Sydney Database Engineering Lead — Scale & Automate Data Platforms

Equifax

Sydney

On-site

AUD 180,000 - 260,000

Full time

7 days ago

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Job summary

Equifax in Sydney seeks a Database Engineering Lead to balance technical leadership with hands-on execution, directly managing a small team to optimize and scale enterprise data platforms. You will design and operationalise large-scale data solutions, ensure automated provisioning, and drive transformation across data products while enforcing change and incident processes.

With 10–15 years in database administration and leadership, you will implement IaC patterns, monitor via

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in CS or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
10–15 years in database and system administration with 24/7 support.
Experience leading engineering teams and driving data platform initiatives.

Responsibilities

Design, develop, and operationalise large-scale enterprise data solutions.
Ensure automated provisioning of database environments.
Guide team on IaC patterns aligned with standards.
Establish monitoring and dashboards (DataDog, Prometheus, Grafana, Log Analytics, and DPA) to meet SLOs.
Drive technology transformation and enforce change, incident, and problem management processes.
Implement Lean practices to streamline workflows.
Collaborate with leadership to support strategic tech goals.