• Join a High Profile Federal Government Department
• Initial 12 month contract + 2 x 12-month extensions!
• Rewarding hourly rates $$$

A high profile Federal Government department is seeking an experienced Lead Data Engineer to design and evolve analytics capability across a hybrid environment, encompassing continued development of on-premises analytics capability alongside establishment of a modern cloud-based analytics platform. This exciting opportunity offers a 12 month contract with two 12 month extension options and a rewarding hourly rate.

The successful Lead Data Engineer will be responsible for, but not limited to:

• Work collaboratively with a small multidisciplinary team to stand up a cloud analytics platform that enables analytics and advanced analytics use cases, using contemporary cloud-native and hybrid data engineering patterns (e.g., Azure, Microsoft Fabric).
• Design and implement priority data pipelines aligned to a Medallion-style layered architecture, supporting repeatable ingestion, transformation and analytics workflows.
• Implement modern DataOps/DevOps practices for data engineering, including CI/CD for pipelines and notebooks, infrastructure-as-code, environment promotion, automated testing, release management, and operational runbooks.
• Build scalable data engineering solutions using distributed processing technologies, such as Spark-based compute engines, appropriate to the hybrid environments

 The successful Lead Data Engineer will have experience in the following:

• Demonstrated experience designing and building modern analytics platforms that support analytics use cases.
• Strong experience implementing data pipelines and data transformations for repeatable ingestion and curation workflows.
• Demonstrated experience with modern data engineering toolchains in cloud environments, with skills transferable across cloud providers.
• Experience working with distributed data processing technologies (e.g., Spark or equivalent) to develop scalable batch or streaming data solutions.

This is a fantastic opportunity within a high-profile Federal Government department to join an established and talented technical team. The successful Lead Data Engineer will be offered an initial 12 month contract with two 12 month extensions. If you have the required skills and experience, APPLY NOW. Please forward your application to jobs@hitechaust.com quoting reference number JJ2529. For more exciting job opportunities, go to www.hitechaust.com.