Senior Azure Data & DevOps Engineer

at ABN AMRO

📍 Amsterdam, Netherlands

EUR 63,600-90,900 per year

SENIOR

✅ Hybrid

🕙 36-40 hours per week

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Details

Are you passionate about building scalable data solutions and improving engineering standards across teams? Within ABN AMRO's Non-Financial Risk Grid, you will help shape the next generation of data-driven risk applications on Azure. The role focuses on designing, developing, and optimising data platforms and pipelines supporting critical Market Abuse Monitoring processes. You will combine hands-on data engineering with technical leadership while driving standardisation across a diverse application landscape.

Responsibilities

Design, develop, and maintain scalable data pipelines and data integration solutions on Microsoft Azure.
Build and optimise data processing workflows using Azure Data Factory, Azure Databricks, Python, and PySpark.
Support data streams used for Market Abuse Monitoring and other Non-Financial Risk processes.
Standardise Azure DevOps pipelines, deployment processes, and Infrastructure-as-Code practices across teams.
Improve CI/CD processes to increase reliability, security, and delivery speed for applications and data platforms.
Design and implement integrations between applications, databases, and cloud-based data platforms.
Define technical standards and best practices for Azure engineering and data development.
Coach colleagues and help teams adopt modern DataOps, DevOps, and cloud engineering principles.
Identify improvement opportunities within the data landscape and drive implementation.
Balance hands-on engineering with technical leadership in a complex environment with multiple stakeholders and applications.

Working Environment

You will join the Non-Financial Risk Grid, where applications and data platforms support critical risk processes across the bank. The role is part of an international DevOps team working in Scrum teams with two-week sprints. Team members typically meet at the Amsterdam-area office twice per week.

Requirements

Strong Data Engineering foundation and experience building robust, scalable, and maintainable data solutions.
A DevOps mindset focused on automation, standardisation, and continuous improvement.
Experience working with large and complex datasets in business-critical environments.
Ability to define and communicate a technical vision for application and data platforms.
Experience with Azure Data Factory and enterprise-scale data integration solutions.
Experience developing data processing solutions using Python and PySpark.
Experience with Azure Databricks and modern cloud-based data platforms.
Experience designing, building, and optimising ETL/ELT pipelines.
Experience with data streaming, transformation, enrichment, and monitoring processes.
Solid experience with SQL Server and T-SQL.
Experience with Azure DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, and release automation.
Experience driving standardisation and engineering best practices across teams.
Experience designing and implementing integrations between applications and data platforms.
Infrastructure as Code using Bicep and/or ARM templates.
Knowledge of Azure security, governance, and networking concepts.
Experience with Azure App Services, Storage Accounts, Key Vault, and Application Gateway.
Experience with authentication and SSO solutions, including OpenID Connect and SAML.
Experience in financial services, transaction monitoring, surveillance, or risk domains is a strong plus.
Passion for your field of expertise, along with the ability to coach and mentor colleagues.

Benefits

Gross monthly salary of €5,304–€7,577 based on a 36-hour work week, including holiday allowance and a flexible benefit budget.
Excellent pension scheme.
Hybrid working, with working from home possible in consultation with the team; an ergonomic home-office setup is provided.
Five weeks of vacation per year, plus two mandatory days off, with the option to purchase up to four additional weeks annually.
Five “Banking for better days” for personal development or volunteer work.
Development budget of €1,000 per year, which can accumulate up to €3,000.
Annual public transport pass providing free public transportation throughout the Netherlands for business and private use.
Employment conditions governed by the applicable Collective Labour Agreement (CLA).