Senior Data Engineer – GCP / Data Foundations

6-12 Month Contract | Sydney preferred / Melbourne

$ a day including super DOE

We’re looking for a Senior Data Engineer to join a major data transformation program within a large enterprise organisation.

The organisation is investing heavily in its data capability and foundations , with a focus on building scalable, reliable and high-performing data solutions that will support analytics, reporting and broader business initiatives.

This is a hands‑on engineering role with a strong focus on GCP, BigQuery, SQL and data modelling , working within an established Agile delivery environment.

What you’ll be doing:

- Design and build scalable data platforms, databases, schemas and data models within a complex enterprise environment
- Develop and optimise data solutions across the GCP data ecosystem
- Build robust data pipelines and transformations using BigQuery, SQL and dbt
- Design data models that are performant, maintainable and fit for purpose
- Implement new database fields, structures and data capabilities across a large organisation
- Ensure data solutions are reliable, scalable and high performing , with a strong focus on query performance
- Apply modern data engineering and ELT best practices across ingestion, transformation and modelling
- Work closely with Data Analysts, Engineers and business stakeholders to translate requirements into effective technical solutions
- Contribute to data quality, governance and engineering standards
- Help establish strong data foundations that can scale with the organisation's future needs





What we’re looking for:

We’re looking for a Data Engineer first and foremost , with strong experience building data foundations within cloud environments.

You’ll ideally have:

- Strong commercial experience as a Senior Data Engineer in a complex or enterprise environment
- Strong hands‑on experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
- Excellent SQL skills, including query optimisation and performance tuning
- Strong experience with BigQuery
- Deep understanding of data modelling, database design and schema design
- Experience building scalable and reliable data pipelines
- Hands‑on experience with dbt / dbt Core
- Strong understanding of modern ELT and cloud data warehouse architectures
- Experience working within Agile delivery squads
- A track record of delivering successful data engineering implementations within large organisations
- The ability to talk through previous implementations and explain the technical decisions, challenges and outcomes
- A STEM, Computer Science or similarly technical background

Technology

Experience with additional GCP services and modern data tooling will be highly regarded.

Why this role?

This is an prospect to work on a genuinely foundational data engineering program , helping shape how data is structured, stored and made available across a large organisation.

You’ll have the opportunity to work with a modern cloud data stack, solve complex engineering challenges and help establish scalable, reliable and high-performing data foundations from the ground up.

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