Senior Data Engineer Canberra Secure Client Cloud Pipelines

Lookahead; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hours

Contract role in Canberra

Modern stack

Job summary

Lookahead seeks a senior data engineer to join a small Australian team under a US-based tech company focused on AI-driven mapping of global supply chains. You will build and customise data pipelines for Australian clients, bringing data into the platform, and ensuring reliability, security, and cost efficiency.

The role blends technical leadership with hands-on work in Python, SQL, Databricks, AWS and Azure, with an emphasis on governance and security.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of data engineering with end-to-end ownership of large pipelines.
• Current NV1 security clearance is required.
• Experience translating client requirements into architecture, ideally with government projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and delivery of data pipelines for Australian clients in a small team.
• Be the technical voice in client meetings and hands-on in Python, SQL, and cloud tooling.
• Drive reliable, secure, and cost-efficient data architectures and governance.

Skills

Data engineering

Cloud engineering

Client leadership

Mentoring

Security mindset

Tools

AWS

Azure

Databricks

OpenSearch

Postgres

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

Datadog

Job description

Lookahead seeks a senior data engineer to join a small Australian team under a US-based tech company focused on AI-driven mapping of global supply chains. You will build and customise data pipelines for Australian clients, bringing data into the platform, and ensuring reliability, security, and cost efficiency.

The role blends technical leadership with hands-on work in Python, SQL, Databricks, AWS and Azure, with an emphasis on governance and security.