Senior Data Engineer BI

Senior Data Engineer BI

Location: Utrecht / Hybrid – 50% remote, minimum 2 days per week onsite

Contract: Payroll only – no ZZP

Hours: 36 hours per week

Contract Duration: 1 year contract, with extension

Language: Fluent Dutch required

The Role

We are looking for an experienced Senior Data Engineer BI to join a multidisciplinary data team focused on building data and BI solutions that support operational decision-making.

You will work within a Microsoft Azure cloud environment, taking responsibility for the full data lifecycle — from integrating new data sources and building pipelines through to data modelling, Data Vault development, data marts and production-ready BI solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Integrate and onboard new data sources.
• Transform data through Raw, Business Data Vault and Data Mart layers.
• Design and develop effective Data Warehouse (DWH) solutions.
• Build and maintain end-to-end data pipelines from source to end user.
• Develop robust, maintainable code with appropriate data-processing and data-quality controls.
• Create data models and analyse source data.
• Support the development of Power BI dashboards and define technical specifications.
• Test solutions and proactively identify data-quality issues.
• Ensure solutions are properly tested, documented and successfully deployed into production.
• Document metadata, data flows and other technical information.
• Contribute to the development of the wider Microsoft Cloud/Azure environment.
• Troubleshoot production issues and communicate effectively with stakeholders.
• Share knowledge and coach other members of the team.
• Work closely with Business Analysts, Data Engineers, Information Analysts, Power BI specialists, the Scrum Master and Product Owner.

Essential Requirements

• 7+ years of recent Data Engineering experience.
• Completed HBO or WO degree or equivalent.
• Strong experience with Snowflake, Python and SQL.
• Strong experience with Data Warehousing and BI development processes.
• Experience with data integration.
• Experience with deployment automation / CI/CD.
• Experience using Git/version control.
• Experience working within Agile/Scrum environments.
• Experience within a large-scale organisation of 5,000+ employees/workplaces.
• Strong data analysis skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in Dutch.
• Able to communicate effectively with both technical and business stakeholders.
• Proactive approach to continuous improvement and innovation within BI/data environments.

Desirable Experience

• Data Vault 2.0
• Dimensional data modelling.
• Power BI.
• Data compliance / AVG (GDPR).
• Enterprise Architecture frameworks such as TOGAF.
• Enterprise Architecture tooling.
• Experience documenting complex data flows and architectures.

Working Setup

This is a hybrid position based in Utrecht, with approximately 50% remote working. The team works from the Utrecht office for a minimum of 2 days per week.

Important: This opportunity is payroll/loondienst only and is not available to ZZP/freelance professionals.