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# Data Platform Lead

- **Company:** Laco
- **Location:** Diegem (Machelen), Belgium
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Microsoft Azure, Continuous Integration, Information Engineering, Data Infrastructure, Data Systems, DevOps, Python (Programming Language), Cloud Services, SQL Databases, Azure Data Factory, Apache Spark, Git, Microsoft Fabric, Pyspark, Databricks
- **Published:** October 20, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=2ff646d7c97cb322

## About the Role

* You have at least 6 years of experience with cloud data platforms and data engineering, including 3 years of hands-on experience with Databricks and/or Microsoft Fabric and strong expertise in SparkSQL, PySpark, Python, SQL, CI/CD, Git, DevOps and solution architecture
 * You possess a strong commercial feeling: able to take a customer challenge from problem definition to proposal and successfully closed deal
 * You enjoy coaching and guide others in their professional growth, although you do not necessarily need to be a pure people manager, * You bring an entrepreneurial "we can do it" mindset with a strong sense of ownership
 * You have at least 6 years of experience with cloud data platforms and data engineering, including 3 years of hands-on experience with Databricks and/or Microsoft Fabric and strong expertise in SparkSQL, PySpark, Python, SQL, CI/CD, Git, DevOps and solution architecture
 * You possess a strong commercial feeling: able to take a customer challenge from problem definition to proposal and successfully closed deal
 * You enjoy coaching and guide others in their professional growth, although you do not necessarily need to be a pure people manager

## Description

At LACO, you'll have the opportunity to do just that. As a Data Platform Lead, you will help build a business unit: you will define the technical direction, convince clients and elevate a team of consultants to the next level., + Define a technical vision for modern data and analytics platforms on Azure

 + Design scalable, secure and high-performance solution architectures
 + Take on the role of technical lead and guide multidisciplinary teams
 + Make architectural decisions regarding Databricks, Azure Data Platform and Microsoft Fabric
 * Drive business growth
 + From lead to customer: lead key proposals from initial lead to signed contract and convince prospects to partner with LACO
 + Translate customer challenges into robust end-to-end data solutions
 + Define best practices for data engineering and governance to strengthen our delivery capabilities
 + Stay innovative and continuously look for improvements and new opportunities
 * Help people grow
 + Build a strong technical community through knowledge sharing and mentoring
 + Coach and guide your team's professional growth, including performance reviews, compensation and promotions, + Define a technical vision for modern data and analytics platforms on Azure
 + Design scalable, secure, and high-performance solution architectures
 + Take on the role of technical lead and guide multidisciplinary teams.
 + Make architectural decisions regarding Databricks, Azure Data Platform and Microsoft Fabric
 * Drive business growth
 + From lead to customer: lead key proposals from initial lead to signed contract and convince prospects to partner with LACO
 + Translate customer challenges into robust end-to-end data solutions
 + Define best practices for data engineering and governance to strengthen our delivery capabilities
 + Stay innovative and continuously look for improvements and new opportunities
 * Help people grow
 + Build a strong technical community through knowledge sharing and mentoring
 + Coach and guide your team's professional growth, including performance reviews, compensation and promotions, You'll meet one of our team leads or a subject-matter expert. Together, we explore your technical knowledge, your strengths and the topics you feel most confident in. Sometimes we include a small, practical exercise to understand how you think and how approach data challenges.