At Merkle, a dentsu company, we power the experience economy. Whether we're building the next great app, running CRM at scale for global brands, delivering technology architectures that support millions of users, or providing world-class data, identity, and insights solutions, it's all in the name of crafting experiences that set brands apart from the competition. Backed by dentsu's legacy of innovation and creativity originating in Japan, we've spent over 35 years helping brands build loyalty, drive growth, and connect meaningfully with their audiences.We've been named a global "Leader" by top industry analyst firms in categories as wide-ranging as digital transformation and commerce, experience design, engineering and technology integration, digital marketing, data science, CRM and loyalty, and customer data management.* Assistarchitect you will work closely with business stakeholders, business analysts and data engineers to implement the different levels of data models.* Provide thought leadership and drive architecture of enterprise analytics platforms, customer platforms, and other solutions to deliver scalable implementations using the latest cloud technologies in AWS/Azure/GCP, BI platforms like Fabric and Snowflake.* Translate business goals and use cases into technical solutions to deliver actionable insights for various business processes, especially in the area of sales, finance, e-commerce, manufacturing/logistics, banking or CRM. Become the technical SPo C for all stakeholders, including C-level executives.* Helping business/data analysts in the definition of specifications and define data mappings* Apply effective governance methods for long-term scalability, high availability, fault tolerance, and solution elasticity in alignment with enterprise architecture, security and infrastructure guidelines and standards.* Support pre-sales by proposing a technical solution and effort estimates**Qualifications:*** Bachelor's or Master's Degree in a technology-related field (e.g. Engineering, Computer Science, IT, etc.)* Experience with Microsoft Dynamics CRM* 3+ years experience in design and build of data solutions, a combination of relevant areas:* CRM data modelling* Large-scale Data Lake / Datawarehouse (DWH) solutions* Big data pipelines / ETL / APIs (data ingestion, processing, transformation and activation) development, preferably in cloud-based tools/infrastructure* Business Intelligence projects, using BI tools like Power BI, Tableau, and other* Machine Learning and AI oriented solutions* A minimum of 5 years of experience with Entity Relationship Models, Data Modeling techniques and Methodologies in the design and implementation of data architecture. As data Work with various data stakeholders to understand the respective requirements in terms of functionality and the use of data concepts Provide supervision and guidance to the implementation team (data engineers, data scientists, BI consultants,..) to ensure the project is implemented as per business requirements* Understanding data concepts and patterns (Data Mesh, Data Lake, Master Data Management, data quality, lambda architectures, streaming processing)* Having a good business acumen, especially in sales, finance, e-commerce, manufacturing/logistics, banking or CRM areas* Proficient in architecture methodologies and tools like diagraming (draw.io, Sparks EA, Confluence) and standards (Archimate, TOGAF)* Strong technical leadership, mentorship and collaboration**Preferred Skills:*** Proven track of handling large Architecture Review Board discussions* Strong knowledge with SQL* Experience with full software development lifecycle (CI/CD), including development skills using programming languages like Python/Java/Scala/C++ and relational/No SQL databases* Experience in Data Modeling tools such as ER/Studio, Orbus, Oracle Data Modeler, Erwin Modeler, Power Designer, or similar* Good knowledge of metadata management* Experienced with Agile methodologies (SCRUM, SAFE).* Written and spoken French Strong project management and organizational skills **Innovation at Our Core:** As part of dentsu's global network, Merkle pushes the boundaries of customer experience, integrating creativity, technology, and data to drive real-world impact. For over 35 years, we've been innovating to meet the changing needs of our clients.\*At dentsu, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) is central to our vision: "To be at the forefront of people-centered transformations that shape society."