Senior Data Platform Engineer & Tech Trainer

Xccelerated | Part of Xebia; 's-Hertogenbosch; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Growth path towards internal Lead role

25 vacation days

Shape training and onboarding program

Weekly technical training days

Company laptop and top-tier tools

Delicious lunches and coffee

Job summary

Xccelerated is seeking a Senior Data Platform Engineer to lead cloud data platform initiatives for a large energy client. You’ll design, build and operate scalable AWS-based infrastructure and contribute to architecture and roadmap, while spending one day a week coaching consultants.

Four days per week you’ll work hands-on on the platform, and one day on training, with a clear path toward an internal Lead role. Fluency in English is required; Dutch is a plus.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Cloud, IT, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in Platform/Cloud/Data Engineering or DevOps.
• Strong experience with AWS cloud services.
• Hands-on experience with Terraform (Infrastructure as Code).
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
• Enjoy explaining, training and coaching others, and you're able to assess technical talent.
• Familiar with Snowflake, Databricks, Airflow, dbt or Kafka is a plus.
• Fluent in English; Dutch is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement secure, scalable cloud infrastructure on AWS.
• Build and manage infrastructure using Terraform.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines and automation (Python).
• Keep platform stable, observable and cost-efficient.
• Enable data scientists and data engineers to productionize pipelines.
• Contribute to the architecture and roadmap of the data platform.
• Provide technical training to consultants in Data & Cloud.
• Coach and guide consultants in their development.
• Share best practices and raise the technical bar.
• Grow towards an internal Lead role with more ownership.

Skills

5+ years of experience in Platform/Dev

AWS cloud services

CI/CD pipelines

Training & coaching

English fluency

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/IT/Cloud

Tools

Terraform

Snowflake

Databricks

Airflow

dbt

Kafka

Job description

Xccelerated is seeking a Senior Data Platform Engineer to lead cloud data platform initiatives for a large energy client. You’ll design, build and operate scalable AWS-based infrastructure and contribute to architecture and roadmap, while spending one day a week coaching consultants.

Four days per week you’ll work hands-on on the platform, and one day on training, with a clear path toward an internal Lead role. Fluency in English is required; Dutch is a plus.