Digital Solutions Architect - DEPT®

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Digital Solutions Architect

Roles open in: Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Maastricht, Veenendaal, Zwolle

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Digital Solutions Architect

This role is part of our Experience & Engineering business team. We combine our technical expertise with our profound understanding of data to deliver hyper personalized digital solutions integrated with the core landscape of our clients like Gant, Inter Milan, bol.com and Just Eat Takeaway.

JOB PURPOSE

As a data-driven Solutions Architect, you understand the business behind development, the key role of data and you know what works for customers and what does not.

You design and oversee the implementation of digital architectures and data strategies that enable businesses to efficiently capture, store, manage, and analyze data to drive digital transformation and achieve strategic goals.

You support our customers with architectural designs, implementations and research the more complex digital (e-commerce) architectures and the necessary data integration setups. The primary driver of our projects is digital marketing, but we’re committed to expand into new areas like Enterprise Data Platforms that include Master Data Management, Supply and Value Chain Optimization using advanced AI/ML. “No” is not an option: you strive to solve every challenge and use your creativity to come up with solutions.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Apply the knowledge, acquired through years of experience, to work out complex requirements on a conceptual and technical level in one or more architectural solutions.
• Responsible for the data flow and technical design of the customer solution, realized without losing sight of the feasibility, financial impact and operational security.
• Guide our customers to their new digital future and guide our engineering teams to do their magic.
• Envision a target architecture / implementation with its constituents and roll out an implementation plan for it.
• Prepare and host workshops with our clients to spot new technical and data opportunities.
• Sales pitching, training organization, data product ownership, data privacy;
• Provide other data consumers the needed data for their data models and monitor continuous delivery on projects.
• Load ownership of execution and maintenance of major analytical warehousing solutions (Databricks, Azure Fabric, etc.).
• Get involved into design and conceptualization of data retrieval, processing and delivery processes.
• Combine data and digital service platforms to design solutions that encompass the full digital ecosystem, from collecting data to activating it across multiple channels.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

• 7+ years work experience in a similar role;
• Someone who is able to demonstrate that their technical breadth extends far in the digital landscape; From e-commerce and DXP, to building and designing API ecosystems on cloud platforms, someone with great ideas when thinking of the best solutions for our customers.
• Technical knowledge in developing Data platforms in one of the 3 big cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Google)
• Hands-on experience with at least one of the following projects: data migration, data platform setup, end-to-end analytics & reporting setup, data warehouse setup (incl. modeling), data activation, data quality, data governance;
• Hands-on experience with concepting and designing data, content, e-commerce integrated ecosystems using a MACH approach.
• Familiarity with large ecosystem vendors like Salesforce, Adobe and Optimizely.
• Work experience with following technologies are noteworthy to mention and might be seen as bonus: AWS (and Data related proprietary technologies), Azure (and Data related proprietary technologies), Google Cloud, Fivetran,RDBMS, Redis, Kafka, Apache Airflow, Data Build Tool;
• Fluency in English.
• Being directly available to start working in The Netherlands

WE OFFER

• The choice to work where you are most productive: whether that is in one of our offices, or abroad for 13 weeks a year. Rather work from home? No problem! We’ll provide you with the best of class materials, such as a high-quality laptop, monitor, work phone and the necessary furniture.
• Everything to focus on your health: from free bootcamp to yoga lessons, mindfulness sessions, mental health services, serious discounts on sport memberships, healthy lunches at the office, and above all: a safe work environment.
• Great fringe benefits; use of OV-bikes, an NS Business Card and many other goodies.
• You can discover even more employee benefits here.
• A reputation for doing good. DEPT® has been named a Great Place To Work in 2023 and has been a Certified B Corp® since 2021 and named ‘Agency of the Year’ at both The Lovies and The Webby Awards.
• Awesome clients. Whether big or small, local or global — at DEPT® you’ll get the opportunity to work with clients of all sizes and across all industries. And we celebrate all of our successes together!
• The opportunity for possibility. We want to enable you to do what you do best and help you develop your skills further with training, development and certifications.
• Global annual DEPT® Cares Month in which employees come together and donate their skills to support local charities.

WHO ARE WE?

We are pioneers at heart. What does that mean? We are always looking forward, thinking of what we can create tomorrow that does not exist today. We were born digital and we are a new model of agency, with a deep skillset in tech and marketing. That’s why we hire curious, self-driven, talented people who never stop innovating.

Our culture is big enough to cope and small enough to care. Meaning, that with people across 30+ countries, we’re big enough to provide you with the best tools, global opportunities, and benefits that help you thrive. While acting small by investing in you, your growth, your team, and giving you the autonomy to solve our clients problems, no matter where you are in the world.

DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION

At DEPT®, we take pride in creating an inclusive workplace where everyone has an equal opportunity to thrive. We actively seek to recruit, develop, nurture, and retain talented individuals from diverse backgrounds, with varying skills and perspectives.

Not sure you meet all qualifications? Apply, and let us decide! Research shows that women and members of underrepresented groups tend not to apply for jobs when they think they may not meet every requirement, when in fact they do. We believe in giving everyone a fair chance to shine.

We also encourage you to reach out to us and discuss any reasonable adjustments we can make to support you throughout the recruitment process and your time with us.

Want to know more about our dedication to diversity, equity, and inclusion? Check out our efforts here.

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