Faction Lead - Data Ops Engineering

Orange Business Services; Evere; Hybride; EUR 90 000 - 130 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Hybrid work in Brussels

Yearly bonus scheme

Housing budget & allowances

Résumé du poste

Orange Business Services in Brussels seeks a Faction Lead Data Ops Engineering - Consultant to guide a team of 10–15 consultants and drive the data platform strategy across multiple customers. You will partner with sales, delivery, and data teams to shape the Cloud & Data offering and ensure high-quality data solutions.

You bring 5+ years in Data/DevOps/Software engineering, strong SQL/Python, and hands-on Docker/Kubernetes experience, with fluency in French and/or Dutch and English.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree or PhD in Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, Engineering, Business Engineering, Physics or related field.
• At least 5 years of relevant experience as a Data/DevOps/Software Engineer.
• Strong SQL and Python knowledge.
• Deployment and Orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Airflow, etc.
• Data modeling and data-architecture core concepts.

Responsabilités

• Team Leadership: mentor and manage a team of 10–15 consultants and foster team spirit.
• Strategy: define and implement the team strategy with data & cloud leads.
• Culture & Development: promote a positive, innovative culture and support consultant growth.
• Recruitment & Capability Building: recruit resources and align skills with market needs.
• Sales & Business Development: support staffing requests, RFIs/RFPs and propose data solutions.
• Consultant staffing: optimize staffing based on demand and goals.
• Consulting & Delivery: continue hands-on data engineering work on client projects.

Connaissances

Team Leadership

Strategy

Recruitment

Client engagement

Communication

Languages: FR/Dutch/EN

Data engineering

DevOps

Formation

Master's degree or PhD in Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, Engineering

Outils

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

Airflow

Databricks

Snowflake

Description du poste

Faction Lead Data Ops Engineering - 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.

Interested in taking part in this exciting journey? Please take a look at the following requirements and let’s meet up if that matches your profile!

What You’ll Do:

All the responsibilities we’ll trust you with

• 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 - Agile, Expert, Together, and Authentic.
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’s technology, but at our core we are a people-oriented organization. We value quality, feedback, continuous improvement, as much as collaboration, openness, inclusivity and well-being at work.
• Hybrid way of workingandmodern&collaborativeoffice in Brussels
• Compelling advantagesincluding a yearly bonus scheme, a flexible mobility with possibility for a housing budget,representationand expense allowances...