Senior Data Engineer – Pipelines & Platform Ops

Altana; Canberra; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Altana in Australia is seeking a seasoned data engineer and technical leader to design, build and scale large-scale data pipelines powering its AI-powered network analysis and data fusion capabilities.

You will work with cross-functional teams including engineers, data scientists and product managers to deliver reliable, secure data solutions for public sector customers, aligning with governance and security standards.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of technical experience in data engineering or closely related roles.
• Experience working with or within the public sector.
• Experience designing, developing, and maintaining complex data models from diverse sources.
• Proven track record leading full lifecycle of data ingestion and standardisation pipelines at scale.
• Experience with cloud-based data platforms and governance.

Responsibilities

• Develop, deploy and improve distributed, big-data pipelines powering Altana’s network analysis and data fusion capabilities.
• Drive scalability of Altana’s technology and adapt to evolving customer requirements.
• Support platform reliability, cost controls and security reviews.
• Act as technical expert in client meetings, bridging government requirements and platform architecture.
• Collaborate with engineers, data scientists, and product managers.
• Evaluate new tools and best practices for data pipeline development and deployment.

Skills

Data engineering

Cloud architectures

Leadership

Data governance

Communication

Big data pipelines

Python

SQL

Tools

Databricks

OpenSearch

Postgres

AWS

Azure

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

Datadog

Job description

Altana in Australia is seeking a seasoned data engineer and technical leader to design, build and scale large-scale data pipelines powering its AI-powered network analysis and data fusion capabilities.

You will work with cross-functional teams including engineers, data scientists and product managers to deliver reliable, secure data solutions for public sector customers, aligning with governance and security standards.