Lead Data Engineering Architect
Adesso Belgium1 month ago
Brussels, BelgiumStaff+
Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end delivery of Data Platform & Engineering engagements from scoping through closure.
- Act as the primary technical contact for clients and coordinate one to four concurrent engagements.
- Own architecture decisions, delivery plans, technical risks, dependencies, escalations, and scope changes.
- Design and evolve scalable, secure, maintainable, and production-ready cloud data platform architectures.
- Remain hands-on with Python, PySpark, Terraform, Infrastructure as Code, and CI/CD when required.
- Define patterns for ingestion, transformation, orchestration, security, monitoring, deployment, and operational quality.
- Lead architecture reviews, technical assessments, engineering standards, and hands-on quality checks.
- Coach and mentor engineers and support consultant certification and competence development.
- Support technical qualification, solution shaping, architecture, estimation, staffing, planning, and risk assessment for new opportunities.
- Conduct technical interviews and provide go/no-go recommendations for Data Platform & Engineering candidates.
- Identify follow-on client opportunities and contribute to reusable assets, delivery standards, partner activities, and practice leadership.
Requirements
- At least 9 years of experience in Data Engineering, Cloud Data Platforms, Data Architecture, or Technology Consulting.
- Strong expertise in Microsoft Azure and Databricks, with experience delivering modern cloud-based data platforms.
- Solid hands-on experience with Python, PySpark, and modern data engineering practices.
- Experience designing and delivering scalable, secure, and maintainable enterprise data solutions.
- Ability to translate business requirements into architecture decisions and practical delivery plans.
- Experience working directly with clients, leading workshops, and communicating with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Proven ability to coach, mentor, or guide engineering teams.
- Professional fluency in English and native proficiency in either French or Dutch.
- Willingness to work with clients across Belgium and collaborate regularly with the Brussels-based team.
- Experience with Microsoft Fabric and/or Snowflake is preferred.
- Experience with Terraform, Infrastructure as Code, and CI/CD practices is preferred.
- Knowledge of DataOps, DevOps, cloud security, governance, observability, or FinOps is preferred.
- Experience leading delivery teams, coordinating parallel workstreams, supporting pre-sales, solution design, effort estimation, or working in consulting environments is preferred.
- Familiarity with Scrum, SAFe, or PRINCE2 and relevant Microsoft, Databricks, or cloud certifications is preferred.
Benefits
- Hybrid working options and a dynamic workplace at Gare Maritime near Brussels North Train Station.
- Company car with a mobility budget, charging card, net allowance, meal vouchers, insurances, FIP, and 32 days of annual leave.
- Access to more than 400 training courses and a digital learning platform.
- Opportunity to build a Data & AI knowledge center and BENELUX community.
- Work within a small local company supported by the expertise, resources, and reference cases of an international organization.