Data Engineer / Architect, Ghent, BE

Designing modern
data platforms
from the ground up.

Benoit Zwartjes, Data Engineer and Architect with hands-on experience building production-ready pipelines and infrastructure on Microsoft Fabric, Databricks, and Azure. A Master's in Engineering paired with a postgraduate in Applied AI, with a track record of translating business requirements into concrete technical solutions and guiding development teams along the way.

Role Data Engineer & Architect
Based Ghent, Belgium
01 / Selected work

Six platforms shipped across supply chain, advisory, logistics and live entertainment.

Apassionata
Data Architect

Apassionata World produces large-scale theatrical horse shows combining equestrian performance, music, dance and elaborate stage design. Their productions tour major European arenas delivering narrative-driven, immersive live entertainment.

  • Designing and implementing the architecture of the new data platform.
  • Leading development efforts within Microsoft Fabric.
  • Translating business requirements into concrete, working solutions.
  • Managing and maintaining the underlying infrastructure.
  • Providing technical guidance and support to the development team.
Microsoft Fabric Azure DevOps Terraform
01/2026 · Current
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d&p
Data Architect

A Belgian advisory firm offering entrepreneurs one-stop access to accountancy, HR, legal and tax, strategy, and digitalisation support across several regional offices.

  • Defining the architectural foundation and setup of the new data platform.
  • Driving hands-on development across the Microsoft Fabric stack.
  • Converting business needs into actionable technical deliverables.
  • Overseeing infrastructure operations and reliability.
  • Mentoring developers and ensuring delivery quality throughout the project.
Microsoft Fabric Azure DevOps Terraform
08/2025 · Current
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GTB
Data Architect

GTB helps people in Belgium with disabilities or health issues find and keep suitable jobs, offering personalised guidance to both job seekers and employers.

  • Architecture and setup of the new data platform.
  • Microsoft Fabric development.
  • Developing DevOps pipelines.
  • Bringing business requirements to concrete solutions.
  • Managing infrastructure.
  • Guiding juniors on the project.
Microsoft Fabric Azure DevOps Terraform
04/2025 · Current
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Movianto
Data Engineer

A leading European partner in supply chain solutions across pharma, biotech, medical device and diagnostic industries. They needed support developing data pipelines for supply chain data from SAP and several other source systems (IBM, SQL Server, etc.).

  • Developing production-ready Databricks notebooks.
  • Integrating Power BI into a web application.
  • Developing Data Factory pipelines.
  • Managing infrastructure and deployments.
Databricks Microsoft Fabric Azure Data Factory Azure DevOps Terraform
07/2024 · 04/2026
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Jacops
Data Engineer / Architect

Jacops operates in the infrastructure techniques industry, mainly telecom, infra and traffic. They needed a new data platform to report on internal projects and financial data.

  • Architecture of new data platform using medallion architecture and Kimball dimensional modelling.
  • Integration of the new data platform.
  • Developing and maintaining data pipelines.
  • Microsoft Fabric development.
  • Developing DevOps pipelines.
  • Bringing business requirements to concrete solutions.
  • Managing infrastructure.
Databricks Microsoft Fabric Azure Data Factory dbt Azure DevOps Terraform
11/2023 · 06/2025
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Otamiser
Data Engineer

A team of digital experts bringing a digital revolution to the hospitality market, focused on increasing visibility and revenue for hotel and B&B owners by leveraging technology and knowledge.

  • Building and maintaining dbt models to transform raw data into clean, reliable datasets.
  • Designing and implementing dbt projects following best practices for modularity and reusability.
  • Developing and managing dbt tests and documentation to ensure data quality.
  • Orchestrating data transformation workflows using dbt within the broader data pipeline.
SQL Python dbt
05/2022 · 08/2023
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02 / Skills

The stack, from modelling to production delivery.

Data Engineering
01
SQLdbtPythonSparkDatabricksMicrosoft Fabric
Data Architecture
02
Medallion architectureKimball dimensional modellingLakehouse designWarehouse design
Orchestration
03
Azure Data FactoryDatabricks WorkflowsFabric Data PipelinesDagster
Analysis & Viz
04
Power BIPython visualizations
Cloud Platforms
05
Microsoft FabricMicrosoft AzureDatabricks
DevOps & Infrastructure
06
Git & GitHubAzure DevOpsTerraformCI/CD for data platformsInfrastructure as Code
03 / Background

Engineering roots, AI postgrad, and industry certifications.

2022 · 2023
Postgraduate in Applied Artificial Intelligence
Erasmus Brussels University of Applied Sciences and Arts
Brussels
2021 · 2022
MSc, Electrical Engineering Technology (Automation)
Ghent University
Ghent
2017 · 2021
BSc, Engineering Technology (Electromechanical)
Ghent University
Ghent
Microsoft
Azure Enterprise Data Analyst Associate
Certified
Microsoft
Fabric Analytics Engineer Associate
Certified
Databricks
Certified Data Engineer Associate
Certified
04 / Community

Active as a speaker, blog author, and teacher.

S
Speaking
Dataminds Saturday SBM
T
Teaching
SBM Syntra, Data Analytics
Dutch
Native
English
Fluent
French
Basic
05 / Contact

Let's build something.

Got a platform to architect?
I'd love to hear about it.

info@benolytics.be
Ghent, Belgium
Currently engaged on client projects across Microsoft Fabric and Azure.