Our client is facing one of its biggest challenges: enabling the energy transition and supporting the massive electrification of society while ensuring a reliable, affordable and sustainable electricity system. Within Grid Development (GD), this requires establishing the digital, data and analytical foundations needed for smarter investment decisions, faster study execution and more resilient grid planning, including a trusted and transparent scenario management capability.
The SGS (Scenarios & Grid Studies Solutions) product line in Grid Development is responsible for providing the digital capabilities that support the full lifecycle of scenario and grid studies management. SGS ensures the efficient handling of scenario and study data, delivers advanced grid calculation and analysis tools to streamline simulations and assessments, and manages system needs, planning storylines, long-term grid development portfolios, and user-facing planning workspaces.
By integrating these capabilities within a single product organization, SGS enables a consistent, efficient, and data-driven approach to grid planning and decision-making. In this framework, our client is looking for an experienced data scientist/data engineer to support the product team following the service described below.
Service Description
We are looking for a data scientist / data engineer, to support the digital solution team, “Scenarios & Grid studies Solution” (SGS), within the Grid Development (GD) of our client for the following tasks (non-exhaustive):
- Design, develop and maintain scalable data pipelines on Azure and Databricks.
- Collect, transform and integrate data from multiple internal and external sources.
- Ensure data quality, consistency, traceability and governance across the data platform.
- Manage and optimize Azure Data Lake, Databricks workspaces and distributed data processing environments.
- Develop data models and datasets to support grid studies, scenario management and business analytics.
- Enable and support AI, Machine Learning and advanced analytics use cases by providing trusted and well-governed datasets.
- Explore and implement AI-driven solutions to improve data quality, automate processes and enhance decision-making.
- Implement monitoring, automation and performance optimization of data workflows.
- Collaborate with business stakeholders to translate data requirements into technical and AI-enabled solutions.
- Maintain technical documentation in Markdown and Confluence.
Requirements
- Fluent in Python (Pandas, Polars) with proven project experience.
- Knowledge of R (particularly data.table) is considered as a strong asset.
- Fluent with advanced Excel features and VBA.
- Advanced knowledge of SQL and data access frameworks.
- Knowledge of outscaling technologies (e.g., Databricks, Azure, PySpark) is required.
- Good understanding of scalable and distributed data processing.
- Ability to develop and maintain data pipelines, analytical datasets, and data products.
- Experience building dashboards and reporting solutions using Power BI or Streamlit.
- Ability to transform complex data into actionable insights and KPI monitoring tools.
- Familiarity with AI/ML concepts and AI-enabled data solutions is an asset.
- Experience with Git and collaborative software development practices.
- Strong focus on code quality, maintainability, and knowledge sharing.
- Experience documenting solutions using Markdown and Confluence.
- Prior experience in the energy sector, power systems, or grid planning is a strong plus.
- Bachelor's degree in IT, Computer Science, Data Engineering, or equivalent experience; Master's degree is a plus.
- Fluent in English; knowledge of Dutch and/or French is a strong advantage.
Additional Information
- Location: Monnoyer and Empereur Building
- Onsite presence: By default, a physical presence on site is required for 3 days per week.
Important: for non-EU candidates, please present candidates who comply with the following criteria:
- Possess a work permit allowing the individual to work in Belgium.
- Hold a valid residence permit confirming the right of residence in Belgium.