April 5, 2023
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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Australia
April 5, 2023
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Job Description
This role can be based in any state across Australia and it can be a fully remote role.
How will I help?
The Lead Data Engineer role provides the technical expertise and dedicated technical focus required to deliver on Westpac’s next generation technology capabilities including data analytics, platform development, specialised application development, systems, and processes.
This role will operate predominantly in an Agile environment, and such will be required to support the technology capabilities to effectively deliver value to customers.
This role is for individuals who want to develop their knowledge and skills in an area of specialisation, along with the desire and ability to learn across disciplines and lead engineering teams.
About you: passionate about cutting edge technology and want to be part of a data engineering team that encourages unbounded innovation and fosters genuine growth and talent? Then bring your complex business problem solving skills, technical acumen, product mindset and unquenchable appetite to grow in the industry leading technology stacks to our agile, customer centric and highly collaborative team in Westpac that is building the runway for the next generation data solution and services.
Your responsibilities will include the following:
You’ll play an important and significant part in the future of a business that has been around for 200 years and be instrumental in achieving our purpose of helping Australians succeed. So, we’ll back you in the development of your career, with internal career prospects and flexible working. You’ll also be backed by a fantastic team of people in a can-do, supportive structure.
What do I need?
To be set up for success in this role, you will be able to demonstrate:
We aim to provide one big, supportive team of people who love helping others succeed. As an equal opportunity employer, we’re proud to have created a culture and work environment that values diversity and flexibility – and champions inclusion.an equal opportunity employer, we are proud to have created a culture and work environment that values diversity and flexibility – and champions inclusion.
How do I Apply?
Start here. Just click on the APPLY button.
As part of our commitment to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace, this role is open to experienced candidates seeking a discussion around workplace flexibility. We invite candidates of all ages, people with a disability and Indigenous Australians to apply.
This role can be based in any state across Australia and it can be a fully remote role.
How will I help?
The Lead Data Engineer role provides the technical expertise and dedicated technical focus required to deliver on Westpac’s next generation technology capabilities including data analytics, platform development, specialised application development, systems, and processes.
This role will operate predominantly in an Agile environment, and such will be required to support the technology capabilities to effectively deliver value to customers.
This role is for individuals who want to develop their knowledge and skills in an area of specialisation, along with the desire and ability to learn across disciplines and lead engineering teams.
About you: passionate about cutting edge technology and want to be part of a data engineering team that encourages unbounded innovation and fosters genuine growth and talent? Then bring your complex business problem solving skills, technical acumen, product mindset and unquenchable appetite to grow in the industry leading technology stacks to our agile, customer centric and highly collaborative team in Westpac that is building the runway for the next generation data solution and services.
Your responsibilities will include the following:
- Complete the design, development and testing of components that deliver on Westpac’s technology capability with the goal of providing reliable, stable and operationally sound applications, systems and infrastructure that meet business requirements and industry best practices
- Apply Design Thinking principles such as customer empathy, creative collaboration and test and learn ensuring solutions address customer needs and are viable and feasible for the business
- Specify interfaces and translate logical designs into physical designs taking account target environment, performance & security requirements, and existing systems
- Contribute to the continuous improvement of applications throughout lifecycle and provide technical input to the planning of future application and maintenance requirements
- Employ CI/CD and DevOps practices that are endorsed by Customer Services & Technology and ensure maximum leverage of existing platform services.
- Consistently apply tools, standards, methods, and processes in developing solutions to ensure that quality applications are developed with consistent maintainable code which supports risk and compliance management
- Consistently challenge the status quo, finding innovative ways of achieving business outcomes to advance technology solutions.
You’ll play an important and significant part in the future of a business that has been around for 200 years and be instrumental in achieving our purpose of helping Australians succeed. So, we’ll back you in the development of your career, with internal career prospects and flexible working. You’ll also be backed by a fantastic team of people in a can-do, supportive structure.
What do I need?
To be set up for success in this role, you will be able to demonstrate:
- Experience in software development, most recently in the Big Data technologies.
- Experience in technologies such as Hadoop, Spark, Hive, HBase, Python, Java, Spring Boot, Git, Flink, Cosmos DB, Akka, Scala, SQL, Synapse
- Fundamental knowledge and experience in one technical specialism, such as a sub-domain or language
- Analysis, problem solving, troubleshooting and consultative skills
- Hands-on experience with DevOps pipelines, in particular Azure DevOps and Jenkins.
- Experience designing for cloud platforms, including serverless architecture, preferably Azure.
- Background in software engineering, and agile methodologies and tools (Jira / Confluence).
- Sound verbal and written communication skills using an open, clear, and engaging manner
- Passion for becoming a leader in your technical domain expertise area
We aim to provide one big, supportive team of people who love helping others succeed. As an equal opportunity employer, we’re proud to have created a culture and work environment that values diversity and flexibility – and champions inclusion.an equal opportunity employer, we are proud to have created a culture and work environment that values diversity and flexibility – and champions inclusion.
How do I Apply?
Start here. Just click on the APPLY button.
As part of our commitment to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace, this role is open to experienced candidates seeking a discussion around workplace flexibility. We invite candidates of all ages, people with a disability and Indigenous Australians to apply.
