MS Azure Senior Data Engineer
Job Summary
NextLink is having an existing position as a MS Azure Senior Data Engineer in Brussels area Belgium.
General information:
- Start date: ASAP
- Duration: 12 months renewable
- Workload: full time
- Work location: Brussels area Belgium
The 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:
o Based on functional requirements being able to do analysis implementation and
maintenance of ETLs using Data Factory/mapping Data Flow and PySpark in
Databricks.
o Prepare and execute testing activities
o Design performant solutions
o Bugfix issues in pipelines of the daily exploitation runs
Profile:
Language: English fluent Dutch fluent OR French fluent
Minimum 3 years experience
Cloud Data platform in Azure
Devops (Infrastructure as Code Continuous Integration / Delivery)
Azure Data Skills (Data Lake Gen2 Synapse)
Experience in DataBricks
Experience in Data Factory
Experience in Python
Experience in Data Flow
Knowledge about Data Management: metadata management lineage data quality principles
Experience in Power BI and semantic data modelling
Experience with analytics use cases
Required Skills:
57 years of professional software engineering experience (medior to senior level preferred). Strong Python programming skills with solid understanding of software engineering principles design patterns and best practices. Strong technical analysis architecture and design skills. Hands-on experience with AI-assisted development tools such as Claude Code GitHub Copilot Cursor or similar AI coding assistants. Experience designing AI agents developer tooling plugins prompt engineering or AI-enabled software development workflows is highly desirable. Experience building scalable software for cloud environments. Strong debugging and troubleshooting skills. Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills. Passion for delivering high-quality software and reliable releases. Ability to balance tactical delivery with long-term architectural vision. Strong ownership mindset and decision-making ability. Experience mentoring and collaborating across multiple engineering teams.