Contract Data Engineer Opportunity – Immediate Start!

We are partnering with a global tech consultancy to find a Data Engineer for an initial 3 month contract.

If you're someone who enjoys designing scalable data pipelines and building modern, high performance data platforms, this is a great opportunity for you!

- Must be Brisbane based as this is a hybrid work environment.
- 3 month contract with the possibility to extend.
- You will demonstrate your expertise and gain exposure to innovative tech within a short term, high impact project.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Build scalable batch and streaming pipelines with Python and PySpark
• Design Delta Lake architectures on Databricks
• Orchestrate workflows and jobs in Databricks
• Tune performance and manage code with Databricks libraries
• Manage AWS S3 data lakes for secure data access
• Deploy infrastructure using Terraform or CloudFormation
• Automate AWS services using Boto3
• Collaborate across teams to ensure data reliability
• Maintain data quality and observability standards

What We're Looking For:

• Proven experience in data engineering with Databricks and AWS.
• Strong programming skills in Python and PySpark.
• Experience with Delta Lake and structured streaming.
• Deep understanding of data lake architecture and ETL pipeline design.
• Experience with Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar IaC tools.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work autonomously in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent communication and collaboration abilities.
• Experience working in a multi cloud or multi account AWS environment will be highly regarded.
• Familiarity with data governance, data cataloguing, and security best practices is a bonus.

Please apply if you are Brisbane based and ready to commence ASAP.

Even if you don’t tick every box above, I’d still love to hear from you- we are open to a chat.

Does this sound like you, please apply here!