2-3x Lead Data Engineer

• 12-Month Contract W/ Extensions
• Competitive Hourly Rates
• Felxible Working Arrangements

Lead Data Engineer | Canberra | Baseline Clearance

Your new company

Join a large Federal Government organisation undertaking a significant uplift of its data and analytics capability. Working within a high-profile program area, you will help deliver trusted data solutions that support operational decision-making, risk management, and advanced analytics outcomes across a complex enterprise environment.

Your new role

As a Lead Data Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, building and optimising scalable data pipelines that transform complex datasets into reliable, analysis-ready assets. You will work closely with technical and business stakeholders to develop data models, integrate diverse data sources, and support analytics and reporting capabilities.

• Designing and maintaining high-performance ETL/ELT pipelines and data models.
• Developing and optimising Teradata SQL solutions and enterprise data assets.
• Implementing data governance practices, including data quality, metadata and lineage management.
• Supporting cloud data platform initiatives across AWS and Azure environments.
• Embedding analytical outputs into production-ready data solutions.
• Driving continuous improvement, automation, performance optimisation and operational excellence across data platforms.

What you'll need to succeed

To be successful in this role, you will demonstrate:

• Strong experience as a Data Engineer within large and complex environments.
• Advanced Teradata SQL and data modelling expertise.
• Proven experience developing scalable ETL/ELT pipelines and data warehouse solutions.
• Strong understanding of data governance, data quality and metadata management practices.
• Experience working with cloud data platforms, particularly AWS and/or Azure.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
• Ability to translate business requirements into practical and scalable data solutions.
• A Baseline Security Clearance, or the ability to obtain and maintain one.

What you'll get in return

• Initial 12-month contract with extension options.
• Opportunity to work on a major government data transformation initiative.
• Exposure to modern cloud data platforms and enterprise-scale data environments.
• Collaborative and high-performing team environment.
• Canberra-based engagement with a well-established federal government client.

What you need to do now

If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or email me your most up to date CV to ***email_hidden*** to organise a good time to catch up and discuss your future role further.

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