Tech lead Data Engineer

26/03/2026

Context of the mission / Objective(s) of the job 

Our client is actively searching a data related profile to increase the capacity of its Data Management team:  
A senior Data engineer In Azure Data environment: Analysis, implementation and maintenance of ETL’s using Data Factory/mapping Data Flow and PySpark in Databricks  

  • Prepare and execute testing activities  
  • Design performant solutions  
  • Contribute to the standards applicable to those ETL’s  
  • Review ETL’s implemented by junior data engineers, coaching them as well  

The candidate will join the Data Management team that is, among others, managing the DWH and the Data Lake of the company, and responsible for the data governance and for the tooling.  
Architecture, design & implementation are managed within the team. 

Mission period 

Expected Start date: Asap 
Duration: 12 months (with extension) 

Language requirement 

  Speaking  Reading  Writing  Mandatory Preferable
English  X    
Dutch 3/1  3/1  3/1  X    
French  3/1  3/1  3/1  X    

1 = Basic – 2 = Good – 3 = Fluent 
*Dutch and French (one fluent the other one basic at least) 

Localisation 

Brussels centre. 

Level of education required 

Master degree in Informatics or equivalent through experience.   

Required Knowledge and Experience 

Personal Skills (soft skills – intangible qualities or traits that enhance our interactions) 

Mandatory  

  • Must work well independently, and in a collaborative team environment  
  • Solution driven / Pragmatic  
  • Strong problem solving skills  
  • Pro-active and flexible  
  • Strong verbal communications skills  

 Preferable  

  • Client friendly  

Business experience required (work experience) 

Mandatory (Years)

  • Experience with analytics use cases – Mid-level (2 y – 5 y) 

 Preferable  

  • Experience within Insurance or financial domain  
  • Experience on projects with different technology stacks, integration aspects  

Technical experience required (hard skills related to physical or digital tools) 

Mandatory (Years) 

  • Cloud Data platform in Azure – Mid-level (2 y – 5 y) 
  • Devops (Infrastructure as Code, Continuous Integration / Delivery) – Mid-level (2 y – 5 y)   
  • Azure Data Skills (Data Lake Gen2, Synapse) – Mid-level (2 y – 5 y) 
  • Experience in DataBricks – Mid-level (2 y – 5 y)   
  • Experience in Data Factory – Mid-level (2 y – 5 y) 
  • Experience in Python – Mid-level (2 y – 5 y)  
  • Experience in Data Flow – Mid-level (2 y – 5 y)  
  • Knowledge about Data Management: metadata management, lineage, data quality principles…  – Mid-level (2 y – 5 y) 
  • Experience in Power BI and semantic data modelling – Mid-level (2 y – 5 y) 

Functional experience required (job experience in particular industry and in particular function) 

Mandatory (Years)

  • Database modelling via modelling tools such as Erwin or Visio – Mid-level (2 y – 5 y) 
  • Ability to interact with Business teams and gather Business Requirements  – Mid-level (2 y – 5 y) 
  • Ability to translate Business Requirements into functional & technical Requirements – Mid-level (2 y – 5 y) 

Objective of the job 

3 main axis:

  1. Implementation of BI Business projects
  2. Quality assurance on ETL’s  
  3. Coaching of junior data engineers

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Job specifications

ID: 12783

Duration: one year

Location: Brussels

Type: Freelance

Viktor Feyt

IT Recruitment Consultant