Data Operations Specialist

Do you have extensive experience as a Data Operations Specialist and want to join a dynamic and innovative organization? You will play a pivotal role in ensuring the seamless flow, accuracy, and security of our organization's data assets and operations. Your primary responsibilities will include implementing and maintaining data quality standards, managing data integration processes, and enforcing data governance policies. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including data analysts and IT professionals, to understand data requirements and implement effective operational solutions. The role involves but is not limited to database management, monitoring data processes, and implementing automation to enhance operational efficiency.

As a key contributor to our data ecosystem, you will champion data quality initiatives, identify and resolve discrepancies, and develop strategies to improve overall data integrity. Your expertise will be crucial in establishing and enforcing data governance policies, safeguarding sensitive information, and ensuring compliance with industry standards. In addition, you will have the opportunity to shape the future of our data landscape by staying abreast of emerging technologies and implementing best practices. If you are a detail-oriented and innovative professional with a passion for data operations, we invite you to join our team and make a meaningful impact on our organization's data-driven success. Apply now to embark on a rewarding journey where your skills will be at the forefront of driving data excellence.

• Degree in a STEM related field (such as computer science, information technology, data engineering, etc.)
• Minimum of three years of hands-on experience in a similar role in a similar business environment (preferably energy markets).
• Extensive experience with Azure cloud solutions and services. Knowledge of AWS and GCP is a pre.
• A good understanding of data warehousing (such as Snowflake), DBT, and ETL/ELT processes.
• Familiarity with different data platforms and technologies such as relational/NoSQL databases, data storage solutions such as blob, and data streaming solutions such as Kafka, etc.
• Experience with programming languages, data quality, and data operation monitoring tools.
• Experience with data visualization and reporting tools such as Power BI, Grafana, etc.
• Able to communicate empathetically with business and technical stakeholders.
• Strong oral and written presentation skills in English. Communication skills in Dutch are a pre.
• Possess a customer-friendly disposition and can get a solid understanding of business requirements via collaborative discussions with business teams.
• A solution-driven analytical mindset combined with design thinking skills to conceive custom workflows meeting business requirements for validation/quality monitoring and alerting for data processes.
• Possesses an enthusiastic and proactive personality and takes ownership and accountability of the undertaken work.
• Keen interest in new and upcoming technologies, methodologies, and concepts linked to data operations and processes.

• You have a customer-friendly disposition and can get a solid understanding of business requirements via collaborative discussions with business teams.
• You can develop and manage the EET data quality program and associated governance strategy to improve the reliability of data processes and the quality of resulting data.
• You can collaborate with EET IT teams (and their tech leads if applicable) to design data monitoring and validation pipelines to ensure robust process/quality checks and alerting for data related processes.
• You are also involved in ensuring that the data monitoring and validation pipelines are set up following the data governance and security frameworks advocated by the Eneco central IT departments as per the federated governance pillar of the Data Mesh framework.
• You engage with other architects at EET and Eneco to assist in creating a landscape that meets the current and future data quality, monitoring and alerting needs of EET.
• You assist in increasing the data maturity of EET business and IT teams to make them aware of best practices in the areas of data operations, ownership, stewardship, and other aspects.

Eneco Energy Trade (EET) is the international trading division of Eneco. It has a diverse team of about one hundred and thirty driven and highly educated employees who work on an optimal market vision that supports Eneco's sustainability goals. EET offers a dynamic and complex work environment that provides a lot of opportunities for taking personal initiatives and generating insight. We communicate fast and openly with each other in an informal, transparent, and collegial atmosphere.

Within EET, the business and IT organization collaborate closely to achieve our ambitious objectives. In a fast-changing energy landscape, you and your team shape contribute actively to the energy transition by pursuing challenging but attainable targets. We reward you for this with our good and modern employment conditions, which you can partly design yourself.

By joining EET, you automatically become part of the Eneco community. Working at Eneco means working at a sustainable company where we pursue a new world. A world that is smarter, better, cleaner, more fun, and more livable. We do this together with more than 3,000 colleagues, according to 'the new way of working', in a beautiful modern building: Eneco World. We work from the values of Customer First, Together, and Trust & Responsibility. Eneco World is easy to reach: a two-minute walk from Rotterdam Alexander metro and train station.