Data Platform Engineer - Investment Management IT Infrastructure

PGGM; Zeist; Hybrid; EUR 57,000 - 97,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Thirteenth month

PFZW pension

Fit for the Future budget

Training budget

More than 26 vacation days

Work-from-home options

Internet allowance

Home office setup allowance

Job summary

PGGM is seeking a Data Platform Engineer to design, implement and manage a scalable Snowflake-based data platform for our investment management IT infrastructure. You’ll ensure security, reliability and scalability, apply data mesh principles, and work with Snowflake, dbt, Azure and IaC to build a future-proof platform.

You will collaborate with Data Engineers, DevOps, Cloud and security experts within a DevOps setup, helping evolve the data platform, manage related data stores, and support

Qualifications

• Higher professional education or university level, through education or experience.
• Knowledge of and/or affinity with asset management.
• 4 – 10 years of experience in a similar role/function.
• Experience in drafting implementation plans and translating requirements into technical solutions.
• Strong communication skills (at least C1 level in Dutch and English).
• Business analysis skills to translate stakeholder needs into concrete infrastructure solutions.

Responsibilities

• Design & implementation: You build and maintain a robust cloud infrastructure that enables our data organisation to operate at full strength.
• Optimisation & scalability: You ensure that the infrastructure is scalable, secure and reliable.
• Automation: You implement and manage Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions and automated deployment pipelines.
• Monitoring & management: You manage, monitor and test the infrastructure to ensure stable operations.
• Advice & innovation: You test and apply new technologies to take the infrastructure to the next level.
• Collaboration: You work closely with other Data Engineers, DevOps Engineers, Cloud Engineers and security experts.

Skills

Snowflake

dbt

PowerShell

Bash

Python

Git

Azure DevOps

Terraform

Bicep

Kubernetes

Education

Higher professional education or university level

Tools

Snowflake

dbt

PowerShell

Bash

Python

Git

Azure DevOps

Terraform

Bicep

Kubernetes

Azure Cloud

Job description

Your role

As a Data Engineer, you play a key role in designing, implementing and managing the infrastructure of our self-service Snowflake Data Platform. You ensure that the infrastructure can scale with growing data needs, remains robust under heavy load and strictly complies with security requirements. The organisation is being set up to work according to data mesh principles, and the data platform supports this way of working. You stay up to date with the latest developments and how they could be applied. You work closely with the team and users to ensure that all platform processes run smoothly and are optimally supported. With your expertise in Snowflake, dbt, Azure and Infrastructure as Code (IaC), you help build a future-proof platform for data-driven decision-making.

• Data Platform Engineer - Investment Management IT Infrastructure
• Workplace: our office in Zeist/Den Haag and, from the middle of 2028, in the center of Utrecht.
• Professionals

Your responsibilities

• Design & implementation: You build and maintain a robust cloud infrastructure that enables our data organisation to operate at full strength. Your choices in architecture, security and automation have a direct impact on the performance and reliability of the platform.
• Optimisation & scalability: You ensure that the infrastructure is scalable, secure and reliable.
• Automation: You implement and manage Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions and automated deployment pipelines.
• Monitoring & management: You manage, monitor and test the infrastructure to ensure stable operations.Advice & innovation: You research and implement innovative solutions that make the platform more efficient, secure and faster. You are given the freedom to test and apply new technologies that take the infrastructure to the next level.
• Collaboration: You work closely with other Data Engineers, DevOps Engineers, Cloud Engineers and security experts to continuously improve the platform.

Your department

You will become part of the IT Data Infrastructure team within PGGM Investment Management. This team consists of 10 colleagues and manages and develops the data platform that serves as the central hub for data exchange, modelling and analytics. This platform forms the foundation for data-driven decision-making within the organisation and is continuously improved and expanded to meet the growing needs of the business. In addition, our team is responsible for managing the SimCorp Dimension data warehouse, the Risk Datastore and Crystal Reports. The team follows a DevOps way of working: we build it, we run it!

Technical skills

• Data platform knowledge: Snowflake and dbt (must have).
• Scripting & automation: PowerShell, Bash, Python.
• Version control & CI/CD: Git, Azure DevOps (Repos & Pipelines).
• Azure Cloud expertise: Compute, Networking & Storage.
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Terraform, Bicep, PowerShell.
• Containerisation: Kubernetes.

What you bring

• Higher professional education or university level, through education or experience
• Knowledge of and/or affinity with asset management
• 4 – 10 years of experience in a similar role/function
• Experience in drafting implementation plans and translating requirements into technical solutions.
• Strong communication skills (at least C1 level in Dutch and English).
• Business analysis skills to translate stakeholder needs into concrete infrastructure solutions

We offer

At PGGM we are proud of our core values: trust, teamwork and innovation. At PGGM, you can count on:

• A pleasant workplace at our office in Zeist/Den Haag and, from the middle of 2028, in the center of Utrecht.
• A gross monthly salary in scales 16 or 17 between €5117,- and €8705,- based on 36 hours, depending on your knowledge and experience.
• A thirteenth month.
• A good pension scheme as a member of the PFZW pension fund (71% paid by PGGM, 29% by the employee).
• An annual Fit for the Future budget of €300 net, which you can use to improve your mental, physical, or financial fitness.
• A generous training budget for internal and external training courses or education.
• More than 26 vacation days (employees can choose to swap up to two national Christian holidays for a day that is important to them).
• Flexibility in working hours and working from home options.
• A net internet allowance of €45 per month (€540 per year).
• Group discount on supplementary health insurance (21% in 2024) and dental insurance (15% in 2024).
• A work-from-home arrangement with a maximum allowance of €900 to set up a health and safety-compliant home office.

PGGM and Hybrid Working

At PGGM, we have created a hybrid working environment that enables us to combine flexibility with collaboration. Our employees have the opportunity to work both in the office and remotely, depending on their personal preferences and the nature of their work. By offering hybrid working, we aim to give our employees the freedom to shape their own working style, while at the same time retaining the benefits of a shared workplace.

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