This is a hands-on individual contributor role with significant influence over platform architecture, engineering standards, and the technical roadmap.
Reporting directly to the Head of Data & Analytics, you'll play a pivotal role in shaping modern data platform capabilities, mentoring engineering teams, and driving best practices across the data lifecycle
The Principal Data Engineer will own the design, development, and operationalisation of complex data pipelines and platform capabilities, mentor engineers across the team, and act as the primary technical authority for the lakehouse setting the bar for data quality, performance, and engineering best practices across all domains.
Key responsibilities
Design and build scalable data pipelines using Azure Databricks, Delta Live Tables, and Azure Data Factory
Architect bronze-to-gold medallion layers for current domains and guide the evolution of existing ones
Govern and extend Unity Catalog, including table ownership, lineage, access controls, and schema design
Lead platform reliability engineering - SLA monitoring, cluster optimisation and cost governance
Data Quality & Standards
Define and enforce data engineering standards: naming conventions, testing frameworks, CI/CD pipelines,



and documentation
8+ years of professional data engineering experience in complex, production environments
Deep expertise in SQL, PySpark, and Python for large-scale data processing
Hands-on experience with Azure-native services: ADF, Event Hubs, ADLS Gen2, Azure Synapse
Microsoft Fabric and Power BI semantic model integration
CI/CD for data pipelines (Azure DevOps, Git-based workflows)
Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Engineer Associate or Databricks certification
Please note, this is a contract role with potential for extention. All candidates must be able to commit to 3 days onsite.
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Job Summary
Pay:
$900per day
Location:
Melbourne - North
Job Type:
Contract
Specialisation:
Software Engineer
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📌 Principal Data Engineer (Melbourne)
🏢 Clicks It Recruitment
📍 Melbourne