails, text).
- Translate complex business requirements into robust, future-proof technical architectures.
- Define guidelines, best practices, and reference architectures, and ensure adoption across teams.
- Ensure security-by-design across data architectures and development practices in a regulated environment.
What are we looking for?
- You have 5+ years of experience designing enterprise data platforms, including at least 3 years on Azure.
- You have strong hands-on experience with Azure Data Platform components, including Azure Data Factory and Databricks.
- You have experience modernising data platforms toward cloud-native architectures (e.g. Databricks Lakehouse, dbt, Microsoft Fabric).
- You have a strong understanding of data governance, including data quality, lineage, and classification.
- You have hands-on experience with data cataloging and governance tools such as Microsoft Purview, Collibra, Informatica, or equivalent.
- You understand AI-ready data architectures, including RAG patterns, data preprocessing, and vector databases.
- You design solutions with security-by-design, aligned with regulated or NIS2-like environments.
- You have experience working in Agile / SAFe environments and collaborating across multiple teams.
- You are fluent in Dutch and have a good working knowledge of English.
- You hold a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in IT, Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent through experience.
Nice-to-Have Skills
- Experience integrating Azure data platforms with ERP, HR, asset management, or legacy enterprise systems.
- Experience with Microsoft Fabric, dbt, or advanced Databricks orchestration patterns.
- Experience supporting AI initiatives, including LLM experimentation or productionisation.
- Experience with test automation and advanced data quality monitoring.
- Familiarity with Power BI or analytics consumption layers.
What do we offer?
Location: Aartselaar (hybrid)
Working model: Hybrid.
Contract type: Open to both permanent employees and freelancers.
Start date: To be agreed.
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