Data Engineering Lead: Enterprise Platform & AI Governance

Davidson; Geelong; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Barwon Water is seeking a Data Engineering Lead to shape the direction and maturity of its data engineering, architecture, analytics, data science and governance capabilities. Reporting to the Head of Digital Engineering, you will lead scalable, secure data platforms.

You will build high‑performing teams, influence senior stakeholders and translate complex data challenges into sustainable business outcomes, with a focus on trusted data foundations and reusable data products.

Qualifications

• Experience leading a small data engineering team.
• Strong experience with Microsoft Fabric and Azure (lakehouse, warehouse, data pipelines).
• Experience implementing data governance, cataloguing and data quality practices (Microsoft Purview ideal).
• Track record of building automated, tested and repeatable data pipelines.
• Strong knowledge of data architecture and secure, scalable data foundations.
• Experience with Power BI semantic models and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of scalable, secure and trusted data platforms across Barwon Water’s enterprise data capability.
• Shape the direction of data engineering, architecture, analytics, data science and governance capabilities.
• Build high‑performing teams, influence senior stakeholders, and translate complex data challenges into sustainable business outcomes.

Job description

Barwon Water is seeking a Data Engineering Lead to shape the direction and maturity of its data engineering, architecture, analytics, data science and governance capabilities. Reporting to the Head of Digital Engineering, you will lead scalable, secure data platforms.

You will build high‑performing teams, influence senior stakeholders and translate complex data challenges into sustainable business outcomes, with a focus on trusted data foundations and reusable data products.