Director - Platform & Data Engineering | Sydney

Deloitte Services; Sydney; On-site; AUD 300,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

Deloitte Services is seeking a Director of Data & Platform Engineering to lead enterprise-scale data transformation programs, shape technology strategy, and build high-performing engineering teams. You will combine deep technical expertise with executive stakeholder engagement to modernise data platforms and unlock value from Data & AI investments.

Expect a senior, fast-paced consulting environment with a focus on delivering demonstrable AI-enabled outcomes and leading cross-functional delivery

Qualifications

• 15+ years' experience across data engineering, platform engineering, analytics and cloud technologies.
• At least 3 industry certifications across cloud, data, platform engineering or architecture.
• Proven experience leading large-scale data and platform transformation programs.
• Strong consulting and client-facing experience with senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise-scale data transformation programs and shape technology strategy.
• Build high-performing engineering teams and mentor leaders.
• Engage with executive stakeholders to drive client value and outcomes.
• Support business development, solutioning, and strategic pursuits.

Skills

Data engineering

Cloud technologies

Leadership

Client engagement

Strategic thinking

Education

Industry cloud/data/platform certifications

Tools

Databricks

Snowflake

AWS

Azure

GCP

Apache Spark (PySpark)

dbt

SQL

Job description

Job Requisition ID:41567

Director – Data & Platform Engineering

Deloitte’s AI & Data team is transforming how businesses leverage cloud-native technologies to solve complex challenges in data, machine learning, and AI. We’re helping client design and implement their Agentic strategy and drive significant productivity changes and create business value.

A key tenant of our strategy is to work closely with leading technology partners to enable clients to achieve their AI ambition. Deloitte and Databricks have a market leading, global alliance and our work to support clients is growing rapidly.

We are seeking to expand our team with experienced Engineering leadership

How this role brings our table-stakes behaviours to life

Five behaviours are now table stakes across the practice – Be Curious, Reuse and Improve, Validate and Elevate, Reinvent Delivery, and Show, Don’t Tell – mapping to our four performance pillars (Serving Clients; Leading Self and Others; Investing in the Future; Managing the Business). As a Value & Adoption Lead you carry Serving Clients and Show, Don’t Tell most visibly: you reframe client conversations around demonstrable AI-enabled value and make sure every proposal carries a bold, outcome-changing idea. You are measured on the value you create – client outcomes, gross margin and team sales – and you set the standard for how value is articulated, sold and realised.

About the team

Our AI & Data team comprises more than 500 specialist practitioners across Australia, each of whom are constantly curious and excited about combining their business acumen and technological expertise to create AI and data-centric solutions that help solve complex problems and transform or reinvent our clients’ business.

Our AI & Data team work with public and private sector clients, helping them design and implement world-leading solutions and capabilities. From solving air and ground transport network issues through our industry-first Optimal Reality digital twin solution, to bringing automation capabilities to vaccine rollout programs and helping our clients move to a sustainable world, we are the partner of choice for our clients and our alliance vendors.

Our technology relationships with market-leading vendors such as Amazon, Microsoft, Google, Databricks, Snowflake and Informatica enable our practitioners to be at the forefront of new and emerging capabilities and to deliver our suite of services at scale. We are consistently recognised as leaders in Cloud, Data, Analytics and AI, including in the latest analyst reports.

The AI Pioneers, Forward Deployed Engineers and Value & Adoption Leads are the new virtual teams that sit at the leading edge of this practice, ensuring our work stays AI-powered, our clients see real value, and our practitioners stay AI-fluent.

Enough about us, let's talk about you

We are seeking a Director - Data & Platform Engineering to lead enterprise-scale data transformation programs, shape technology strategy, and build high-performing engineering teams. You will combine deep technical expertise with executive stakeholder engagement to help clients modernise their data platforms and unlock value from Data & AI investments.

What you'll bring

• 15+ years' experience across Data Engineering, Platform Engineering, Analytics, and Cloud technologies, including Databricks, Snowflake, AWS, Azure, and/or GCP.
• At least 3 industry certifications across cloud, data, platform engineering, or architecture technologies.
• Proven experience leading large-scale data and platform transformation programs, from strategy through delivery.
• Strong consulting and client-facing experience, with the ability to influence C-level and senior stakeholders.

Technical Expertise

• Deep expertise in Apache Spark (PySpark preferred), SQL, and dbt.
• Experience designing and implementing modern data platforms, including data lakes, lakehouses, and data warehouses.
• Strong experience with data ingestion, integration, and streaming architectures.
• Hands-on experience across AWS and/or Microsoft Azure.
• Strong understanding of databases, cloud-native data platforms, governance, security, and platform engineering best practices.
• Experience defining architecture standards, automation frameworks, DevOps, and CI/CD capabilities.

Leadership & Delivery

• Proven experience leading large delivery teams across complex transformation programs.
• Experience managing senior technical counterparts, architects, and executive stakeholders.
• Track record of mentoring and developing engineering leaders and technical teams.
• Strong commercial acumen with experience supporting business development, solutioning, and strategic pursuits.
• Exceptional communication, stakeholder management, and influencing skills.
• Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, dynamic consulting environment.

Highly Regarded

• Advanced certifications across Databricks, AWS, Azure, GCP, or Snowflake.
• Experience leading enterprise-scale cloud, data, and platform modernisation initiatives.
• Demonstrated practice-building, capability development, and thought leadership experience.

Why Deloitte?

At Deloitte, we focus our energy on interesting and impactful work.We’re always learning, innovating and setting the standard; making a positive difference to our clients and our society. We putcoaching at the heart of what we do, helping our people grow their careers in any direction – whether it be up, moving into something new, or even moving across the world.

We embrace diversity, equity and inclusion.We have a diverse collection of people from differentbackgrounds, with different experiences, gender identities, abilitiesandthinking styles. What binds us together is a shared commitment tovalueeveryone’sperspectiveand to cultivate inclusion; so that our work environment is a safe space we can all belong.

We value in-person connection with our clients and our colleagues.We offer several ways for you to work flexibly so that you can serve your clients, stay connected with your team, and manage your personal priorities.

We help you live and work well.To support your personal and professional life, we offer a rangeperks and benefits, including retail discounts, wellbeingleave, paid volunteering days, twelveflexible working options, market-leading parental leave and return to work support package.

By applying for this job, you’ll be assessed against the Deloitte Talent Standards. We’ve designed these standards so that you can grow in your career, and we can provide our clients with a consistent and exceptional Deloitte employee experience globally.The preferred candidate will be subject to background screening by Deloitte or by their external third-party provider.