MS Azure Senior Data Engineer
Sector: Insurance
Location: Brussels
Contract length: 12 months
Estimated daily rate (EUR): 560 - 680
Languages: English · Dutch or French fluent (other basic)
Estimated daily rates are Rivant market estimates for guidance — not a client rate card.
Role details
Start date: ASAP
Duration: 12 months
Extension possible: Yes
Education: Master's degree in Informatics or equivalent through experience
Location detail: Brussels centre - typically 2 days per week at the office. Remote/telework from Belgium only
About the role
A major Belgian insurer in Brussels is expanding its Data Management capacity around the enterprise data warehouse and data lake. As MS Azure Senior Data Engineer, you analyse requirements, design and build performant ETL pipelines with Azure Data Factory / mapping Data Flow and PySpark in Databricks, and keep daily exploitation runs healthy.
Responsibilities
- Analyse functional requirements and design performant Azure ETL solutions
- Implement and maintain pipelines with Data Factory / mapping Data Flow and PySpark in Databricks
- Prepare and execute testing; bug-fix issues in daily exploitation runs
- Contribute to data governance and tooling within the Data Management team
Business experience
| Skill | Level | Priority |
|---|---|---|
| Experience with analytics use cases | 2-5 | Mandatory |
Functional experience
| Skill | Level | Priority |
|---|---|---|
| Database modelling via tools such as Erwin or Visio | Not specified | Mandatory |
| Gather business requirements and translate them into functional and technical requirements | Not specified | Mandatory |
Technical experience
| Skill | Level | Priority |
|---|---|---|
| Cloud data platform in Azure (Data Lake Gen2, Synapse) | 2-5 | Mandatory |
| DevOps (Infrastructure as Code, Continuous Integration / Delivery) | 2-5 | Mandatory |
| Databricks and Azure Data Factory / Data Flow | 2-5 | Mandatory |
| Python and data management (metadata, lineage, data quality) | 2-5 | Mandatory |
| Power BI and semantic data modelling | 2-5 | Mandatory |
Language requirements
English · Dutch or French fluent (other basic)
| Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Mandatory |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | Good | Fluent | Fluent | Yes |
| Dutch | Fluent | Fluent | Fluent | No |
| French | Fluent | Fluent | Fluent | No |
Soft skills
- Work well independently and in a collaborative team
- Solution-driven and pragmatic with strong problem-solving
- Pro-active and flexible with strong verbal communication
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