Senior Data Engineer – GCP / Data Foundations
6-12 Month Contract | Sydney preferred / Melbourne
$******** a day including super DOE
We're looking for aSenior Data Engineerto join a major data transformation program within a large enterprise organisation.
The organisation is investing heavily in itsdata 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 onGCP, BigQuery, SQL and data modelling, working within an established Agile delivery environment.
What you'll be doing:
Design and buildscalable data platforms, databases, schemas and data modelswithin a complex enterprise environment
Develop and optimise data solutions across theGCP data ecosystem
Build robust data pipelines and transformations usingBigQuery, 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 arereliable, scalable and high performing, with a strong focus on query performance
Apply modern data engineering andELT best practicesacross 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 aData Engineer first and foremost, with strong experience building data foundations within cloud environments.
You'll ideally have:
Robust commercial experience as aSenior Data Engineerin a complex or enterprise environment
Strong hands‐on experience withGoogle Cloud Platform (GCP)
ExcellentSQLskills, including query optimisation and performance tuning
Strong experience withBigQuery
Deep understanding ofdata modelling, database design and schema design
Experience building scalable and reliable data pipelines
Hands‐on experience withdbt / dbt Core
Strong understanding of modernELT and cloud data warehouse architectures
Experience working withinAgile 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 opportunity to work on a genuinelyfoundational 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 establishscalable, reliable and high-performing data foundationsfrom the ground up.
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