Senior Data Engineer DIGI000563

Location: Belgium (Hybrid)
Contract Duration: Long-term (Initial contract until July 2027 with possible extension)
Start Date: August 2026
Language: Dutch (CEFR C2) Mandatory

We are looking for an experienced Senior Data Engineer to help build and enhance a modern cloud-based data platform. The ideal candidate has extensive experience designing developing and maintaining scalable data solutions using Microsoft Fabric Azure Python and modern data architecture principles.

You will collaborate with data analysts architects reporting specialists and business stakeholders to deliver reliable high-quality data products that support analytics and reporting.

• Design develop optimize and maintain scalable cloud-based data pipelines.
• Build data integrations from multiple source systems including databases APIs files and enterprise applications.
• Develop and maintain Lakehouse Data Warehouse and Medallion architecture solutions.
• Translate business reporting and analytics requirements into robust data models and reusable datasets.
• Develop and optimize ETL/ELT pipelines for large-scale data processing.
• Monitor troubleshoot and improve existing data pipelines and workflows.
• Ensure data quality scalability maintainability and performance.
• Work closely with business stakeholders architects analysts and technical teams.
• Contribute to best practices documentation standards and knowledge sharing within the data engineering team.

• Minimum 5 years of experience as a Data Engineer.
• Strong experience with Azure cloud-based data architectures.
• Hands-on experience with Microsoft Fabric including:
  • Pipelines
  • Dataflows
  • Notebooks
• Minimum 3 years of Python experience within a Data Engineering environment.
• Experience developing ETL/ELT processes using Python Java or Scala.
• Strong SQL skills including query optimization.
• Experience integrating data from multiple source systems.
• Experience supporting reporting and analytics environments.
• Strong knowledge of relational databases.
• Native-level Dutch proficiency (CEFR C2) is mandatory.

• Power BI development and integration.
• CI/CD version control and deployment of data solutions.
• Spark or Spark-based data processing.
• Medallion Architecture (Bronze Silver Gold).
• Lakehouse Data Mesh or Domain-Oriented Data Architecture.
• Kimball dimensional data modeling.
• Data Governance Data Quality Management and Data Lineage.
• Experience working within public sector or large enterprise environments.

• Microsoft Fabric
• Microsoft Azure
• Python
• SQL
• Power BI
• Spark
• ETL/ELT
• Lakehouse
• Data Warehouse
• Medallion Architecture
• CI/CD
• Git/version control