Lead Data Engineer

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  • You will have the opportunity to work on complex ingestion issues with cutting-edge technologies such as Azure Data Factory, Kubernetes, Snowflake

  • You will become part of the frontrunner in the energy transition, where you contribute to a more sustainable future by building on the growth and development of Eneco's integration platforms

  •  You get the opportunity to make Eneco a digital first company

Why choose Eneco?

Why choose Eneco? We want to accelerate the energy transition. With our ambitious ‘One Planet plan’, we have made it clear that by 2035, we aim to be the first energy company to become CO2-neutral. No more reliance on natural gas! The entire Netherlands is making the switch. Towards smarter, cleaner, and more sustainable energy. Everyone has their own reasons for doing so. Some want to contribute to a better climate, others switch because their neighbours are doing it, or because they find joy in saving energy, and we're doing it now!

At Eneco, we want to help everyone to take the next sustainable step. And we are looking for the best people who can make that possible. People who are enthusiastic about our mission of 'sustainable energy for everyone' and who want to further develop their talents at Eneco. We want everyone to be able to participate effortlessly in the energy transition. This can only happen if we better assist our customers, remove barriers for them to become more sustainable by listening and understanding their true needs.

Digital innovations help the market align supply and demand and make it as easy as possible for users. Data plays a crucial role in this. From the Data & Technology Services department, we are working to make Eneco a data-driven organization that bases its decisions and actions on customer, product, asset, and market data.

What you’ll do

In Data & Technology Services, the Data Services department is responsible for executing data projects for the Business and fuelling the growth of data capabilities by acting as an incubator for the development of data products.

As Lead data engineer, you have an essential role in transforming Eneco's projects into stable, robust productionized data driven applications. The lead data engineer shapes the Data Engineering team together with the Product Owner and Manager. This requires a deep understanding of how data pipelines behave in production, and use this knowledge to enable implementation, optimization, and maintenance of complex data flows. You are an enabler who plays a pivotal role in the 'democratization' of data: you help to retrieve, store, transform and disclose data for use in data driven solutions.

Is this about you?

You like solving complex issues, but you do not lose sight of being able to properly maintain the data product. Where necessary, you coach your colleagues in realizing and maintaining data products.

  • At least 5 years of relevant work experience in a Data Engineering role.
  • Academic work and thinking level.
  • For us, it is important that you bring experience with Cassandra, PostgreSQL. TimescaleDB is nice to have. 
  • Next to this, we would like you to have experience in CI/CD, Snowflake, Azure, Kafka, Kubernetes and Java.
  • Knowledge of concepts/components such as warehouse, data lake, data mesh, data vault, data fabric, and streaming solutions.

You’ll be responsible for

  • Building and maintaining data pipelines, note that this may require working in the evening or weekend.
  • Stay up to date with the latest technologies to deliver the most efficient solutions for the business.
  • Support the Product Owner and Manager in growing and developing the Data Engineering team
  • Act as thought leader on Data Engineering within the organization. This requires staying up to date on the latest developments.

This is where you’ll work

You will be working in the Data Service Department, which is part of Data & Technology Services. Data Services has multiple teams, for example Enterprise Data Management, PowerBI Competence Center and Data Warehouse Engineering. You will be part of the Data Engineering team that assist the business in using the various parts of the Enterprise Data Platform effectively to create customer and business value.

What we have to offer

Gross annual salary between €84.000 and €120.000

Including FlexBudget, 8% holiday allowance, and depending on your role a bonus or collective profit sharing.

FlexBudget 

Have it paid out, use it to buy extra holiday days or save it up for something nice, it's up to you.

Personal and professional growth

Eneco is fully committed to help you in your personal and professional development.

Hybrid working, at home or in the office

You work 40% at the office and 40% at home. The other day you decide what works best for you.
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Work that works for you and the climate

If you decide on a career at Eneco, you are choosing ambition, growth and opportunities. You will have all the space you want to improve yourself and do your job the way that suits you best, which includes having a good work-life balance. You can work to a flexible schedule and work partly from home if your role allows it.
That is how you can work on your own future and on the future of the world. After all, you and your 4,000 colleagues are committed to our mission: climate neutrality by 2035. We assist customers to accelerate their sustainability efforts, devise innovative solutions and seize opportunities with both hands. Are you ready?

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Want to know more about this job function?

We understand that you might want to know more before taking the next step in your career. Therefore, we encourage you to get in touch with our recruiter, Mark van Dommelen. Whether you have questions about the interview process, the specific tasks and responsibilities of the position, or are simply curious about the company culture, we are ready to answer all your questions.



For the recruitment of this position, we prefer to handle the process internally and do not wish to collaborate with external parties.

Questions about the application procedure

Feel free to contact our recruiter:

Mark van Dommelen

+31629185218

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