Data Platform Lead - Microsoft Fabric & Power BI

ictjob.be; Belgique; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

ictjob.be is seeking a Data Analytics - Platform Lead to safeguard the operations, governance and architectural integrity of our enterprise analytics platforms, with a primary focus on Microsoft Fabric and Power BI. Experience with Snowflake is an advantage.

The role blends hands-on platform administration, architecture oversight and stakeholder coordination to keep platforms secure, reliable, and aligned with enterprise standards. You will drive improvements and cost efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Manage platform operations across Microsoft Fabric, Snowflake and related analytics services.
• Review and approve daily access requests and service requests.
• Assess upcoming releases and coordinate platform changes.
• Maintain platform documentation and governance procedures.
• Provide architecture oversight and ensure adherence to standards.
• Review architecture and solution designs and mapping specs.
• Optimize cloud consumption and manage costs per governance.
• Coordinate stakeholders as governance contact and escalation point.
• Drive continuous improvement, reduce risk and promote reuse.

Job description

We are looking for an Data Analytics - Platform Lead to support the operations, governance and architectural integrity of our enterprise analytics platforms, with a primary focus on Microsoft Fabric and Power BI. Experience with Snowflake is an advantage.

This role combines hands-on platform administration, architecture oversight and stakeholder coordination. You'll help ensure our analytics platforms remain secure, reliable, efficient and aligned with enterprise standards.

Responsibilities

• Manage platform operations: Review and approve daily access requests, service requests and platform activities across Microsoft Fabric, Snowflake and related analytics services.
• Assess technology changes: Monitor upcoming releases, evaluate their impact on existing analytics solutions and coordinate communications and necessary platform changes.
• Maintain documentation and knowledge: Keep platform documentation, FAQs, procedures and service desk knowledge articles accurate, current and aligned with security, access management and governance requirements.
• Provide architecture oversight: Review and challenge change requests, represent the platform in Architecture Review Boards and ensure delivery teams follow approved architecture principles, reference designs and platform standards.
• Review technical deliverables: Assess and approve architecture and solution designs, including Asds, Psds and source-to-target mapping specifications.
• Optimize cloud consumption: Manage capacity, workload prioritization, performance and costs in line with platform governance standards.
• Coordinate stakeholders: Serve as the governance contact and escalation point for platform teams, architects, delivery and support teams, and business stakeholders.
• Drive continuous improvement: Identify risks, deviations, technical debt and compliance gaps; coordinate corrective actions; and promote reuse, standardization, automation and adoption of enterprise analytics capabilities.