Azure Data Architect - Data & AI

At customer site, Antwerpen, Gent, Hasselt, Leuven
Data & AI
Professional, Freelancer

Do you enjoy working project-based and providing the right Cloud Data Platform solutions for customers? Would you like to be part of a rapidly growing, dynamic, no-nonsense and passionate Data & AI team? If your answer is Yes, Cegeka has the right challenge for you! We manage and carry out various projects for our clients, such as Data Platform, BI, Advanced Analytics and AI and we do it with a pragmatic and easy-to-understand approach, so that our clients can get quick access to the right information and easily grow as the information requirement increases. The vast experience of our specialists, advanced methodology and feedback from our clients make Cegeka an ideal long-term partner for our clients, business partners and employees. We want to strengthen our Data & AI team and we are looking for an Azure Data Architect! 

  • As Azure Data Architect you work closely with experienced colleagues on formatting Data Platforms in the Microsoft Azure Cloud. (Data Platforms, Big Data, Advanced Analytics and AI) 
  • Complex Business & IT environments sound challenging and exciting? As an architect it’s your responsibility to determine the architecture of the future Data Platform together with the client. 
  • You know how to facilitate optimal use of the unprecedented possibilities of the Azure Cloud Platform for our customers. Your persuasiveness and passion come in handy here! 
  • Your communication skills allow you to hold both technical and business conversations. 
  • You are organized and analytical, you can easily make abstractions and you’ve got good problem-solving skills. 
  • Thanks to your coaching skills you know how to motivate other project members to reach a higher level. 
  • Innovation and knowledge sharing are high on our agenda! We are constantly looking for modernization and improvement for our clients, therefore you will get plenty of opportunities to actively participate in challenging innovation projects.  
  • You will be part of a tight-knit, driven and passionate team which makes work pleasant and fun. We even have our own Data & AI fun team! 

What you need to succeed:

  • You have a bachelor or master's degree, preferably in (Business) Informatics or Business IT & Management or another related field. 
  • You have at least five years of experience in Data Intelligence and good knowledge of the Microsoft Azure Data Services (Data Lake, Data Warehouse, Data Factory, Databricks, etc.) 
  • You have (or would like to have) a Microsoft Certified Professional certification. 
  • You have strong problem-solving skills. 
  • You can work independently as well as with others and you are flexible. 
  • You’re a strong communicator, customer focused and accurate. 
  • You’re fluent in Dutch and English. Knowledge of French is an asset. 
  • Our projects take place mainly in the region Ghent - Brussels - Antwerp. If your presence at the client is not required, you can work in the Cegeka office closest to where you live (Antwerp or Ghent), and we offer hybrid work schedule if desired. 

What are we offering:

  • You will be joining a true Top Employer
  • Year after year, Whitelane Research confirms Cegeka as a reliable and leading IT services partner, securing an impressive first place in 2025 for Security, Application Services and Cloud & Infrastructure
  • We ask a lot of (talents) from you. Fortunately, you also get a lot in return! Competence and character are essential to us, in addition to experience and ambitions. Cegeka continuously invests in talent management so that every employee can realize their potential
  • We use a framework aimed at fair compensation, ensuring employees are paid based on their role, experience, and performance, regardless of gender or other non-job-related characteristics.  An electric car with charge card or a mobility budget, meal vouchers, eco vouchers, an interesting group and hospitalization insurance, a mobile phone subscription, a fixed expense allowance, a powerful laptop and the option to give your salary package your own accent thanks to our Flex Reward Plan
  • Flexible working hours and a nice work/life balance
  • A top team: in which new fresh ideas and initiatives are always welcome! Team events, happy hours and an increasingly legendary company party are also part of this
  • Continuous learning: knowledge sharing meetings, participation in conferences and external training. Knowledge sharing and learning are key! Depending on your own interests and initiatives, Cegeka offers various horizontal and vertical career paths
  • We value sustainability by pursuing carbon neutrality with the electrification of our fleet and an environmentally friendly data center. We develop innovative solutions with a positive impact on the environment, people and society, and strive for an inclusive and diverse work environment where everyone is valued and heard.

Benefits

Market-compliant salary with additional benefits: electric car or mobility budget, meal and eco-vouchers, insurance, mobile phone subscription, expense allowance, laptop, Flex Reward Plan.

Market-compliant salary

Continuous learning through innovation centers, reading groups, knowledge sharing, hackathons, conferences, and external training.

Continuous development

Flexible working hours and good work/life balance.

Work/life balance

Growth opportunities: horizontal and vertical career paths.

Growth opportunities

Hybrid working: combining office work with working from home.

Hybrid working

Personal guidance by people managers, coaches, and sparring partners.

Personal guidance

Sustainability: CO2 neutrality, environmentally friendly data center, positive environmental impact, inclusive and diverse work environment.

Diversity and inclusion

Cegeka has the Top Employer certificate.

Top Employer

Top team with space for new ideas, team events, happy hours, and company parties.

Space for new ideas

Aspire to more: our promise to you!

At Cegeka, you have every opportunity to further develop yourself as a professional. Together, we achieve what you truly want to mean for our customers and colleagues. We warmly invite you to grow with us through an unparalleled variety of challenging and meaningful IT projects. Leave your mark on projects for high-profile clients where we truly make a difference. Aspire to more.


Intense, enjoyable, and deeply committed—that’s how we work, always together, in close cooperation with colleagues and clients. All within a culture driven by our core values: ownership, personal development, respect, and authenticity. Join us in shaping the next phase of a successful, fast-growing, and innovative international IT company.

Application flow

1. Apply

If the role is interesting apply, or get in touch with the dedicated recruiter for more details.

2. Assessment

Our Recruitment team will take a look at your application and let you know the next steps.

3. Meet us

Within two steps we will meet and we can discover together if we are a match on both sides.

4. Time to start!

Accepted our proposal? Great! We look forward to working with you.

Do you have any questions about this role?

Let's connect.

Anneleen Valkeneers

anneleen.valkeneers@cegeka.com
+32 11 240234
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