Data Engineer

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You'll be joining the Sanctions Tech Innovation team, which is part of the Area Global Sanctions within the Financial Economic Crime Tech department. Our team is all about building, improving, and maintaining data-driven solutions to help with sanctions controls across the bank.

We're a team of data scientists who really focus on developing new AI models and making existing solutions even better, all with a strong foundation in data engineering. We work hand-in-hand with sanctions experts, risk owners, and investigators, turning ideas into production-ready solutions – from understanding the needs to development and deployment.

This specific role is all about DevOps and data engineering within our Sanctions Tech Innovation team. Having experience with sanctions, financial economic crime, and regulatory environments would be a big plus, as would a genuine interest in this field. If you don't have direct sanctions experience yet, we're looking for someone who's really motivated to learn and dive into the domain, because understanding the context is super important for building effective and responsible data solutions.

Your Role

As a DevOps Engineer, you'll be responsible for designing, building, and deploying production-grade data & AI solutions. You'll be working on data ingestion, transformation, orchestration, and deployment, making sure everything is secure, compliant, and ready for the future.

Beyond just delivering, we're looking for someone who:

• Proactively spots issues with data quality, performance, or architecture and sees them through to resolution.
• Takes the initiative to suggest and implement structural improvements that benefit the whole team.
• Actively collaborates with colleagues from different areas and helps foster a sense of shared ownership for our solutions.
• Communicates clearly with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Shares knowledge and contributes to constantly improving how we work.

What You Will Do

As a DevOps Engineer on the Sanctions Tech Innovation team, your main focus will be on the technical engineering side of the AI models and data solutions we develop. While data scientists lead the model logic and analytical design, you'll play a crucial role in ensuring these solutions are built, deployed, and run in a robust, scalable, and compliant manner.

You'll collaborate closely with data scientists and IT engineers from the IT side of FEC Tech, offering input on technical feasibility and design. You'll also take ownership of the data engineering and platform components that allow these solutions to safely make their way into production.

Right now, the team's main priorities include:

• Optimizing the automated closure of false Level 1 detection alerts
  Our real-time detection relies heavily on text matching, which can sometimes result in irrelevant alerts due to coincidental similarities or near-matching names. The lowest quality alerts, which aren't eligible for manual review, are called Level 1. Building on initiatives from recent years, we'll be exploring further methods to identify and close these false-positive alerts.
• Supporting alert investigators for Level 2 detection alerts with AI-generated insights
  We're currently developing a generative AI model to assist alert investigators with more complex alerts (Level 2). Based on the available alert attributes and public information, this model will suggest the most likely alert decision.
• Building structural controls to identify Rabobank clients who have circumvented sanctions restrictions
  The effectiveness of foreign sanctions policies is significantly challenged by intentional or unintentional evasion (e.g., transaction rerouting, obfuscation of involved parties). This requires a new approach to monitoring (groups of) transactions and clients to detect indicators of such behavior. Following successful proof-of-concept work in 2025, we expect to gradually introduce a new activity monitoring model starting in 2026 and beyond.
• Supporting the migration of the platform for Trade Finance sanctions controls
  The last real-time detection still on the legacy NetReveal platform is Pre-Trade Screening. As we migrate to a new platform, we'll assess the extent to which the current screening approach can be replicated. We anticipate that some fundamental changes will be necessary to establish a future-proof set of sanctions controls for Trade Finance documentation.

Activiteiten: As a DevOps Engineer in the Sanctions Tech Innovation team, your focus is on the technical engineering aspects of (AI) models and data solutions developed within the team. While data scientists are primarily responsible for model logic and analytical design, you play a key role in ensuring these solutions can be built, deployed and run in a robust, scalable and compliant way. You work closely with data scientists and IT engineers of the IT side of FEC Tech, providing input on technical feasibility and design, and taking ownership of the data engineering and platform components that enable solutions to move safely into production.

Duur: 24-06-2026 - 18 december 2026 met optie op verlenging

Locatie: Utrecht (hybride)

Duur opdracht: 6 maanden

Startdatum: z.s.m.

