Senior IT Solution Architect

Be part of something bigger!

As the world and the way people live is changing, we at Bekaert believe it’s our responsibility to contribute to finding new solutions for the future. With a 140+ year old heritage of excellence, innovation, and a future-focused mindset, we strive to create value for our customers and society. We aim to do this through innovative solutions and sustainable practices. We are committed to pushing the boundaries of steel wire transformation and coatings whilst also leveraging our expertise to develop innovative solutions with new materials and services in a safe, smart, and sustainable way. Our focus extends to markets such as new mobility, low-carbon construction, and green energy.

As a dynamic and growing company with over 19 000 employees worldwide, 75 nationalities, a retention rate above 90% and € 3,7 billion in combined revenue in 2025, we are looking for someone like you to join our team as we continue to shape a safer, more efficient, and connected world!

Purpose and Mission

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Data Architect to join our Customer and Commercial IT team. The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in designing, developing, and maintaining data solutions using Azure technologies including Synapse. The ideal candidate should possess a strong background in data architecture, exhibit expertise in Azure cloud services, and have a proven track record of delivering data solutions in an agile environment. The Data Architect will provide strategic direction, technical leadership, and hands-on expertise to drive the success of our data initiatives.

Key Activities and Responsibilities

• Possess a profound understanding of various commercial business processes, such as sales, marketing, finance, supply chain, and customer relationship management.
• Collaborate closely with business stakeholders to gather insights into data needs and contribute to strategic planning.
• Should be able to map and understand business processes, ensuring efficiency and accuracy to support business functions and operational processes.
• Translate business requirements into effective data architecture solutions that support and enhance commercial operations.
• Design and Build data driven AI power solutions that provide valuable insights and automation capabilities to meet the organizations analytical needs and hence driving Innovation and business outcomes
• Recommend and Implement performance Optimization techniques to ensure efficient data processing and query performance.
• Should enable Data Governance and compliance practices
• Develop and maintain a comprehensive data architecture strategy aligned with the organization's goals and requirements.
• Design and implement data models, data pipelines, data lakes, data warehousing and business intelligence solutions using Azure services such as Azure Data Factory, Azure Databricks, and Azure Synapse Analytics
• Leverage deep knowledge of Azure cloud services to architect scalable, reliable, and high-performance data solutions.
• Lead and participate in agile development teams, ensuring the successful delivery of data solutions within iterative and incremental cycles.
• Foster an agile mindset by promoting continuous improvement, adaptability, and effective collaboration across cross-functional teams.
• Define and enforce data governance best practices, ensuring data security, privacy, and compliance with industry standards and regulations.
• Implement data quality measures, data profiling, and data cleansing processes to maintain the accuracy and reliability of the data ecosystem.
• Design data integration strategies that enable real-time or near-real-time data synchronization, fostering accurate and up-to-date reporting and analytics.
• Provide technical guidance, mentorship, and training to junior data professionals within the team.
• Stay current with industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices in data architecture and cloud computing.
• Create and maintain documentation for data architecture, design decisions, data flows, and integration processes.
• Drive innovation by identifying opportunities to leverage data for competitive advantage and process improvement in commercial operations.
• Champion the adoption of new technologies, tools, and best practices to enhance data architecture and analytics capabilities.

Requirements

• Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.
• Proven experience in architecture and design of data analytics solutions that services business needs with the balance of costs, capability, and risk to meet business objectives.
• Minimum of 10 years of professional experience in data architecture, data modelling and design, and data engineering.
• Extensive hands-on experience with Azure cloud services, including but not limited to Azure Data Factory, Azure Databricks, Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure SQL Database, and Azure Cosmos DB.
• Experience in business processing mapping of data and analytics solutions.
• Ability to conduct data profiling, cataloguing, and mapping for technical design and construction of technical data flows.
• The ability to apply methods to solve business problems using one or more Azure Data and Analytics services in combination with building data pipelines, data streams, and system integration.
• Proficiency in data governance, data quality, and data security practices.
• Proven track record of successfully designing and delivering complex data solutions within an agile framework.
• People management responsibilities both directly and indirectly with globally dispersed teams.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to troubleshoot complex data issues.
• Effective communication skills with the ability to convey technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Relevant certifications in Azure cloud technologies (e.g., Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Engineer, Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect) are a plus.
• Knowledge of DevOps processes (including CI/CD) and Infrastructure as code fundamentals.

Be bold and take the leap!

Our Digital Advanced Solutions (ADS) team is a dynamic group of technologists from around the globe who consistently push boundaries in digital innovation, cyber resilience, data science, intelligent automation, cloud solutions, and new agile methodologies.

It is also good to know tht at Bekaert, we celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive work environment. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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