Senior Data/Geospatial Engineer

Bureau Of Meteorology; Sydney; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

The Bureau Of Meteorology in Sydney leads the design, development, and delivery of scalable, secure data solutions within a cloud-enabled environment. You will provide technical leadership across data engineering practices, aligning with enterprise data strategy and governance, while guiding end-to-end delivery of data products.

This role drives batch and real-time pipelines on the enterprise platform (including Cloudera), evaluates new technologies, and raises engineering standards and delivery

Qualifications

• Lead scalable data engineering in a cloud-enabled environment.
• Design and implement batch and real-time data pipelines.
• Ensure compliance, security, and governance of data solutions.
• Mentor and develop capability within the data team.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, development and delivery of data solutions aligned to strategy.
• Oversee pipelines, integration, and platform capability with enterprise automation.
• Collaborate with architects and stakeholders to translate requirements into data products.

Skills

Data engineering leadership

Cloud data platforms

DevSecOps practices

Data governance

Tools

Cloudera

Job description

This role is responsible for leading the design, development, and delivery of scalable, secure, and high-performing data solutions that support key organisational initiatives and strategic outcomes. Operating within a modern, cloud-enabled data environment, the position provides technical leadership across data engineering practices, ensuring alignment with enterprise data strategy, architecture standards, and governance requirements.

The role drives the implementation and optimisation of data pipelines and integration processes (batch and real-time), leveraging the organisation’s enterprise data platform (including Cloudera) to enable reliable data ingestion, storage, and processing. It plays a critical part in shaping platform capability by evaluating emerging technologies and continuously enhancing engineering standards, patterns, and delivery practices.

Working collaboratively with business stakeholders, architects, and cross-functional teams, the position translates complex business requirements into fit-for-purpose data solutions and supports end-to-end delivery of data products. The role also contributes to DevSecOps practices, automation, and observability, ensuring solutions are robust, production-ready, and aligned with compliance, security, and governance frameworks.

In line with APS EL1 expectations, the position requires strong leadership, sound judgement, and the ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment. It also focuses on building organisational capability through mentoring, fostering continuous improvement, and maintaining strong stakeholder relationships to ensure data platforms meet current and future needs.