Business Data Engineer

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Boskalis is seeking a Business Data Engineer to join the Abu Dhabi team onsite, collaborating with the Netherlands based colleagues to develop maintain and enhance Power BI dashboards and SharePoint solutions. You will translate diverse business questions into actionable BI outcomes, build scalable data models, write robust DAX formulas and Power Query transformations, and ensure data quality while delivering clear user friendly dashboards. Candidates should bring strong Power BI expertise and ideally SharePoint knowledge, plus experience with SQL Excel APIs and cloud platforms; a PL 300 Power BI certification is advantageous. Dutch is the team language but English is required. To apply, submit your CV and cover letter online, expect online and on site interviews, and beware of visa fee scams.

Company Description

Working at Boskalis is about creating new horizons and sustainable solutions. In a world where population growth, an increase in global trade, demand for (new) energy, and climate change are driving forces, we challenge you to make your mark in finding innovative and relevant solutions for complex infrastructural and marine projects.

Within a vibrant company culture, you will be working as part of a diverse, international team of experts. We offer you the opportunity to realize your full personal potential and expand your professional career by creating new horizons. Together!

Job Description

As a Business Data Engineer, you will provide technical support for Power BI and SharePoint within Boskalis Nederland. You will work closely with our Netherlands-based team and support us in developing, maintaining, and enhancing technical applications on both platforms. Our team gathers questions and digital requirements from across the organization and projects; you translate these into effective solutions in Power BI and SharePoint.

Your Responsibilities as Business Data Engineer are:

Business Intelligence; Technical Skills:

• Develop, maintain, and optimize dashboards and reports in Power BI.
• Build efficient and scalable data models tailored to business information needs.
• Write robust DAX formulas and Power Query transformations.
• Design dashboards with strong visualization and UX/UI principles, ensuring clarity, usability, and user-friendliness.
• Experience working with different data sources (SQL, Excel, SharePoint, APIs, cloud platforms).
• Improve data pipelines and ensure strong data quality. Proactively finding solutions for business questions into actionable BI solutions.
• Possessing the Microsoft Power BI certification; PL 300; Power BI Data Analyst Associate, is considered as an advantage.

 SharePoint; Technical Skills: SharePoint functional:

• Site architecture (tenant, sites, webs), modern pages, web parts.
• Lists & libraries: content types, site columns, view optimization, JSON column/row/form formatting.
• Permissions & governance: SharePoint groups vs. Entra ID roles, external sharing policies
• Automation with Power Automate (SharePoint triggers/actions, webhooks)

Knowledge from:

• Build web parts and extensions (Application/Field/Command sets)
• Microsoft Graph endpoints (Sites/Drives/Lists/Users/Groups/Search)
• Backend integration patterns via Azure Functions

Your qualities:

You can make your mark as a Business Data Engineer if you have:

• Proven expertise in Power BI is a requirement for this position; familiarity with SharePoint is considered an advantage.
• Experience with Agile and DevOps working methodologies is considered an advantage.
• A proactive and professional attitude, with the ability to initiate and maintain communication with the Information Advisors in the Netherlands.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities, translate inquiries into reliable technical solutions.
• The working language in the team is Dutch; proficiency in English is required and knowledge of Dutch is considered a plus.

Qualifications

What you can expect 

• Career opportunities: We challenge you every day to get better. Together we realize your full personal and professional career by creating development opportunities.
• Warm welcome: We warmly welcome our new colleagues, so they feel at home as soon as possible. During your online onboarding program, we give you all the ins and outs of Boskalis!
• Career development: Plenty of opportunities to realize your full potential. Challenge yourself with (online) courses in our Boskalis academy.

Extra information

• Your team: Combined connection between the Abu Dhabi IT and -BKN team, as well as our team in the Netherlands.
• Where you will work: You will be working from our Abu Dhabi office.
• Full/part-time job: The function of Business Data Engineer is a full-time position.
• Procedure: Apply easily by filling in the online application form. We conduct job interviews online and at the office. If we both think we are a good match after these interviews, we will make you a nice offer. Are you happy with that? Welcome aboard!

Additional Information

Want to know more?

We are more than happy to answer your questions about the position, please contact Melisha Nazareth, Corporate Recruiter via our career page.

Interested? Please apply by filling in your details and by uploading your cover letter and CV on our careers site. 

Please note: Boskalis never requests a financial contribution to arrange visas or other documents related to a job vacancy. Be wary of individuals who pretend to be our recruiters and ask for such contributions. 

Disclaimer for Recruiters and Recruitment Agencies 

We appreciate your interest in our vacancies and understand that your candidate might be enthusiastic about this exciting opportunity. However, our recruitment process is not structured this way; at Boskalis, we handle recruitment ourselves. Therefore, we do not accept unsolicited applications or CVs from recruitment agencies. Any submission will be treated as a direct application. 

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