Senior Data Engineer

2 weeks ago

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Talent Insights Group Full time $104,000 - $130,878 per year

Senior / Lead Data Engineer ( GCP / BigQuery / SQL ) – 6-Month Contract

Sydney / Hybrid (3 days in office)

$ a day including super

6 Months (with potential for extension)

About the Opportunity

We are seeking two experienced
Senior / Lead Data Engineers
to join a
greenfield data platform project
for a boutique Data & AI consultancy who are working with a major enterprise client. This initiative involves setting up a brand-new
GCP and BigQuery environment
to support advanced analytics, machine learning, and AI use cases.

This is an exciting opportunity to join at the ground floor, helping shape the platform architecture and building the foundations for long-term success. While the initial term is
6 months
, there is strong potential for extensions as the program of work expands into new data assets, solutions, and initiatives.

Responsibilities for the
Senior / Lead Data Engineer ( GCP / BigQuery / SQL )
include:

  • Designing and implementing a
    greenfield BigQuery data warehouse
    within GCP.
  • Building
    scalable, performant data pipelines
    using Python and SQL.
  • Supporting
    data transformation and modelling
    to deliver high-quality datasets.
  • Contributing to
    CI/CD practices
    and automation.
  • Applying
    Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC)
    practices (e.g., Terraform) for a reliable and repeatable environment.
  • Collaborating with analytics, ML, and AI teams to enable advanced data use cases.

Required experience for the Senior / Lead Data Engineer ( GCP / BigQuery / SQL )
include:

  • Strong experience with
    GCP and BigQuery
    – ideally having led a migration or greenfield implementation.
  • Proficiency in
    Python
    and
    SQL
    for data engineering.
  • Familiarity with
    CI/CD pipelines
    and tooling.
  • Experience with
    Infrastructure-as-Code
    (Terraform or similar).
  • Background in designing and delivering
    data transformation frameworks
    .
  • Ability to thrive in fast-paced environments and greenfield projects.

About the company;

They are a specialist data and AI consultancy helping organisations unlock transformational opportunities through cloud, data engineering, and applied machine learning. The team brings deep expertise in building modern cloud data platforms, enabling clients to harness the power of their data and accelerate their digital journeys.

Why Join?

  • Be part of a
    greenfield GCP & BigQuery build
    for a major enterprise client.
  • Opportunity to
    shape the data platform from the ground up
    .
  • Strong potential for
    contract extensions and future projects
    .
  • Collaborate with an experienced team of data and cloud engineering specialists.

Key skills:
GCP / BigQuery / Google Cloud / ETL / Airflow / Python / SQL / Data Engineering / dbt

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