- Company Name
- AlmavivA de Belgique
- Job Title
- Database Architect (Belgium)
- Job Description
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**Job title**: Database Architect
**Role Summary**
Design, implement, and optimize enterprise data warehouses, data lakes, and BI solutions. Lead technical evaluations, audit reports, and architectural guidance for Big Data, AI, and cloud‑based analytics platforms. Coordinate cross‑functional project activities to meet schedules, quality, and risk targets.
**Expectations**
- Deliver high‑quality database designs and documentation that align with industry standards.
- Execute on‑prem and cloud deployments, ensuring performance, security, and integration with existing systems.
- Maintain consistency of data models, naming conventions, and coding practices across the organization.
- Facilitate Agile project workflows, providing technical leadership and stakeholder communication.
**Key Responsibilities**
- Analyze requirements and develop enterprise‑grade data warehouse and data lake architectures.
- Design and implement relational and NoSQL databases (Oracle, DynamoDB, MongoDB, Cassandra).
- Optimize SQL queries and manage database performance, including indexing, partitioning, and tuning.
- Conduct database troubleshooting, debugging, and audit reports.
- Evaluate and recommend BI reporting, ETL, OLAP, and data mining tools.
- Lead technical meetings, progress reviews, and risk management discussions.
- Produce clear, structured technical documents (design specs, test plans, risk assessments).
- Monitor and adopt emerging technologies, best practices, and applicable standards.
- Support deployment, configuration, and integration activities across environments.
**Required Skills**
- Stakeholder engagement and communication with technical & non‑technical audiences.
- Advanced data modelling and database design using tools such as SQL Developer Data Modeler, Hackolade, NoSQL Workbench.
- Proficiency in relational (SQL, Oracle) and NoSQL (DynamoDB, MongoDB, Cassandra) databases.
- SQL query optimization, ETL tool knowledge, and OLAP/mining tool experience.
- Experience with BI reporting tools and cloud‑based analytics design.
- Agile methodology application and project coordination.
- Strong analytical, problem‑solving, documentation, organisational, and time‑management skills.
**Required Education & Certifications**
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field.
- Relevant certifications (e.g., Oracle PL/SQL, AWS Certified Database – Specialty) are advantageous but not mandatory.