Freelance Senior Data Engineer
Summary
Freelance senior data engineer building the data backbone for Itenium's clients: developing and optimizing data pipelines and orchestration on Microsoft Fabric and Azure (ADF), building API integrations, and applying medallion/metadata-driven data modeling in an Agile/Scrum team. Hybrid split between client office and remote work in Belgium.
Are you a Data Engineer who wants to make real impact with data?
At Itenium, you help build the data backbone of our clients. You turn raw data into reliable insights, create scalable pipelines and work with the latest cloud technologies.
- Develop, manage and optimise data pipelines and dataflows on Microsoft Fabric and Azure
- Extend Azure Data Factory and set up orchestration for complex data flows
- Build integrations with APIs and external systems
- Contribute to data modelling and architecture, applying a medallion architecture and metadata-driven frameworks
- Safeguard data quality, reliability and availability by monitoring daily runs
- Collaborate with BI specialists and IT colleagues in an Agile/Scrum team with daily stand-ups
Who we are looking for
Experience
You are a senior data engineer with several years of experience and a strong Microsoft background. You bring proven experience with Microsoft Fabric (including migrations and capacity monitoring), Azure data engineering (ADF, Azure Analysis Services), Power BI, Python, PySpark, SQL, CI/CD and knowledge of MCP servers.
Languages
Fluent in Dutch, comfortable in English.
Hybrid: you split your time between the client's office and remote work, with occasional travel to two other sites.
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