Senior Data Engineer – Microsoft Fabric
East Flanders
Digital - Data
Work experience: 7-10
Reference number: 92286
You will take a hands-on lead role in the implementation of Microsoft Fabric within an existing data environment. Your focus is to design, build, and operationalize a production-ready Fabric foundation while actively transferring knowledge to an internal data team. This is not a conceptual or advisory role. You will deliver working solutions, establish best practices, and ensure long-term ownership through structured coaching and handover.
Your responsibilities include:
- Leading the end-to-end implementation of Microsoft Fabric, from initial setup to production-ready workloads.
- Designing and implementing a Medallion Architecture within Fabric, aligned with industry best practices.
- Building scalable and reliable data pipelines using Python notebooks and Fabric Data Engineering components.
- Implementing ETL / ELT workflows across data ingestion, transformation, and consumption layers.
- Integrating Power BI into the data development lifecycle, including version control and DevOps-oriented workflows.
- Establishing development standards, patterns, and guidelines for Fabric-based solutions.
- Delivering hands-on coaching, workshops, and knowledge transfer sessions to upskill the internal data team.
- Collaborating with internal stakeholders to ensure smooth adoption and long-term ownership of the platform.
- Preparing documentation and implementation examples to support sustainable future development.
What are we looking for?
- As an experienced Data Engineer, you have hands-on, production experience implementing Microsoft Fabric end to end.
- You have proven experience designing and delivering a Medallion Architecture in a modern data platform.
- You have strong, hands-on experience with Python, notebooks, and modern data engineering workflows.
- You have recent experience building data lakes and high-volume data transfer pipelines.
- You have practical experience with Microsoft BI technologies, including Power BI.
- You are familiar with DevOps practices applied to data and analytics workflows.
- You are comfortable leading implementation work while remaining fully hands-on.
- You are fluent in English and professionally proficient in Dutch or French.
What do we offer?
Location: Ghent (hybrid); secondary location Brussels
Work mode: Hybrid
Contract: Freelance or Permanent
Duration: 5 January 2026 – 31 December 2026 (12 months)
Workload: Full-time
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