Lead Data Engineer

Salary: Competitive hourly rate

Build advanced analytics solutions within a high-profile Federal Government environment

Your new company

Join a leading Federal Government agency at the forefront of intelligence, analytics, and data-driven decision-making. With significant investment in advanced data capabilities, the organisation is leveraging large-scale data platforms and modern technologies to combat financial crime and support critical national priorities.

Your new role

As a Lead Data Engineer, you will design, build and optimise scalable analytics solutions and data pipelines within a complex enterprise environment. Working closely with engineers, data scientists, architects and key stakeholders, you will contribute to the development of robust analytics capabilities and production-grade software solutions.

Key responsibilities include:

• Developing and maintaining high-quality, production-ready code and automated tests.
• Designing and optimising distributed data processing solutions using modern data engineering practices.
• Building and enhancing analytics platforms, data pipelines and analytical products.
• Supporting technical design reviews and engineering best practices.
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams to deploy and integrate analytics solutions.
• Contributing to sprint planning, estimations and technical decision-making.
• Promoting a collaborative, delivery-focused team culture.

What you'll need to succeed

• Demonstrated experience delivering production-grade software and data engineering solutions.
• Strong programming skills in technologies such as Python, Scala, Java and SQL.
• Experience working with large and complex datasets using platforms such as Apache Spark.
• Strong understanding of software engineering principles, including testing, code reviews, version control and CI/CD practices.
• Experience developing data-driven or analytical solutions within enterprise environments.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and collaboration skills.
• A degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.

What you'll get in return

• Opportunity to work on meaningful, large-scale analytics initiatives.
• Flexible hybrid working arrangements.
• Long-term contract opportunity within a respected Federal Government agency.
• Exposure to modern data engineering and analytics technologies.
• Collaborative and technically strong team environment.

What you need to do now

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