ICT Data Engineer

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sound software and data engineering practices, including version control, automated deployment, testing, documentation and reusable components. Design and build solutions with performance, security and maintainability in mind.

Delivery & ownership

Take hands-on ownership of the implementation and quality of data engineering solutions, from understanding source data and requirements to building, testing, deploying, monitoring and continuously improving reliable data solutions. Analyze technical challenges, propose practical solutions and implement them within the agreed technical and architectural principles. Continuously improve existing data solutions by applying simplification, standardization and sound engineering practices to increase quality and maintainability.

Collaboration & continuous improvement

Collaborate with business analysts, reporting specialists and application teams to understand source data, business context and analytical requirements. Contribute your engineering perspective to discussions around data architecture, modelling, performance, security and governance, and translate agreed principles into working solutions. Share technical knowledge and experience with colleagues and contribute to common standards, reusable patterns and engineering best practices within the team. Keep up with relevant developments in data engineering and help assess where new technologies or approaches can create value for VIB.

Your profile

You have several years of relevant professional experience in data engineering or a closely related technical data role. You have a bachelor’s or master’s degree, or equivalent through experience. You have a solid experience in designing and implementing data pipelines, transformations and data models. You have a solid understanding of modern data platform concepts, including data warehouses and/or lakehouses. You have strong SQL skills and are comfortable working with large and complex datasets. You have a good end-to-end understanding of data solutions and how different components work together. You are able to analyze technical challenges, propose practical solutions and take ownership of their implementation. You take a pragmatic approach to building solutions and understand the importance of maintainability and reuse. You enjoy collaborating with colleagues across technical and functional domains and are able to explain technical concepts clearly. You are comfortable working in an environment where technologies and practices continue to evolve. You are fluent in Dutch and English, both written and spoken.

Your skills and capabilities

Experience in one or more of the following areas is considered an asset:

Modern cloud-based data platforms and their engineering capabilities, with hands-on experience with Microsoft Fabric considered a strong asset. Programming or scripting for data engineering, for example using Python or PySpark. Software engineering practices such as Git, CI/CD and automated testing. API-based and other application integration patterns. Semantic modelling and business intelligence platforms such as Power BI. Data quality, lineage and monitoring. Data governance and security principles in modern data platforms.

Our offer

An open-ended contract.
Competitive salary based on experience and expertise. A strong salary package with multiple benefits (e.g. internet allowance, meal vouchers, smartphone, hospitalization insurance, eco-cheques, group insurance, …). You will work within an innovative, challenging and international working environment in the large life-sciences network of VIB.

We offer
opportunities for personal development. Taking additional training and courses is certainly possible if relevant to the performance of the job. Our offices are located at VIB headquarters in Ghent. Possibility of homeworking (2 days/week), with balance between working from a remote location and from the office. We are flexible regarding work location and

working hours
. We are an organization that values diversity in backgrounds and in experiences. Diversity not only includes race and gender identity, but also nationality, age, disability status, sexual orientation, religion and many other parts of one’s identity. VIB is therefore looking for candidates who share a passion for science that generates an impact on society and care deeply about supporting each other's growth.