Principal Data Engineer

1 month ago

Sydney, Australia Insignia Financial Full time
  • Join a motivated and talented Data team
  • Play a key technical lead role in the transformation that will be utilised by the entire business
  • Lead and mentor a team to develop their skills and deliver cutting-edge solutions

The opportunity to join our team
We have an exciting opportunity for a Principal Data Engineer – Google Cloud Platform (GCP) to join our Data Engineering team This is an opportunity to play a key technical lead role in building a next-generation Unified Data Platform (UDP) hosted on Google Cloud. This is a fantastic opportunity to guide the design, development, and deployment of scalable data solutions while upskilling a talented team of Data Engineers in the latest cloud technologies and best practices.

In this role, you’ll provide technical direction, leadership, and hands-on expertise to ensure our cloud-based data solutions meet the highest standards. You'll also help cultivate a culture of continuous learning, empowering your team to grow their skills and deliver cutting-edge solutions.
 

Key Responsibilities for the Principal Data Engineer – GCP role include:

  • Guide and mentor a team of Data Engineers, providing hands-on technical support and direction.
  • Oversee the design, development, and deployment of scalable data pipelines and cloud-based services on Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
  • Stay up-to-date with the latest GCP features, services, and industry trends, and be a strong advocate for the use of Google Cloud services within the organization.
  • Promote and implement best practices in cloud architecture, data engineering, DevOps, and cloud security.
  • Foster a culture of continuous learning, ensuring your team remains at the front of technological advancements.
  • Ensure that cloud security best practices are followed to protect data and infrastructure.

What You Bring to This Role
We are looking for a skilled GCP Principal Data Engineer/Technical Lead with a strong track record of cloud-based project leadership, particularly in Google Cloud. To succeed in this role, you will:

  • Have experience leading cloud-based projects and mentoring teams of Data Engineers.
  • Demonstrate extensive hands-on experience with key GCP services such as Composer, Dataflow, Cloud Functions, BigQuery, and Cloud Storage.
  • Be proficient in programming languages such as Python or Java (particularly Java).
  • Have a strong understanding of cloud architecture principles, microservices, and serverless computing.
  • Experience with IaC tools, particularly Terraform, to manage and deploy cloud infrastructure.
  • Have a deep understanding of data platforms, data warehousing applications, and the implementation of data solutions in the cloud.
  • Strong communication and leadership skills with the ability to mentor, inspire, and collaborate with cross-functional teams.

Why This is a Great Opportunity:

  •  Cutting-edge Technology: Work with the latest generation of GCP tools and services to implement solutions on a next generation data platform  .
  • Career Growth: Upskill in advanced cloud and data technologies while helping to mentor a talented team in their professional development.
  • Impact: Play a central role in a major transformation that will shape the future of data engineering across the business.

If you are a highly skilled Principal Data Engineer/Technical Lead with a passion for Google Cloud, cloud architecture, and mentoring teams, we’d love to hear from you. Join us on this exciting journey and help shape the future of data engineering at Insignia Financial

Find the better way

What gets us excited about working here? Helping people feel good about their money as one of Australia’s leading financial wellbeing organisations. From those starting out to those retiring. As your team, we’ll show up for you and together we will create financial wellbeing for every Australian. Because we know people who are confident about their financial future live better lives.

If this sounds like your kind of career, you sound like our kind of person. With us, you’ll do work that builds your technical know-how and challenges our entire industry to move forward. Along the way, you’ll be free to explore new ideas and technology, solve problems in a team, and independently to get great things done. Around here, we like to call it “putting our fingerprints on the future”.

People-inspired tech

Deep expertise combined with creativity can take on the trickiest of problems. Join our team of brilliant minds and mentors as we explore our way to innovation and apply technology in more human ways than ever.

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To Apply

Read more here about why you should join our team.

Applicants will be required to provide evidence of their eligibility to work in Australia, and at a minimum be required to undertake police and basic credit checks as a condition of employment.

Please note that applications from agencies will not be considered at this time.

We acknowledge and celebrate the richness that individual differences bring to our team. If you need assistance or an adjustment during the application process, please reach out and let us know.

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