Lead Data Engineer: ETL, SQL & Data Warehousing

Recruitment Hive; Sydney; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Recruitment Hive is assisting a Federal Government department to find a Lead Data Engineer in Sydney. The role focuses on data delivery, API and ETL pipelines, and SQL analytics to support critical public services.

The successful candidate will own technical data implementation, refine data delivery frameworks, and drive best practices across the team, including DevOps alignment and code reviews.

Qualifications

• Strong programming capability with Python, SAS, R or Java.
• Expert SQL skills including reverse-engineering end user SQL code.
• Ability to read data models and specifications.
• Familiar with DevOps processes and tooling.
• Experience with at least two data warehouses from MS SQL, Teradata, Snowflake, Redshift or Databricks.

Responsibilities

• Review and refine the data delivery framework to improve integration and delivery.
• Own the technical implementation of new data from analysis to delivery.
• Improve delivery principles, coding standards, and documentation; provide training.
• Develop and maintain SQL analytics and ETL code.
• Develop and maintain system documentation.

Skills

Programming

Python

SAS

R

Java

SQL

Reverse-engineer SQL

Tools

MS SQL

Teradata

Snowflake

Redshift

Databricks

Job description

Recruitment Hive is assisting a Federal Government department to find a Lead Data Engineer in Sydney. The role focuses on data delivery, API and ETL pipelines, and SQL analytics to support critical public services.

The successful candidate will own technical data implementation, refine data delivery frameworks, and drive best practices across the team, including DevOps alignment and code reviews.