Databricks Platform Engineer

The Data & AI department at NN Group IT is currently seeking a motivated Senior Data Governance Platform Engineer to become part of our Data Management Services team in the Data & AI Services domain.

The ideal candidate will have proven experience deploying and scaling Unity Catalog (UC) in large enterprise environments, along with deep expertise in data governance frameworks and tools.

Your Impact as Databricks Platform Engineer: What are you going to do

You will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining a secure, well-governed, and high-performance data governance and management environment across the organization.

Key responsibilities include:

• Manage and innovate the Databricks Unity Catalog and Collibra Data platforms used across the company within the focus area of Data Governance.

• Facilitate the use of these platforms, providing support and maintaining communication with data engineers and other technical stakeholders, enabling them to create innovative data solutions and products with our Data Governance solutions.

• Implement data lineage tracking, audit logging, and access monitoring, ensuring transparency and compliance.

• Enable self-service data access capabilities in line with business needs and data protection standards.

• Partner with cross-functional teams to integrate Unity Catalog with other data governance and management tools (e.g., Collibra, RDM etc.).

• Pro-actively enhance the infrastructures availability and stability, which includes monitoring and reliability management tasks and develop and deploy automations through CI/CD pipelines on Azure Cloud.

• Carry out Operations & Service Delivery including Change Management, Configuration Management, Life-cycle Management (LCM), and solving complex incidents and problems.

• Ensure Platform Security and Compliancy is maintained following the company policy requirements and procedures.

The team you’ll join:

Our Data Management Services team is made up of dedicated Platform engineers committed to delivering secure, reliable, scalable, and robust data platforms for the extensive network of NN data engineers. We take charge of both engineering the platforms and their maintenance, striving for cost-efficiency and dependability and work together with the other teams in our Data & AI Services department to provide a seamless user experience.

Structured in three focus groups, you will be part of the Data Governance group. Our mission is to manage the entire platform through a multifunctional team with the goal of achieving customer satisfaction. We foster a welcoming and stimulating work environment. Teamwork and mutual support are core to our operation, as we aim to produce quality work and service. We encourage an inclusive culture and maintain an informal workplace with a multicultural atmosphere.

What do we offer?

As part of our Employee Experience, we offer you a range of competitive benefits that are available to you in order to improve the physical, mental, and professional wellbeing of our workers. Among the benefits are:

• We work with a hybrid model

• Starting financial aid so you can equip your workspace at home

• Allowance and telework subventions

• Flexible working hours and 2 months of intensive working hours in summer so you can fully take advantage of your time

• We hire a life insurance and a pension plan for all our employees

• We establish objectives bonus as a performance reward

• You can get to the office as you please. We have a free parking lot for cars, motorbikes, electric cars with chargers, and bikes.

• Get to know our flexible retribution facilities such as transport card, nursery checks, health insurance with Sanitas, trainings…

• We care about people. That is why we are involved in society by facilitating volunteer actions and time to all our employees.

• We care about your wellbeing. We have a Wellness Program available.

• We are digital and we love technology. Also, every team works under agile methodology.

Who you are:

• You have a bachelor’s or master’s degree and thinking level.

• 5+ years of experience in data platform engineering or data governance roles in large-scale enterprise environments.

• 1+ years of hands-on experience with Databricks Unity Catalog, including configuration, automation, and policy enforcement.

• Proficient in Python, SQL and CI/CD tools (e.g., Azure DevOps).

• Solid understanding of metadata management, data lineage, and data cataloging concepts.

• Strong knowledge of data access patterns, RBAC/ABAC models, and security best practices for cloud data platforms.

• Good command of spoken and written English. 

• Demonstrably developed problem-solving ability.

• Collaboration skills and you are a good communicator

• Experience in agile (Scrum) way of working.

Optional qualifications:

• Experience using Bash, Azure CLI, PowerShell, REST API and Terraform is an advantage.

• Databricks Certified Platform Administrator or Databricks Solution Architect is an advantage

• Knowledge and skills regarding security and compliancy are an advantage.

• Knowledge and skills on Collibra and other Data Governance tools are an advantage.

• Experience using multicloud (Azure, AWS, GCP) is an advantage.

If you are a passionate and experienced Data Governance Platform Engineer looking for an exciting opportunity to work in a dynamic and challenging environment, we encourage you to apply for this position. We are waiting for you!

Please send your CVs in English language.

In Nationale-Nederlanden we are committed with diversity. We are proud to be an inclusive organization and we offer equal opportunities, regardless of race, cultural background, gender, gender identity, religion, national origin, age, disability, marital status, and sexual orientation. One of our core values is taking care of our employees so they can give their best within a respectful environment.