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# Lead data platform architect 12 months contract

- **Company:** Belmont Lavan Ltd
- **Location:** Amsterdam, Netherlands
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Data Analysis, Microsoft Azure, Clinical Data Repository, Information Engineering, Data Governance, Extract Transform Load (ETL), Graph Database, Python (Programming Language), PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server, MongoDB, Neo4j, Scrum Methodology, Power BI, Cloud Services, SQL Databases, Data Processing, Azure Data Factory, Microsoft Fabric, Streamlit Framework, Databricks
- **Published:** July 4, 2026
- **Apply:** https://nl.talent.com/redirect?id=625249665400182289&source=vacant&utm_medium=xml&utm_campaign=marketing&utm_product=vacantnew_bulk&oapply=org_v2026-07&puid=3dea3deegddbgddefddc3de73deagdda3deb3dec3deg3deg3def3de83dee3dee3de83de7ged33def3degged29ddg3degaddgeddgdddgdddg7ed3gcdbdbdb8bde9ed3fd&pos=7&xml_batch_generation_id=3c738d0e-e145-4ef5-8b89-4a89c68b894a&falcon=1&pid=194cfc6bdef8&bpid=e7bda4ee3f3ba5a55e95ea8586cd9ad8

## About the Role

Required (Must-Have)

 * 8+ years in data engineering, with substantial Life Sciences / pharmaceutical experience.
 * Proven delivery of cloud data platforms on Azure and Databricks; familiarity with Microsoft Fabric.
 * Strong proficiency in Python and SQL, plus ETL/ELT orchestration (Azure Data Factory).
 * Hands-on experience with CDISC standards (SDTM, ADaM) and clinical data workflows.
 * Relational and non-relational stores: SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MongoDB.
 * Data governance, access control, and sensitive/anonymised data handling.
 * Team leadership and Agile delivery (Scrum, SAFe, Kanban).

Preferred (Nice-to-Have)

 * OMOP CDM and real-world data standardisation experience.
 * Omics / bioinformatics data and large-scale scientific datasets.
 * Graph databases (Neo4j) and knowledge-graph modelling.
 * BI & visualisation: Power BI, Metabase, Streamlit.
 * Certifications (Preferred) Databricks Certified Data Engineer (Associate / Professional) Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Engineer / Fabric Analytics Engineer Associate Neo4j Certified Professional Professional Scrum Master (PSM I / II)

Soft Skills

 * Cross-functional collaboration with scientific and business stakeholders.
 * Clear communication of technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
 * Multilingual capability for global study support (an asset).

Team leadership and Agile delivery (Scrum, SAFe, Kanban)

Strong proficiency in Python and SQL

clinical data workflows

Pharmaceutical experience

ETL/ELT orchestration

SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MongoDB

Proven delivery of cloud data platforms on Azure and Databricks

8+ years in data engineering

Azure DataFactory

Data governance, access control, and sensitive/anonymised data handling

Hands-on experience with CDISC standards (SDTM, ADaM)

Microsoft Fabric

Preferred skills

OMOP CDM and real-world data standardisation experience

Omics / bioinformatics data and large-scale scientific datasets

BI & visualisation: Power BI, Metabase, Streamlit

Graph databases (Neo4j) and knowledge-graph modelling



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