ZZP: niet toegestaan

Aanbieden kan tot: 01-07-2026 13:00

Functie Eisen

We're looking for someone with a solid technical background and a proactive approach to their work. Here's a breakdown of what would make you a great fit:

Technical Experience:

• You'll need at least 5 years of experience in DevOps, MLOps, or Data Engineering.
• Experience is key when it comes to deploying statistical models into production. We need someone who understands how to navigate strict policies and governance frameworks, perhaps by leveraging tools like Azure Data Factory.
• Being able to set clear coding standards for production environments is essential, ensuring that code is not only optimized but also production-ready.
• We're keen on experience with Azure Cloud and CI/CD practices, especially using Azure DevOps. This includes designing and maintaining Azure Pipelines for seamless automated testing, deployment, and integration.
• Strong skills in Python and PySpark are a must, along with hands-on experience with workflow orchestration and model management tools like Apache Airflow and MLflow.

Ways of Working:

• We love a proactive mindset! Someone who tackles issues before they become big problems is exactly what we need.
• A strong sense of ownership and responsibility for the team's success is really important to us.
• You should be comfortable communicating effectively with all sorts of stakeholders.
• We're all about collaboration and contributing to a positive team environment.
• An genuine interest in financial crime and sanctions topics is a huge plus. We'd love for you to be motivated to build domain expertise alongside your technical skills.
• Finally, it's important to be comfortable working in regulated, production-critical environments.

Bedrijfsprofiel

Sharing would be appricatied! Paylaşırsanız sevinirim! Do you want to work for our client in The Netherlands? Hollandada ICT alaninda calismak?

Let’s meet! Are you the person we’re looking for?

If you are, we are happy to receive your application including your motivation.

Growing a better world together: You'll already be aware that our client is a financial services provider for 7.1 million customers in 40 countries. But did you know that we aim to contribute to real change with our 'Growing a better world together' mission? We do so in countless ways, such as:

A third of all the food we purchase is thrown away. Together with Nature & Environment, we’re working to increase awareness among consumers of how to reduce food waste. As part of a project with Humanitas, we are helping people who are experiencing financial difficulties to get their household finances in order. Together with ‘Vluchtelingenwerk Nederland’ (the Dutch Council for Refugees), we are helping 1,500 refugees find a suitable job. Interested? Do you want to become the ideal version of yourself? We would love to help you fuel and invest in your career and ambitions in an environment where you keep learning every day. We give you the space to innovate and initiate. In this way, we offer you numerous opportunities to grow and help you exceed your expectations, to do the right thing exceptionally well, and to therefore grow as a professional.

Our client is a financial service provider for 7.1 million customers in 40 countries, you know already. Our Red Team works for all the locations of our client in all these countries. Do you also know that we are working together on a better world? We do this in 101 ways like for example our knowledge and experience of Ethical Hacking and Red Teaming sharing with other organizations and "hackers". That belongs to us at ' growing a better world together '

Arbeidsvoorwaarden

Working conditions: This job role offers a balanced split between operational (run) and project (build) work, with a distribution of 75% operational and 25% project-related tasks. To minimize the impact on business operations, some changes may be scheduled outside of regular business hours. 

Do you want this too? Do you aspire to be the best version of yourself? We are delighted to support your development and invest in an environment where continuous learning is encouraged. We provide you with the freedom to innovate and take initiative. By offering numerous growth opportunities, we help you exceed your own expectations and excel in your work, enabling you to grow both personally and professionally.

Moreover, you can expect the following benefits based on a 36 or 40-hour working week:

• An Employee Benefit Budget equivalent to 10% of your monthly income, which you can use according to your preferences. This budget allows you to purchase additional holiday days or make additional contributions to your pension.
• Flexible working hours and the possibility of location-independent work, depending on the team's planning.
• 100% reimbursement of commuting costs if you travel using public transportation. If you commute by car or motorcycle, you can opt for a commuting allowance.
• A pension scheme with a contribution rate of only 5% from your side.

Let's get to know each other.

Are you the person we are looking for? The new colleague who wants to strengthen our client's team and make a difference for yourself, our customers, and society? We would love to receive your application for this vacancy.

Please note: Even if you don't meet all the criteria mentioned in the profile, but you believe you can fulfill the role effectively, we encourage you to apply. We invest in your growth and development.

Responses to applications are handled in accordance with our vacancy management process.

If you have any questions about the application process, ww will be happy to assist you via email (info@if-solutions.nl) office +31 10 210 87 90 or through the provided application link.

Screening is a standard part of the application process. We assess candidates based on the screening procedures followed by our client to ensure that new employees are reliable and suitable for their roles.

For this vacancy, an individual assessment and skills testing may be included as part of the application process.

We believe that everyone is unique, and it is precisely these differences that help us become an even better bank. That's why we are curious to know more about you.