Senior Data Architect

This is your call to action to combat climate change!

Are you a Data Architect expereinced in start-ups and building data infrastructures from scratch? Do you enjoy building complex, scalable and event driven data infrastructures? Then you are the Senior Data Architect we are looking for to become part of one of the most significant green projects taking shape right now! Read on!

A number of leading truck manufacturers joined forces to take a long awaited major step to contribute to reaching climate targets. The joint venture will build a charging network, accessible for all heavy commercial vehicles, whatever their brand. As Senior Data Architect you will work together with these industry experts to implement data governance, integrations, pipelines, data cleansing and automating data quality measurements.

As Data Architect you will be part of the Information Technology Team of this startup, working closely with engineers, data scientists and data analysts. In an Azure based, hosted environment you will build the data landscape from scratch, quickly setting up a scalable data infrastructure and DevOps process. You will be working with fantastic datasets to facilitate and monitor charging sessions, network location planning, route optimization, real-time reservations and smart charging.

Responsibilities include:

• Lead and optimize the set-up of the cloud native data platform;
• Provide a strategic vision on data architecture development for the business;
• Translate the formulated architecture into frameworks, guidelines and standards for the operational development, network systems and applications;
• Provide proper data guidance and data quality measurements to the Information Technology Team;
• Get the most of the data engineers, data analysts and data scientists in the team;
• Support data governance, integrations, pipelines and data cleansing processes.

Naturally, the Data Architect we are looking for has the technical skills to optimize the cloud native data platform and execute the technical challenges that lie ahead. But maybe even more important is being up to date with the latest developments, tooling and best practices that are required to build a modern data platform. Next to that you have:

• BSc/MSc in a relevant domain;
• Experience with data architectures, Azure solutions, DataFactory, DataBricks;
• Understanding of the setup of CI/CD, Data pipelines and Infrastructure as code;
• Experience in leading hybrid, remote and diverse teams in the past;
• You have a clear view on hiring and managing experts in the field;
• Full working proficiency in English.

This revolutionary company is offering base salary level (all in) oriented towards 80.000 EUR without the incentives. According to your impact, developments and results the annual incentive is between 20% with a maximum of 40%. The secondary benefits packages includes comprehensive pension plan and unlimited vacation days.

How we'll proceed. Within four working days we will let you know if you qualify for the position. We will schedule an introductory interview, either digitally or in-person. During this interview we will inform you as fully as possible about the vacancy, the company and the following steps in the procedure. After consulting with you, we will introduce you to our client and then continue to guide you through the application process. The Independent Recruiters Group has a large team of specialized recruiters. Each recruiter has a strong focus on their own area of expertise. This makes them the ideal sparring partner for both the candidate and the client.