Melbourne Data Engineering Delivery Lead

Ayan Infotech; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

AYAN InfoTech in Melbourne seeks an experienced Technical Delivery Lead to drive end-to-end Data Engineering programs. You will oversee Azure-based platforms and coordinate cross-functional teams across business, architecture, and engineering to ensure on-time, on-budget delivery.

The role emphasizes governance, stakeholder engagement, and scaling data platforms, with a focus on data warehousing, lakehouse, ETL/ELT, and AI initiatives. 7+ years of IT leadership experience preferred.

Qualifications

• 12+ years IT experience with large Data Engineering or Analytics programs.
• Proven experience leading enterprise-scale data transformation initiatives.
• Strong understanding of modern data architectures and cloud-native platforms.
• Experience managing geographically distributed delivery teams.

Responsibilities

• Delivery Leadership - Own end-to-end delivery of Data Engineering programs.
• Establish program governance, delivery frameworks, reporting cadence, and risk management processes.
• Manage scope, schedule, budget, quality, and resource planning across multiple initiatives.
• Ensure successful delivery of data engineering initiatives.
• Drive Agile, Scrum, and DevOps delivery practices across distributed teams.
• Client & Stakeholder Management - Serve as the primary point of contact for stakeholders.
• Build trusted relationships with client leadership and internal executives.
• Facilitate programme reviews and executive reporting.
• Translate business requirements into executable delivery roadmaps.
• Data Engineering & Technology Oversight - Provide delivery oversight for Azure-based platforms.
• Ensure engineering teams adhere to architecture standards, security requirements.
• Oversee Data Warehousing and Lakehouse solutions, ETL/ELT pipelines, data governance.
• AI initiatives and cost-effective solution delivery with architects.
• Financial & Commercial Management - Manage contracts, resources, and KPIs.
• Identify opportunities for account growth and value realization.
• Risk & Quality Management - Establish delivery assurance practices.
• Proactively identify risks, dependencies, and mitigations.
• Ensure governance, security, and regulatory compliance.
• Drive continuous improvement of delivery processes and metrics.
• People Leadership - Build and lead data engineering teams.
• Support hiring, onboarding, performance management, and career development.
• Foster accountability, collaboration, innovation, and learning.

Skills

Delivery Leadership

Stakeholder Management

Data Engineering

Azure

Synapse

Scrum

DevOps

Mentoring

Tools

Azure Data Platform

Microsoft Fabric

Synapse Analytics

Job description

AYAN InfoTech in Melbourne seeks an experienced Technical Delivery Lead to drive end-to-end Data Engineering programs. You will oversee Azure-based platforms and coordinate cross-functional teams across business, architecture, and engineering to ensure on-time, on-budget delivery.

The role emphasizes governance, stakeholder engagement, and scaling data platforms, with a focus on data warehousing, lakehouse, ETL/ELT, and AI initiatives. 7+ years of IT leadership experience preferred.