Senior Data Engineer

Scope

Our mission as a Corporate Digital Transformation team is to support EVS activities by improving business processes, managing corporate applications, and structuring and governing corporate data.

At EVS, we are convinced that data is a powerful strategic lever to boost value creation and reinforce our competitive advantage. Our ambition is to become a data‑driven company where every team member feels empowered by trustworthy information to make impactful decisions. Looking ahead, we are preparing the next major step: upgrading our Synapse‑based platform to Microsoft Fabric to enable more innovative AI‑driven use cases. This evolution is fueling a growing demand for reliable data and meaningful insights across the organization. Within this context, we are looking for a Senior Data Engineer to strengthen the data team.

The Senior Data Engineer gathers data from various sources and turns it into clear, integrated information ready for analytics and AI use. He/She delivers robust, well‑documented data products aligned with internal customer expectations, from requirements analysis to solution deployment. He/She also plays an active role in implementing and maintaining the data platform, ensuring that data always remains available and accessible.

Job Description

The Senior Data Engineer will work under the guidance of the Data & BI Coordinator. He will join a hybrid (Liège/Porto) and dynamic data team composed of three Data Engineers and two Data Analysts. He/She will contribute to maintaining and enhancing our data platform while adhering to established development standards.

His/her role will be to : 

• Collaborate with key stakeholders (Data owners, reports owners, data stewards) to understand data requirements and translate them into technical solutions.
• Design and develop data models, data pipelines, and data transformation processes within Microsoft Fabric and DBT.
• Contribute to build new AI agents
• Optimize and tune data processes for performance, scalability and cost efficiency.
• Deploy new pipelines into production (DevOps CICD, ...).
• Contribute to the definition of state-of-the-art data architecture in Azure.
• Implement and maintain robust security solutions to protect data assets.
• Ensure that all relevant technical and functional documentation is up to date.
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and resolve any issues related to data infrastructure and pipelines.
• Act as a referent for other data engineers.

Profile

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 3+ years of experience in data engineering in Microsoft Azure environment.
• Certification DP-600: Fabric Analytics Engineer Associate is a plus.
• Certification DP-700: Fabric Data Engineer Associate is a plus.

Soft skills:

• Strong customers focus with the ability to manage expectations appropriately, constructively challenge requests and build a long-term relationship with key stakeholders. 
• Team player, autonomous and well-organized.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English (French is a plus) 
• Positive, pragmatic, and problem-solving mindset
• Good analytical skills 
• Focused on quality and accuracy.
• Will to learn and continuously evolve. 

Technical skills :

• Must have
  • Proven experience as a Data Engineer or in a similar role.
  • Proficiency with Data Engineering within Azure.
  • Solid experience with data modeling, ETL processes, and lakehouse.
  • Strong knowledge of SQL and Python/PySpark.
• Could have
  • Knowledge in AI engineering (e.g. RAG, LLM, Machine learning, ...)
  • Knowledge of Microsoft Fabric and DBT
  • Power BI
• Nice to have
  • Knowledge of Microsoft D365 (Customer Engagement and Finance & Operations)
  • Experience working with 0365, Atlassian JIRA, Confluence, Azure DevOps and UML diagrams/BPMN annotations will ease the onboarding.
  • SSIS, SSAS, SSRS 

Offer

Becoming Part of the EVS Team not only means that you will receive a competitive salary in line with your skills and the market, but also a range of other additional wellness and healthcare benefits. Our flexible schedules and hybrid way of working (homeworking) policies will help you preserve your work-life balance. EVS will give you the tools to develop your skills and your career by giving you the opportunities of internal mobilities and a wide range of trainings. We encourage our motivated talents with a friendly, lively, and inclusive environment.Check out our website if you want to know more about why you should join EVS !