Faction Lead - Data Ops Engineering

· 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

A community of experts - as Digital Natives, we put innovation at the heart of our expertise.

Continuously seeking new 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 to real-world client contexts and business challenges w here 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 working and modern & collaborative office in Brussels

Compelling advantages including a yearly bonus scheme, a flexible mobility with possibility for a housing budget, representation and expense allowances...

Ready to build with us?

We screen applications on an ongoing basis, with the aim of conducting conversations and interviews as we receive them.

Interested but feel that you don ́t match the criteria 100%?

We encourage you to apply anyway!

Your perfect match might be the next job we are announcing, so why not have a head start and apply now!

Apply with your CV and (if available) links to GitHub, portfolio, or examples of work that reflect your experience.