We are looking for a Data Engineer to join our team based in Hoofddorp, Netherlands.
About Barentz
Barentz is a leading global life science and specialty performance ingredients distributor. The company sources branded specialty ingredients from leading manufacturers worldwide and its ingredient experts provide value-added technical support which includes pre-mixing, blending, ingredient formulation, and ingredient testing from its state-of-the-art, customized formulation centers, and application laboratories in EMEA, Americas and Asia-Pacific.
Established in 1953, Barentz has operations in more than 70 countries with a strong presence in Europe and North America and a rapidly growing network in Latin America and Asia-Pacific. With a turnover of €2.5 billion, the company employs over 2,600 people worldwide and serves more than 25,000 customers. For more information, visit: www.barentz.com.
About this role
Job Purpose
As a Data Engineer, you work on the back end of the DnA platform and on developing various reporting chains. This is a new future state environment with many large data sets, complex logic, and full dynamics due to new techniques and upcoming changing legislation and regulations (ESG).
You are studious and love learning on the job. Become the Data Engineer who achieves great results together with your team with excellent analytical and technical skills! You ensure the implementation of data solutions in a consistent, qualitative, and maintainable manner in accordance with the frameworks and guidelines. Your specialty is the transformation and integration of complex and large data structures. You are not only thinking about the current assignment but also about good solutions for a future sustainable, flexible, and robust data platform for Barentz.
Key accountabilities and decision ownership:
- Implement, and standardize end-to-end global data solutions to facilitate advanced customer journey orchestration data solutions within the Data and Analytics Core Platform.
- Ingest, transform, and validate data from multiple sources.
- Facilitate and challenge businesses to provide the necessary data/solutions to support and optimize customer journeys, regulations & financial insights.
- Make sure that data pipelines and data products are high-performing, automated, and monitored, following the CI/CD practice and the DevOps approach.
- Team up with the scrum team(s) on solutions and developments.
- Provide support by writing documentation and tutorials as well as providing guidance to users with a variety of technical skills.
About You
Core competencies, knowledge, and experience:
- Customer orientation - Recognises customer needs and interests and takes them into account in actions.
- Analytical thinking - Understands an issue, situation, or problem by analyzing and interpreting data, which is ultimately translated into a decision, solution, conclusion, or the cause of a problem.
- Problem-solving ability - Separates problems into sub-areas and analyses information effectively. Recognizes the causes of problems and proposes realistic and practical solutions to address them.
- Progress monitoring - Checks own activities and those of others for content and progress in the interim. Identifies deviations and adjusts if necessary.
Must have technical/professional qualifications:
- A bachelor's or master’s in computer science, Computer Engineering, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- At least 2 to 3 years of relevant experience in a similar role.
- Knowledge of (and ideally certification in) Azure or cloud-based applications and pipelines.
- Strong knowledge of data engineering languages (Python, PySpark, SQL, PowerShell, Bash, Bicep/Terraform).
- Solid experience with data engineering technologies (Fabric, MS SQL, SQL Pool, Synapse analytics, Data Factory, Azure data lake, Azure functions, Azure event grid, Databricks, DBT).
Key performance indicators:
- Definition, prioritization, and planning of DnA capabilities.
- Tangible value creation using the data through the Barentz organization.
- Successful implementation of these capabilities
Why Barentz?
Barentz is a great company to work for, with a positive and warm company culture, and a One Team, One Goal mentality. It is an inspiring multinational company, with fast-growing market segments and global coverage.
- Competitive package including 27 days annual leave + bonus structure
- An inspiring multinational company in a fast-growing and innovative business
- Commuting allowance, up to 50 Kilometers one way
- Flexible and hybrid working environment
- Fringe benefits like private health care, private pension scheme, company Fitness scheme, etc.
Interested?
If you feel excited reading the above and want to join our journey, please send your resume in English, by using the apply button. Any questions regarding this position, please contact Jill.Lan@barentz.com
Job ID: No.125