Enterprise Cloud Data Ingestion Architect (Lead)

JobCubby; Australia; Hybrid; AUD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid parental leave

Health insurance discounts

AI-driven learning platform

Job summary

NCS Australia is seeking an experienced Solution Designer / Lead Data Engineer to drive an enterprise transformation: uplifting, modernizing, and scaling our data ingestion framework across cloud platforms.

You will blend high-level architecture with hands-on engineering across GCP, AWS, or Azure, delivering secure, scalable data pipelines, governance, and cost optimization in a multi-cloud environment. This is a cross-functional leadership role within the Google department.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience designing and building scalable data platforms across GCP, AWS, or Azure.
• Proven track record as a Solution Designer or Lead Data Engineer for large-scale data ecosystems.
• Deep understanding of batch, micro-batch, real-time streaming, CDC, and API-driven ingestion.
• Experience with Spark, Airflow, Kafka, Pub/Sub, Kinesis, Snowflake, BigQuery, or Redshift.
• Strong SQL and data modeling skills, including Star/Snowflake schemas and Data Vault.
• Proficiency in Python, Scala, or Java, plus Terraform and CI/CD pipelines.
• Excellent communication to explain complex data architectures to stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Architect and lead end-to-end design of a modern data ingestion framework.
• Create SDDs, blueprints, data mappings, and reusable ingestion patterns.
• Provide technical leadership to squads building high-throughput pipelines.
• Design secure interfaces connecting on-prem databases, SaaS, APIs to cloud data lakes and warehouses.
• Embed data quality, lineage, encryption, and governance into the ingestion lifecycle.

Skills

Multi-Cloud Mastery

Solution Design

Ingestion Patterns

Data Tools

Data Modeling & SQL

Programming & Automation

Stakeholder Engagement

Tools

Apache Spark

Airflow/Composer

Kafka

Pub/Sub

Kinesis

Snowflake

BigQuery

Redshift

Job description

NCS Australia is seeking an experienced Solution Designer / Lead Data Engineer to drive an enterprise transformation: uplifting, modernizing, and scaling our data ingestion framework across cloud platforms.

You will blend high-level architecture with hands-on engineering across GCP, AWS, or Azure, delivering secure, scalable data pipelines, governance, and cost optimization in a multi-cloud environment. This is a cross-functional leadership role within the Google department.