Cloud/Platform Engineer – Azure Data Platform

NTek Software Solutions; Antwerpen; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

NTek Software Solutions seeks a hands-on cloud engineering specialist with strong Azure, Databricks, Terraform, and CI/CD fundamentals. You will own platform automation, build reusable infrastructure modules, and drive deployment pipelines across data workloads.

Collaboration with data engineering and analytics teams, excellent English communication, and a pragmatic, ownership-driven approach are required. Responsibilities include platform security, reliability, observability, and cost

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with Azure cloud infrastructure.
• Terraform/IaC experience with reusable modules and lifecycle management.
• Git and code review practices.
• CI/CD pipeline design and troubleshooting.
• Databricks architecture and Unity Catalog understanding.
• Workspace administration and access management.
• Azure networking, VNets, DNS, Private Endpoints, and firewall concepts.
• RBAC, Entra ID, and workload identity federation basics.
• GitOps tools such as Argo CD or Flux in practice.
• Data platform engineering, lakehouse concepts, and Spark.
• Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions for automation.
• Monitoring and observability tooling knowledge.
• Infrastructure automation and reusable module development.

Responsibilities

Skills

Azure Cloud Infra

CI/CD

Git

Troubleshooting

Ownership

English communication

Automation

Databricks

Azure networking

Data platform engineering

Tools

Terraform

Docker

Kubernetes

AKS

Helm

Argo CD

Flux

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

Unity Catalog

MLflow

Apache Spark

Azure Data Factory

Job description

Work Regime: Full-time, 2–3 days onsite per week

Languages: English and Dutch C1/C2/Native

• Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure Cloud Infrastructure.
• Solid experience with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code (IaC), including reusable modules and infrastructure lifecycle management.
• Strong understanding of Git, branching strategies, pull requests, and code reviews.
• Proven experience designing, implementing, and troubleshooting CI/CD pipelines.
• Databricks architecture and Unity Catalog.
• Workspace administration and access management.
• Compute, networking, and infrastructure automation.
• Platform-level troubleshooting and architectural decision-making.
• Strong problem-solving skills, technical ownership, and the ability to investigate complex issues independently.
• Excellent written and verbal English communication skills.
• Azure networking, VNets, DNS, NSGs, Private Endpoints, and Azure Firewall.
• Microsoft Entra ID, RBAC, Managed Identities, and workload identity federation.
• Docker, Kubernetes, AKS, Helm, and GitOps tools such as Argo CD or Flux.
• Data platform engineering, lakehouse architecture, MLflow, Apache Spark, and Azure Data Factory.
• Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, scripting, monitoring, and observability tools.
• Design, implement, and maintain Azure infrastructure using Terraform.
• Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation.
• Develop reusable infrastructure modules and standardized platform components.
• Support data engineering, analytics, AI/ML, and application workloads.
• Improve platform security, reliability, observability, and cost efficiency.
• Troubleshoot infrastructure and deployment issues while collaborating with engineering teams.

Ideal Candidate: A hands-on engineer with strong Azure, Databricks, Terraform, and CI/CD fundamentals, demonstrating technical depth, automation-first thinking, ownership, and a commitment to quality.