Lead GCP Data Engineer

5 days ago

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Talent Insights Group Pty Ltd 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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