Data Solution Architect

About The Job

As a Data Solution Architect at Craftzing, you are the bridge between business ambition and technical reality. You think along with business stakeholders, but above all you translate their needs into concrete data solution designs and refine them together with data and application specialists.

What sets you apart is your independence. You stay technology- and vendor-agnostic, and you see the whole data landscape instead of a single vendor's corner of it. You combine deep technical expertise with a consulting mindset: you think long-term, make decisive choices, and explain the why behind them to everyone from engineers to C-level.

What You’ll Do

• Think along with business stakeholders to understand their goals, challenges and constraints.
• Translate business and functional requirements into clear, end-to-end data solution designs and architecture schemas.
• Refine those designs together with data and application specialists into concrete, plannable work.
• Zoom out to see the bigger picture and make architecture decisions in the client's best interest, independent of any single vendor.
• Judge when to engage a specific platform or vendor and when to step back and run a market evaluation (build vs. buy, selecting the right data platform for the need).
• Make and document architecture decisions, balancing scalability, security, performance, cost and data quality.
• Design API-driven and integration approaches across applications, services, data sources and third-party systems.
• Safeguard non-functional requirements and data governance throughout the project lifecycle.
• Translate complex technical topics into clear language for business and C-level stakeholders.
• Identify technical risks and dependencies early, and propose pragmatic mitigations.

Who We're Looking For

• A strong architect with sharp execution skills and a healthy dose of pragmatism.
• 7\+ years of experience in data engineering and/or architecture, with a solid track record in a data solution or technical architect role.
• Technology- and vendor-agnostic by instinct: broad familiarity across the landscape (data platforms, data lakes, cloud providers, warehouses, integration) without being tied to a single vendor.
• Able to zoom out, weigh build vs. buy, and run a market evaluation when the situation calls for it.
• Strong command of data architecture, integration patterns and API-driven design.
• Able to think along with business stakeholders and refine solutions with data and application specialists into plannable work.
• Excellent communication skills: you can hold the attention of C-level stakeholders and unite teams around a shared technical direction.
• Familiarity with scrum and working in an agile environment.
• Fluent in Dutch and English. French is a plus.

You're Craftzing-material when

• You have a genuine interest in your customer, their needs and challenges.
• You have a real passion for technology and its potential to improve work and life.
• You bring a true consulting mindset.

Why you'll love us

You'll be part of a team of experts who share a passion for business transformation. Strategizing, designing and building spot-on sustainable digital environments that made us a trusted long-time partner of Telenet, Flemish Government, itsme®, BNP, Proximus, Philips TP Vision, Ahold Delhaize, Mediafin, Melexis, and many others. Together with us, you love to make a meaningful difference for our clients.

From day one you get the trust and space to do what you're good at, and we encourage you to step out of your comfort zone and take ownership.