Lead Data Engineer - Cloud Data Platforms Leader

Talent; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 170,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Talent seeks a Lead Data Engineer for a 12-month contract on a federal government project in Australia. You will lead data warehouse design, development, and optimization across MS SQL, Teradata, Snowflake, Redshift and Databricks, with AWS exposure.

You will mentor data teams, collaborate with stakeholders to deliver scalable data solutions, and demonstrate strong SQL proficiency plus programming skills (Python/SAS/R/Java). Australian citizenship is required.

Qualifications

• Minimum 4 years in a data engineering or similar role.
• Experience designing and implementing data warehouse solutions.
• Ability to lead technical teams and mentor data engineers.
• Strong collaboration with stakeholders to deliver scalable data solutions.
• Working knowledge of cloud data platforms (AWS) and modern data tools.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, development, and optimization of data warehouse platforms.
• Provide technical leadership and mentoring to data teams.
• Drive data integration projects and ensure system performance.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to develop scalable data solutions.

Skills

Programming

Data engineering

Mentoring

Stakeholder mgmt

Tools

MS SQL

Teradata

Snowflake

Redshift

Databricks

AWS

Python

SAS

R

Java

Job description

Talent seeks a Lead Data Engineer for a 12-month contract on a federal government project in Australia. You will lead data warehouse design, development, and optimization across MS SQL, Teradata, Snowflake, Redshift and Databricks, with AWS exposure.

You will mentor data teams, collaborate with stakeholders to deliver scalable data solutions, and demonstrate strong SQL proficiency plus programming skills (Python/SAS/R/Java). Australian citizenship is required.