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# Data engineer

- **Company:** TNO
- **Location:** Utrecht, Netherlands (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** €4,100.0 - €5,900.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Data Analysis, Cloud Engineering, Databases, Continuous Integration, Information Engineering, Graph Database, Python (Programming Language), Machine Learning, OpenShift, DataOps, Software Engineering, Large Language Models, Generative AI, Containerization, Data Lakes, Kubernetes, Information Technology, Data Lineage, Machine Learning Operations, Docker
- **Published:** September 9, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.tno.nl/nl/werken-bij-tno/vacatures/2026/09/data-engineer/?apply=true#vacancy-form

## About the Role

* Een afgeronde hbo- of wo-opleiding in bijvoorbeeld Informatica, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Data Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Geoinformatica of een vergelijkbare richting.
 * Minimaal vijf jaar relevante ervaring als Data Engineer, MLOps Engineer, Platform Engineer of Software Engineer.
 * Ruime ervaring met Python en het ontwikkelen van schaalbare data pipelines voor grote datasets.
 * Ervaring met data lakes of lakehouse-architecturen.
 * Ervaring met containerisatie en infrastructure-as-code, bijvoorbeeld Docker en Kubernetes.
 * Ervaring met CI/CD-processen en deployment management.
 * Kennis van data lineage, data provenance, versiebeheer en reproduceerbare data- en modelworkflows.
 * Ervaring met het beheren en operationaliseren van applicaties in een enterprise omgeving.
 * Goede communicatieve vaardigheden en het vermogen om samen te werken met collega's uit verschillende disciplines.
 * Pré: ervaring met GitOps, MLOps, model registries, model observability, OpenShift, databasebeheer of cloud-native architecturen.
 * Pré: ervaring met data science of machine learning projecten, het integreren van LLMs of Generative AI-componenten, werken binnen een onderzoeks- of innovatieomgeving of affiniteit met geodata, ruimtelijke datasets of aardwetenschappelijke toepassingen.

## Description

Als Data Engineer bouw je aan de technische basis waarmee data scientists, geologen, modelleurs en adviseurs betrouwbare data- en AI-oplossingen kunnen ontwikkelen en gebruiken in productieomgevingen. Je werkt in multidisciplinaire teams en vertaalt innovatieve ideeën naar schaalbare, onderhoudbare en toekomstbestendige oplossingen.

Je ontwerpt, ontwikkelt en beheert schaalbare data pipelines voor grote geologische, ruimtelijke en sensordatasets. Ook ontwikkel je AI-ready data producten, bouw je mee aan data lakes en lakehouse-architecturen en werk je aan CI/CD-, DataOps- en MLOps-processen, deployment management en reproduceerbare workflows.


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