Senior Data Architect

ppAt Eneco, we're accelerating the energy transition through data and AI-driven decision-making at scale, guided by our One Planet plan and our ambition to become the first CO₂-neutral energy company by 2035. Our Data GenAI Platforms are at the heart of this transformation, enabling product teams to deliver intelligent, secure, and compliant solutions that support the future of sustainable energy. /p pAs a Senior Architect – Data AI Platforms, you will set the architectural vision and golden paths for Eneco’s data and AI ecosystem. You’ll work closely with Platform Engineering, Enterprise IT, and product teams to shape a scalable, interoperable, and future‑proof platform landscape. In an environment that values collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement, you will play a defining role in ensuring our platforms are trustworthy, cost‑efficient, and enterprise‑grade – empowering teams to innovate with confidence and speed. /p pAs a Senior Architect – Data AI Platforms, you will own the architectural direction and evolution of Eneco’s Data GenAI Platforms. You will define the target architecture and roadmap that enables high‑velocity delivery of data, analytics, ML, and GenAI solutions while ensuring compliance, security, and efficiency. /p pYou will lead the design of a Lakehouse‑centric ecosystem integrating technologies such as Databricks, Snowflake, Collibra, dbt, Airflow, and the Microsoft AI ecosystem (Copilot Studio, AI Foundry, Power Platform). A key focus will be building and scaling the GenAI platform, establishing standardized patterns for RAG, agent workflows, and LLMOps that enable product teams to rapidly deploy safe and reliable AI solutions. /p pThrough platform thinking and hands‑on expertise, you’ll drive the industrialization of the modern data stack, embed governance by design, and improve developer experience through golden paths, templates, and reference architectures. You will act as a trusted advisor across the organization, coaching teams and contributing to Eneco’s strategic architecture vision. /p ul lipDefining and owning the target architecture and evolution roadmap for Data GenAI Platforms, covering ingestion, transformation, orchestration, storage, serving, observability, and governance. /p /li lipArchitecting and scaling a Lakehouse‑based design interoperating with Databricks and Snowflake for analytics, ML, and serving use cases. /p /li lipBuilding and formalizing the GenAI ecosystem, including standardized RAG patterns, agent architectures, and LLMOps frameworks with strong safety and compliance guardrails. /p /li lipEstablishing application patterns and “paved‑road” templates that allow product teams to rapidly deploy AI environments and workflows. /p /li lipIndustrializing the modern data stack with standardized dbt modeling practices and Airflow orchestration conventions. /p /li lipImplementing observability and FinOps monitoring for pipelines, models, cost control, quality, compliance, and performance. /p /li lipOperationalizing data governance through Collibra (or equivalent), embedding GDPR‑compliant privacy‑by‑design and policy enforcement mechanisms. /p /li lipEnsuring interoperability with enterprise platforms, identity management, ITSM, and security standards in partnership with Platform Engineering and Enterprise IT. /p /li lipLeading the Architecture Community, sharing patterns, reviewing designs, mentoring teams, and driving adoption of best practices. /p /li lipDefining and tracking architecture success metrics such as reliability, time‑to‑value, cost efficiency, security, and reuse rates. /p /li /ul ul lip10+ years of experience in data, analytics, or AI architecture, with at least 5 years leading modern cloud data platforms at scale. /p /li lipDeep expertise with Databricks, Snowflake, dbt, Airflow, and Collibra, including performance optimization, cost control, and governance design. /p /li lipProven experience delivering GenAI and LLMOps platforms (RAG, vector search, prompt orchestration, evaluation frameworks, and guardrails), preferably on Azure. /p /li lipStrong knowledge of data governance, privacy and compliance (GDPR), lineage, metadata management, RBAC/ABAC, and policy‑as‑code. /p /li lipProficiency with CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code (GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Terraform/Bicep) and platform SRE practices. /p /li lipExperience working across engineering, product, security, and enterprise IT stakeholders with strong communication and influencing skills. /p /li lipDeep understanding of architectural patterns such as Lakehouse, data mesh, event‑driven design, CDC, and contract‑first APIs. /p /li lipA pragmatic, solution‑oriented mindset with a strategic vision for scalable, compliant platforms. /p /li /ul h3Nice to have: /h3 ul lipExperience in the energy or utilities sector. /p /li lipKnowledge of Azure OpenAI integrations and enterprise search. /p /li lipFamiliarity with NIS2 implications for critical infrastructure. /p /li lipDutch la