Senior BI/Data Engineer — Data Platform Architect

ACT Group; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

ACT Group seeks a Senior BI/Data Engineer to modernize and scale our enterprise Data Platform. You will own key components, design scalable data pipelines and models, and shape the platform roadmap with a focus on architecture, automation, performance and cost efficiency.

You will work with Microsoft Fabric, Synapse Analytics, Databricks and Power BI to deliver trusted semantic models and insightful analytics while collaborating across teams and stakeholders.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of data engineering experience with cloud platforms.
• Hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure or another major cloud platform.
• Hands-on experience with modern data platforms such as Microsoft Fabric, Azure Synapse Analytics, Databricks or Snowflake.
• Strong SQL skills and practical experience with Python for data engineering, automation or testing.
• Strong understanding of modern data architectures, including data warehouses, data lakes and Lakehouse patterns.
• Strong data-modelling skills, particularly relational and dimensional modelling.
• Ability to design, troubleshoot and optimize data transformations, SQL workloads and data pipelines for performance, reliability and maintainability.
• Experience with Power BI, semantic models or comparable analytics and visualization technologies is an advantage.
• Experience with Git, automated testing and CI/CD practices for data and analytics solutions.
• Experience with Azure services such as Azure Data Factory, Azure Functions, Logic Apps, Synapse Analytics or Azure Automation is an advantage.
• Knowledge of streaming, event-driven architectures or real-time analytics is an advantage.
• A collaborative and proactive mindset, strong communication skills, and the ability to take ownership while continuously learning and sharing knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Own and continuously improve key components of ACT's Data Platform architecture and engineering standards.
• Design and implement integrations for new source systems and build reliable, maintainable data pipelines.
• Design, implement and document enterprise data models, including relational and dimensional models.
• Develop, optimize and operate data pipelines and orchestration using technologies such as Azure Data Factory, Microsoft Fabric, Azure Functions and Logic Apps.
• Plan and execute data migrations with appropriate validation, reconciliation, data-quality controls and operational monitoring.
• Contribute to the modernization of the Data Platform using Microsoft Fabric and, where appropriate, Databricks and other modern data technologies.
• Develop and maintain trusted semantic models that enable scalable Power BI reporting, analytics and emerging AI use cases.
• Translate business requirements into sustainable technical solutions and communicate design choices clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Demonstrate data and analytics solutions to business stakeholders and support adoption through clear documentation and knowledge sharing.

Skills

SQL

Python

Data pipelines

Cloud platforms

Power BI

CI/CD

Data modelling

Databricks

Microsoft Fabric

Azure Synapse

Snowflake

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/IT/Data Engineering

Tools

Azure Data Factory

Azure Functions

Logic Apps

Azure Synapse Analytics

Databricks

Snowflake

Power BI

Git

CI/CD tooling

Job description

ACT Group seeks a Senior BI/Data Engineer to modernize and scale our enterprise Data Platform. You will own key components, design scalable data pipelines and models, and shape the platform roadmap with a focus on architecture, automation, performance and cost efficiency.

You will work with Microsoft Fabric, Synapse Analytics, Databricks and Power BI to deliver trusted semantic models and insightful analytics while collaborating across teams and stakeholders.