Data Architect

In Nationale-Nederlanden, multinational in the insurance industry, we seek to complete our workforce with an experienced Data Architect to support our Enterprise Architecture/IT team.

As a Data Architect, your main objectives will be:

- Collaborate with IT/Agile teams to achieve the data strategy and to apply data governance processes and principles

- Identify and evaluate current data management technologies and processes and research for new opportunities.

- Define the data management vision & strategies, managing the change journey and/or playing serving as the “architect” to design and scale end to end data management.

- Defining the policies & standards for data management for structured, semi- and unstructured data use.

- Defining the data architecture for cloud native data management with expert level knowledge on business process flows to support data sourcing & lineage.

You will be developing the following functions:

Integrate technical functionality (e.g. scalability, security, performance, data recovery, reliability, etc.)
Implement measures to ensure data accuracy and accessibility
Constantly monitor, refine and report on the performance of data management systems
Produce and enforce database development standards and data standards
Maintain a corporate repository of all data architecture artifacts and procedures
Assess database implementation procedures to ensure they comply with internal and external regulations.
Recommend solutions to improve new and existing database systems.
Guidance and support to apply an effective data governance practice
To assist for reach the next level of maturity on data types processing and AI adoption

What do we offer?

As part of our Employee Experience, we provide a series of competitive benefits that we offer in order to improve the physical, mental and professional well-being of our employees. Among others, here are some benefits that you will find:

Flexible schedule
Intensive working day in summer
Wellness program
Digital and Agile environment
Food allowance
In Nationale-Nederlanden we are committed with diversity. We are proud to be an inclusive organization and we offer equal opportunities, regardless of race, cultural background, gender, gender identity, religion, national origin, age, disability, marital status, and sexual orientation. One of our core values is taking care of our employees so they can give their best within a respectful environment.

What are we looking for?

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or relevant field
5 years hands-on experience in a similar role.
Deep knowledge of Azure Data Factory, Azure Data Lake, Azure SQL Database, Azure Databricks, Azure Synapse, Azure Analysis Services, Power BI.
Desirable knowledge of Spark, Azure Cosmos DB (or other NoSQL databases), Neo4j (or other graph databases), Azure Event Hubs (or other streaming platforms like Kafka).
Strong knowledge on advanced and predictive analytics capabilities, machine learning and AI techniques.
CI/CD through Azure DevOps and Visual Studio.
Fluency in English (an English test will be carried out).