Azure Data Engineer - Databricks

Silverlink Technologies; Sydney; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Silverlink Technologies in Sydney, Australia is seeking a Senior Azure Data Engineer to design, build, and operate scalable data platforms powering analytics, reporting, and real-time insights.

You will mentor junior engineers, collaborate with product and data science teams, and own architectural decisions to ensure performance, security, and best practices across data pipelines.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with Azure Data Lake Gen2, Synapse and Databricks.
• Proficiency in PySpark / Spark SQL and performance tuning.
• Strong SQL skills including window functions and CTEs.
• Ability to mentor junior to mid-level engineers and communicate trade-offs.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate scalable, secure, high-performance data platforms.
• Develop critical data pipelines powering analytics, reporting, and ML use cases.
• Collaborate with analytics, data science, product and business teams; mentor engineers and drive best practices.

Skills

Azure Data Lake Gen2

Azure Synapse

Databricks

PySpark / Spark SQL

Complex SQL

Mentoring engineers

Azure DevOps / GitHub Actions

Job description

Greetings!!
We have an urgent opening for “Azure Data Engineer\" role in Sydney, Australia.

Location –Sydney, Australia

Duration:- Contract/FT

Must Have Skills:

• Strong hands‑on experience with Azure Data Lake Gen2, Synapse, Databricks
• Solid experience in PySpark / Spark SQL, Databricks performance tuning & job optimization
• Proficient in Complex SQL (window functions, CTEs, execution plans)
• Strong understanding in Mentoring junior and mid‑level engineers, Communicating trade‑offs to architects and product teams
• Experience working with Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions

Nice to Have Skills:

• Experience with Streaming & Real‑Time Data Processing on Designing low‑latency pipelines.
• Exposure to Data Governance & Metadata Management in Data classification & sensitivity labels
• Familiarity with Advanced Python Engineering Practices onPerformance‑aware Python design
• Experience working in Analytics & BI Awareness
• Knowledge of Cloud Cost Optimization & FinOps

Detailed Job Description

The Senior Data Engineer will be responsible for designing, building, and operating scalable, secure, and high‑performance data platforms. The role involves critical data pipelines and architectures that power analytics, reporting, and advanced data use cases such as machine learning and real‑time insights.

The candidate will collaborate closely with analytics, data science, product, and business teams while mentoring engineers and driving engineering best practices across the data organization.

The role combines technical leadership, architecture ownership, and business impact.