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Data Engineers

Contract Type

Contract

Location

New South Wales, Sydney

Industry

IT

Specialisation

Business Intelligence & Data

Salary

AU$150000 - AU$170000 per annum + + Super

Contact Name

Louis Goth

Contact Email

louis@talenza.com.au

Date published

09-04-2026

Job Reference

BBBH20917

Description

Our Financial Services client are looking for highly capable Data Engineers to join the organisation, on a scope of work. This role requires candidates who are strong across AWS and GCP.

This is an initial 6 months Fixed-Term Contract opportunity, with a likelihood of extension.


Role Title: Data Engineers

Fixed Term Contract Role: Duration, 6 months Initial Contract.

Annual Pay (on a per annum basis): $150,000 to $170,000 + Super, depending upon experience.

Location: 3 days in Office, Sydney CBD (2000) and the rest WFH.

Tasks & Responsibilities:

Design, build and operate scalable, secure and analytics-read data pipelines and models across GCP BigQuery and AWS.

  • Airflow-orchestrated data workflows and automations.
  • DBT Cloud Transformations, testing frameworks and environment governance.
  • Robust CI/CD and IaC deployments
  • Performance optimisation across data pipelines, SQL, BigQuery and AWS data services.
  • High-quality technical documentation, production support, incident response and handover to internal teams.
  • Close collaboration with cross-functional stakeholders including analytics, product and platform engineering.

Experience & Skills Required:

  • AWS: IAM roles and policies, Lambda, S3, RDS and Redshift.
  • GCP: BigQuery, workload optimisation and cost management.
  • Cross-Cloud pipeline and data movement experience.
  • Experience working across security, IAM and data access design is deemed valuable.
  • Strong Hands on data engineering experience
    • SQL capability, including analytical and window functions
    • Advanced dbt cloud experience (models, SCD's, tests, macros and release management)
    • Airflow workflow design including idempotency, backfills and monitoring.
  • DevOps, CI/CD & IaC
    • Experience with CI/CD (GitHub, Bitbuckect, GitHub Actions, Bambooad)
    • IaC using Terraform or CloudFormation
    • Familiarity with data quality frameworks and automated testing of pipelines.
  • Proficiency in Python.
  • 6-8 years' experience in data engineering as a minimum.
  • Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.


If you feel this opportunity matches your skills and previous experiences, please apply with your CV.
Candidates must be based in the Greater Sydney Area and possess full working rights (PR or Citizenship) within Australia.

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