Europe's top-5 electricity transmission operator across Belgium and Germany
Elia Group operates 19,349 km of high-voltage transmission infrastructure serving 30 million end users with 99.99% reliability across Belgium and northern/eastern Germany. The tech stack reveals a dual character: CAD and grid-simulation tools (AutoCAD, MicroStation, Tekla, PowerFactory, SCADA) for engineering asset management alongside modern cloud-native infrastructure (Kubernetes, Terraform, Ansible, AWS) and observability tooling (SonarQube, Harness, ArgoCD). Active adoption of CI/CD and BIM, paired with heavy engineering hiring (125 open roles) and projects around protection-system implementation and network-management platforms, signals infrastructure modernization concurrent with energy-transition planning.
Notable leadership hires: Engineering Lead, Lead Engineer
Elia Group is a publicly traded electricity transmission system operator founded in 2001 and headquartered in Brussels. Through subsidiaries Elia (Belgium) and 50Hertz (Germany), the company manages the high-voltage grid backbone connecting generation to distribution networks across continental Europe. The business model centers on balancing electricity supply and demand in real time, maintaining grid reliability, and facilitating market operations. With 1,001–5,000 employees, Elia operates as critical infrastructure; revenue derives from regulated transmission tariffs and ancillary services. Current priorities include managing energy-transition pressures (renewable integration, network expansion) and modernizing legacy operational technology with digital tools and cloud capabilities.
Elia Group operates 19,349 km of high-voltage connections across Belgium and northern/eastern Germany, serving 30 million end users with 99.99% reliability as one of Europe's top 5 transmission system operators.
Engineering tools (AutoCAD, MicroStation, Tekla, PowerFactory, GIS, SCADA), cloud infrastructure (Kubernetes, Terraform, Ansible, AWS), monitoring/CI-CD (SonarQube, Harness, ArgoCD), enterprise systems (SAP, ServiceNow), and enterprise design (Backstage, Sciforma).
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