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Lead Data Engineer


Company : Whizdom


Location : Sydney, New South Wales


Created : 2025-07-13


Job Type : Full Time


Job Description

Whizdom Sydney, New South Wales, AustraliaWhizdom Sydney, New South Wales, AustraliaThis range is provided by Whizdom. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience talk with your recruiter to learn more.Base pay rangeA$85.00/hr - A$100.00/hrDirect message the job poster from WhizdomState Manager - taking the Whizdom success story further into NSW, QLD and VICAbout our client:Our client is a household name within the banking and financial services industry. They are pioneers with regards to their utilisation of the most modern technology and are continually looking to invest in the most up to date tools.Culturally, they have a warm and collegiate working environment and genuinely put the well being of their staff at the forefront of all they do.About the role:Our client is looking a lead engineer within Big Data. Role responsibilities will include but not be limited to:Design, Develop, test and support future-ready data solutions for customers across industry verticalsProduce Detailed Solution Design and support data engineers and testers as a technical lead in a data projectDevelop, test and support end-to-end batch and near real-time data flows/pipelinesDemonstrate understanding in data architectures, modern data platforms, big data, data modelling, ML/AI, analytics, cloud platforms, data governance and information management and associated technologiesDevelop and demonstrate Proof of Concepts and Working DemosThe successful candidate:The role holder must be able to demonstrate the following experience and skills:Must have leadership qualities applicable for the project team and beyondMust understand and navigate large organisations governance and processes with easeMust have exceptional inter-personal skills and able to present solution design with confidence in large technical forumsMinimum of 5+ years of experience as a solution designer, tech lead, developer, tester or support role in IT Consulting or other technology business units across the industry but Banking/FSS is preferrableMinimum of 3+ years of hands-on development, testing and administration experience with Big Data/Data Lake services in cloud and on-premiseExperience in applying industry best practices, design patterns and first-of-a-kind technical solutions as developer or administrator on data and non-data specific platforms and applicationsExperience in NoSQL databases such as HBase(Expert in design and dev)Experience in implementing near real-time data flows/pipelines and distributed streaming applications using technology such as Apache Kafka (Expert in design and dev)Understanding of various data modelling concepts and techniques such as Entity Relationship Modelling, Third Normal Form, Dimensional Modelling etcUnderstanding of Data Mesh Architecture and Domain Data ProductsExperience in implementing traditional ETL, data warehousing and BI solutionsHands-on development experience and working skill level in Scala(Expert), Python, SQL, shell scripting and other programming/scripting languagesHands-on implementation of services sensitive to performance SLAs with high availability, fault-tolerance, automatic fail-over and geographical redundancyWorking knowledge and hands-on experience with Cloud Platform such as Azure, AWS, GCP and other modern data platformsSolid understanding of containerisation, virtualisation, infrastructure and networkingDiverse experience in software development methodologies and project delivery frameworks such as Agile Sprints, Kanban, Waterfall etcDegree in Computer Science, Information Technology or related Engineering coursesWhat''s on offer?Our client has convenient CBD offices which are modern, close to public transport, cafes, bars restaurants and gyms. 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