Data Engineering Lead
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Job summary
Infosys is a global leader in digital services and consulting, with a strong presence in Australia. The Data Engineering role focuses on defining, shaping, and leading data engineering solutions for Australian Federal Government clients, emphasizing presales leadership and modernization strategy.
The position requires deep data engineering expertise, cloud platform experience, and advisory skills to work with senior stakeholders.
Qualifications
- 12+ years of data engineering consulting experience.
- Proven experience in data solution architecture and presales for public sector or regulated environments.
- Direct experience with Australian Federal Government clients strongly preferred.
- Cloud data platform certifications (e.g., Azure, AWS, GCP, Databricks, Snowflake) are desirable.
- Ability to obtain or hold an Australian Government Security Clearance (Baseline or higher).
- Experience developing pre-sales prototypes or proof-of-concepts (including GenAI/agentic data pipelines) to support solution validation (desirable).
Responsibilities
- Own the end-to-end data engineering solution architecture across presales and delivery phases.
- Lead discovery, fit-gap, and solution-shaping workshops with Federal Government clients.
- Assess existing data platforms and legacy data landscapes and define modern data platform adoption options (cloud data warehousing, lakehouse, streaming).
- Drive and support presales activities including RFP/RFI responses, solution documentation, and executive-level presentations.
- Act as a trusted advisor to CDOs, CTOs, SES stakeholders, and program sponsors.
- Promote data engineering best-practice and standardization to maximize value and reduce debt.
- Provide architectural governance and design oversight to delivery teams.
- Mentor Data Engineers and Solution Architects and contribute to Public Sector Data & AI practice.
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Job description
Infosys is a global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting. Over 320,000 of our people work to amplify human potential and create the next opportunity for people, businesses and communities. We enable clients in 59 countries to navigate their digital transformation. With over four decades of experience in managing the systems and workings of global enterprises, we expertly steer clients, as they navigate their digital transformation powered by cloud and AI. We enable them with an AI-first core, empower the business with agile digital at scale and drive continuous improvement with always-on learning through the transfer of digital skills, expertise, and ideas from our innovation ecosystem. We are deeply committed to being a well-governed, environmentally sustainable organization where diverse talent thrives in an inclusive workplace.
Infosys is a global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting. Over 320,000 of our people work to amplify human potential and create the next opportunity for people, businesses and communities. We enable clients in 59 countries to navigate their digital transformation. With over four decades of experience in managing the systems and workings of global enterprises, we expertly steer clients, as they navigate their digital transformation powered by cloud and AI. We enable them with an AI-first core, empower the business with agile digital at scale and drive continuous improvement with always-on learning through the transfer of digital skills, expertise, and ideas from our innovation ecosystem. We are deeply committed to being a well-governed, environmentally sustainable organization where diverse talent thrives in an inclusive workplace.
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The Data Engineering is a senior, client-facing role responsible for defining, shaping, and leading enterprise data engineering and data platform solutions for Australian Federal Government clients. The role has a strong focus on presales leadership, data platform modernization strategy, and trusted advisory engagement with senior public sector stakeholders.
Melbourne, Australia
AUD 129,311- 142,018 Annual Gross
Please Note: - The above salary range is only indicative and may be subject to suitable enhancements, based on internal company processes
Flexible working arrangements (hybrid, reviewed case-by-case basis). Feel free to connect with your recruiter to learn more about how this works in practice.
- Own the end-to-end data engineering solution architecture across presales and delivery phases.
- Lead discovery, fit-gap, and solution-shaping workshops with Federal Government clients.
- Assess existing data platforms and legacy data landscapes and define pragmatic modern data platform adoption and transformation options (cloud data warehousing, lakehouse, and streaming architectures).
- Drive and support presales activities including RFP/RFI responses, solution documentation, and executive-level presentations.
- Act as a trusted advisor to CDOs, CTOs, SES stakeholders, and program sponsors.
- Promote data engineering best-practice and standardization (e.g., medallion architecture, DataOps, CI/CD for data pipelines) to maximize business value and reduce technical debt.
- Provide architectural governance and technical design oversight to delivery teams.
- Mentor Data Engineers and Solution Architects and contribute to Public Sector Data & AI practice and capability growth.
- Deep expertise in modern data engineering: batch and streaming ETL/ELT pipelines, data lakehouse and warehouse architectures (e.g., Databricks, Snowflake, Azure Synapse, BigQuery).
- Strong experience with Public Sector data solutions including data governance, master data management, data classification, and data sovereignty requirements.
- Understanding of Federal Government data governance frameworks, protective security requirements (PSPF/ISM-aligned), and Australian Government data policy.
- Experience designing or advising on high-volume data ingestion, real-time streaming, and data quality/reconciliation solutions.
- Strong understanding of legacy-to-cloud data migration strategies, tooling, risks, and adoption approaches (conceptual and advisory).
- Experience developing pre-sales prototypes or proof-of-concepts (including GenAI/agentic data pipelines) to support solution validation (desirable).
- 12+ years of data engineering consulting experience, including leadership of large and complex data programs.
- Proven experience in data solution architecture and presales for public sector or regulated environments.
- Direct experience with Australian Federal Government clients strongly preferred.
- Cloud data platform certifications (e.g., Azure, AWS, GCP, Databricks, Snowflake) are desirable.
- Ability to obtain or hold an Australian Government Security Clearance (Baseline or higher).
- Excellent customer-facing skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Strong attention to detail and outstanding analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Income Protection Insurance
- Paid Parental and Volunteer leaves
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Flexible working arrangements (hybrid, reviewed case-by-case basis)
- Health Insurance Discount and Well-being Program
- Access to Fitness and Gym Memberships
- Salary packaging and novated leasing
Our recruitment and selection process is designed to create the best match for both you and Infosys. Depending on the role, it may include an initial screening, technical or functional interviews, and conversations focused on cultural alignment and shared values. We are committed to making the experience transparent, respectful, and engaging at every step.
At Infosys, we recognize that everyone has individual requirements. If you are a person with disability, illness, or injury and require adjustments to the recruitment and selection process, please contact our Recruitment team for adjustment either via email at Infy_REC_Helpdesk@infosys.com or by calling 1-866-472-0935. Alternatively, you can include your preferred method of communication in your email, and someone will be in touch.
"All aspects of employment at Infosys are based on merit, competence and performance. We are committed to embracing diversity and creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Infosys is proud to be an equal opportunity employer."
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