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Lead Data Engineer


Company : Australia Post


Location : Melbourne, Australia


Created : 2025-06-11


Job Type : Full Time


Job Description

Join to apply for the Lead Data Engineer role at Australia PostJoin to apply for the Lead Data Engineer role at Australia PostThe purpose of this position is to work on our enterprise advanced data analytics technology platforms, GCP, Tableau, Neo4j and Looker, ensuring they are maintained to deliver efficient and effective services for our enterprise data community, all aligned towards delivering Australia Post''s strategic goals of Supporting our People, Delighting our Communities & Customers, and Creating a Sustainable Future.As a Lead data engineer, this role will identify and implement best-practice application engineering lifecycle and agile approach, with a focus on leveraging cloud services and development tools, increasing the quality and reliability of output, along with the speed of delivery, and reducing friction of our development, delivery, and maintenance operations.As a member of the Data Foundation team, this position will help define and development new patterns and standards for all assets in the Data and AI Platform environments. These patterns will be used by Data Engineering team to deliver business projects and initiatives. This position will also engage members of the Data and AI Services teams to assist and shape solutions to ensure they are compliant with DAIP strategic platforms and direction.Industry and FunctionExperience working in very large complex organisations. Ideally postal service, logistics, transport, major retail, eCommerce or adjacent industry.Experience using advanced Data Engineering technologies on GCP/Looker/Neo4jExperience with software engineering dev-ops practices supporting enterprise production standards.Experience participating in data governance, data architecture and data strategy for very large complex enterprises.Experience with cloud development, specifically within a GCP environment.Help us deliver like never beforeThe purpose of this position is to work on our enterprise advanced data analytics technology platforms, GCP, Tableau, Neo4j and Looker, ensuring they are maintained to deliver efficient and effective services for our enterprise data community, all aligned towards delivering Australia Post''s strategic goals of Supporting our People, Delighting our Communities & Customers, and Creating a Sustainable Future.As a Lead data engineer, this role will identify and implement best-practice application engineering lifecycle and agile approach, with a focus on leveraging cloud services and development tools, increasing the quality and reliability of output, along with the speed of delivery, and reducing friction of our development, delivery, and maintenance operations.As a member of the Data Foundation team, this position will help define and development new patterns and standards for all assets in the Data and AI Platform environments. These patterns will be used by Data Engineering team to deliver business projects and initiatives. This position will also engage members of the Data and AI Services teams to assist and shape solutions to ensure they are compliant with DAIP strategic platforms and direction.Essential ExperienceIndustry and FunctionExperience working in very large complex organisations. Ideally postal service, logistics, transport, major retail, eCommerce or adjacent industry.Experience using advanced Data Engineering technologies on GCP/Looker/Neo4jExperience with software engineering dev-ops practices supporting enterprise production standards.Experience participating in data governance, data architecture and data strategy for very large complex enterprises.Experience with cloud development, specifically within a GCP environment.Critical KnowledgeMarket and EnvironmentSignificant enterprise and government data engineering technology initiatives.Australian eCommerce industry trends.Digital technology industry advances.Data technology industry advances.Were delivering togetherAt Australia Post, we acknowledge the TraditionalCustodians of the land on which we operate, live and gather as employees.We believe our business should reflect the diverse communities we operate in and are proud to be an inclusive workplace for people from all walks of life. We encourage applicationsfrom people of all ages, genders and backgrounds including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, People with Disability, LGBTQIA+ and Refugees.We are one of the largest organisations in Australia to successfully achieve Disability Confident Recruiter status. We are committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free recruitment process and workplace for those living with a disability and are committed to reviewing and removing bias in our processes to create a gender-equitable recruitment experience and workplace. 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