Data Ops Engineering Team Lead

Orange Business; Haren; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Orange Business is seeking a Data Ops Engineering Team Lead - Consultant to lead a team of 10-15 consultants in delivering data engineering projects across cloud environments. You will guide strategy, drive delivery, and mentor staff while maintaining strong client relationships as a trusted consultant.

The role emphasizes leadership, data management, SQL/Python skills, and experience with Docker/Kubernetes/Terraform/Airflow in modern data platforms.

Qualifications

• Master's or PhD in Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, Engineering or related field.
• At least 5 years of experience as Data/DevOps/Software Engineer.
• Strong data management knowledge (databases and ETL).
• Proficiency in SQL and Python.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of 10-15 consultants.
• Define and implement the team strategy with data leads.
• Foster an innovative, excellence-driven culture and growth plans.
• Recruit new resources and align skills with objectives and market needs.
• Support sales and pre-sales activities with staffing insights and solutions.
• Optimize staffing based on performance and client needs.
• Continue contributing as a consultant on data engineering projects.

Skills

Data management

SQL

Python

Team leadership

Cloud data tools

Education

Master's or PhD in Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, Engineering, Business Engineering, Physics or related field

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

Airflow

Job description

Data Ops Engineering Team Lead - Consultant

Permanent

FR or NL + EN

Our Digital & Data division at Orange Business is a dynamic community of expert consultants revolutionizing Customer Experience, Cloud, Data, and AI across various sectors, including retail, finance, manufacturing, life sciences, and public services.

With more than 30 years of expertise, we remain at the forefront of innovation, transforming business across industry with the full potential of vanguard Data technologies at scale in a sustainable way.

Check out some of our ongoing projects:

• At Carrefour Orange Business ensures the seamless operation and evolution of the Data Platform, managing both analytical and operational data flows with a focus on reliability and performance. We handle diverse workloads, including batch and stream processing. By processing everyday terabytes of data that feed dashboards and web APIs, we empower Carrefour to leverage data-driven insights and support their business growth.

• Big Pharma International Company: Orange Business migrated a Drug Discovery Data Platform hosted on-premises from a Hadoop stack to Azure. During the migration, we improved various data flows to reduce processing time, implemented proactive data quality checks, and optimized the CI/CD pipelines. Our efforts resulted in a more efficient and reliable platform, allowing scientists to quickly and safely assess the potential of tested molecules for new drugs development.

• For Paradigm, Orange Business created a data platform and a unified set of tools for all public sector to conduct data projects, with a focus on Kubernetes and DevOps processes to enable self-service and standardization. We were able to handle many projects from all administrations, ranging from API management to data processing & analytics, as well as data science modelling.

What You’ll Do

All the responsibilities we’ll trust you with

Your role will involve the management of our Data Ops team as a highly skilled data engineer. You will take on a leadership role while continuing to deliver strong value to our customers through your work as a consultant on data engineering projects, developing, testing, and continuously deploying data solutions in cloud environments.

• Team Leadership: Mentor and manage a team of 10-15 consultants while building a strong team spirit through regular follow-up and team activities.

• Strategy: Define and implement the team strategy in collaboration with the other data team leads within the Data & Cloud chapter.

• Culture & Development: Foster a positive, innovative, and excellence-driven culture while supporting consultants’ growth through guidance, motivation, and tailored training plans.

• Recruitment & Capability Building: Contribute to team growth by recruiting new resources and aligning skills with company objectives, market evolution, and sector needs.

• Sales & Business Development: Support sales and pre-sales activities by responding to staffing requests, RFIs, and RFPs, and by contributing innovative solutions for prospects and clients.

• Consultant staffing: optimize staffing based on company performance, client needs, and individual ambitions.

• Consulting & Delivery: Continue contributing as a consultant on data engineering projects, helping clients solve data challenges while shaping the Cloud & Data offering.

Who you are

What matters most for this role

Your interests & soft skills

• Interest in digital transformation and data-driven solutions
• Initial experience in a leadership role.
• Proactive mindset and outside the boxthinking to tackle challenges.
• You are able to explain technical concepts to a non-technical audience.
• You excel in interpersonal communication and know how to have a professional and commercial approach with customers.
• You value collaboration as a way to succeed
• Strong communication and presentation skills in French and/or Dutch + English

Your technical expertise

• A master’s degree or PhD in Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, Engineering, Business Engineering, Physics or any related field

• At least 5 years of relevant experience as a Data/DevOps/Software Engineer.

• A strong interest in data management (databases systems and ETL processes).

• Programming: A strong SQL and Python knowledge.

• Deployment and Orchestration: Experience working with deployment and orchestration technologies (i.e., Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Airflow, etc.).

• Data-Oriented Mindset: you possess a good knowledge of data modeling and data-architecture core concepts.

It is not a requirement, but other preferred qualifications would be

• DevOps methodologies: Familiar with DevOps practices, automation tools, and continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines.

• Programming Concepts: Understanding of object-oriented programming concepts, data structures, and algorithms.

• Cloud and Data tools: Experience with a cloud provider or data processing tools (Databricks, Snowflake, Synapse, etc.)

• Experience with AI-driven data delivery, including the use of AI capabilities to accelerate, automate, and improve data engineering outcomes.

Interests and soft skills we value

What success looks like

We seek individuals who embody our values - Caring, Responsible and Bold. You thrive on ambitious goals, collaborate openly, and make a meaningful impact with integrity. We value professionals who combine deep expertise with a passion for learning, innovation, and exceeding expectations. If you show initiative, accountability, and support your colleagues, you’ll flourish with us. Excellence comes from people who lead by example and pursue personal and professional growth.

Why you should join us

Some of the rewards of working at Orange Business

• Acommunity of experts- as Digital Natives, we put innovation at the heart of ourexpertise.Continuously seekingnew ideas, we proudly host regular Guild workshops and knowledge-sharing sessions through our Data Meetups.

• A place to strengthen both technical depth and professional skills (communication, ownership, stakeholder collaboration).

• Exposure toreal-world client contexts and business challenges where your work has visible impact.

• Real opportunity to grow your autonomy and career growth possibilities.

• We may work with tomorrow technology, but at our core we are apeople-oriented organization. We value quality, feedback, continuous improvement, as much as collaboration, openness, inclusivity and well-being at work.

• Hybrid way of workingandmodern&collaborative office in Brussels.

• Compelling advantagesincluding a yearly bonus scheme, a flexible mobility with possibility for a housing budget,representationand expense allowances