Service Owner - Data Platform Engineering

Westpac Group; Council of the City of Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mortgage discounts

Flexible work arrangements

Learning & development

Volunteer opportunities

Wellbeing leave

Job summary

Westpac Group is seeking a Service Owner (Data Platform Engineering) to own end‑to‑end delivery and evolution of a large‑scale Azure data platform. You will lead engineering teams to build, migrate, and modernise data capabilities across the organisation, aligning with architecture, security, and business units for scalable, secure, and cost‑effective analytics readiness.

The role combines technical leadership with platform ownership, overseeing roadmap delivery, engineering standards, and

Qualifications

• Experience with Agile delivery in complex data environments.
• Proven programme management across data platforms.
• Leadership of cross‑functional data teams and budgets.
• Strong governance and compliance awareness for data platforms.

Responsibilities

• Own end‑to‑end delivery of the Azure Data Platform, including ingestion, processing, storage, analytics and consumption layers.
• Lead platform roadmap execution and major data migration initiatives.
• Provide engineering leadership across Python‑based data pipelines and modern data platforms.
• Drive platform reliability, security, governance and cost optimisation, including compliance tooling.
• Lead large cloud and legacy migration projects and Hadoop modernisation.
• Act as senior stakeholder interface, managing delivery, resourcing, budgets and engineering best practices.

Skills

Agile delivery

Programme management

Leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Governance

Cost optimization

Cloud transformation

Tools

Snowflake

Databricks

Azure

Python

ETL/ELT frameworks

Job description

Sydney, NSW, Australia

Job Description

• Project/Program Management

What’s the Role

As the Service owner (Data Platform Engineering).You’ll own the end‑to‑end delivery and evolution of a large‑scale Azure data platform, leading engineering teams to build, migrate, and modernise data capabilities across the organisation. This role combines deep technical leadership with platform ownership, covering roadmap delivery, engineering standards, migration programs, and stakeholder engagement. You’ll work closely with architecture, security, and business teams to ensure the platform is scalable, secure, cost‑effective, and ready to support advanced analytics, AI, and enterprise data needs.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the end‑to‑end delivery of the Azure Data Platform, covering ingestion, processing, storage, analytics, and consumption layers
• Lead platform roadmap execution, capability uplift, and major initiatives including ETL/ELT frameworks and data migrations
• Provide engineering leadership across Python‑based data pipelines and modern data platforms (ADLS, Synapse, Snowflake, Databricks)
• Drive platform reliability, security, governance, and cost optimisation, including compliance tooling such as Purview
• Lead complex transformation programs, including large‑scale cloud and legacy migrations and Hadoop modernisation
• Act as the senior stakeholder interface, managing delivery, resourcing, budgets, and engineering best practices

Whatdo I need?

• Experience in Agile delivery and programme management within complex data environments
• Hands‑on and architectural experience with Snowflake and Databricks
• Strong Python‑based data engineering experience across ingestion, transformation, and pipeline automation
• Deep expertise across Azure services, ETL/ELT frameworks, data migrations, and legacy modernisation (including Hadoop)
• Demonstrated leadership across teams, vendors, budgets, and senior stakeholders, with strong governance and compliance awareness

We’re obsessed with becoming our customers' #1 banking partner for life and we’re looking for people who are passionate about helping us achieve that goal. In return, we’re committed to making Westpac the best place to work in the country. Here are just a few of the ways we’re already doing that:

• Special offers on banking products and discounts from top brands, including generous employee only mortgage rates!
• Flexible work arrangements to help you achieve a greater work/life balance, and a variety of leave options including Culture, Lifestyle and Wellbeing leave.
• Tailored learning and development opportunities to help your grow your career within the bank.
• Lots of opportunities to ‘give back’ to the Community by getting involved in our many volunteering initiatives.

Create your future today

We’re all about creating a supportive and inclusive community. We welcome everyone no matter your age, gender, background, or abilities. We also provide additional support to welcome our veterans, Indigenous Australians and neurodiverse community.

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