Data Architect – Belgium

Languages: DUTCH with FRENCH and ENGLISH

Skills and experience:

• Background knowledge of the gas flow management business domain is an asset
• Knowledge of CBD principles, architectural techniques and structures
• Comfortable in imposing the most appropriate solution for data structure challenges
• Fluency in the use of UML and DB development toolsets
• Demonstrated experience in RDBMS design, implementation & optimization
• Extensive experience in SQL (Oracle, SQL Server) Communication Skills
• Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills specific to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Ability to rapidly absorb information when reading analysis documents
• Ability to successfully defend your ideas when discussing with Analysts or Technical Architects
• Ability to produce easy to read models and documents

Description of work:

• Blend in with an agile software development team, developing business products in short development cycles (using scrum)
• Translate data requirements into IT specifications (logical & physical data models) related to business processes (gas flow management, asset management, other), while respecting the existing architecture and systems
• Assist the team in producing high quality documentation and products, based on defined specifications and following data architecture principles
• Assist the DBA’s in the deployment of database changes in the production environment
• Ensure quality control of models and documents via guidance and feedback to functional analysts
• Obtain the right compromise between normalization and performance, in cooperation with the technical architect(s)
• Consult other database architect(s) in order to guard and enhance the global architecture
• Apply company’s standards in terms of naming standards, data integrity, security and performance
• Data-migration problem solving
• Examine query patterns & build an appropriate strategy for indexing and partitioning
• Analyze query performance issues & suggest possible solutions
• Produce robust and reliable scripts for migrating databases in all relevant environments

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