AWS Technical Lead // Databricks

  • Australia
  • Sydney
  • Contract
  • AU$1000 - AU$1070 per day

We’re looking for an experienced Technical Lead – Data Engineering to join a major enterprise data transformation and lead the technical delivery of two strategic data initiatives.

This is a hands-on Technical Lead role for someone who enjoys staying close to the technology while taking ownership of solution design, technical direction and engineering delivery.

You’ll work across a modern AWS and Databricks environment, partnering with architects, engineers and business stakeholders to turn requirements into scalable, production-ready data solutions.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the technical design and delivery of enterprise data engineering solutions.
  • Translate business requirements into detailed technical designs and Low-Level Designs (LLDs).
  • Design scalable and secure data solutions using Databricks and AWS.
  • Remain hands-on across development, implementation and code reviews.
  • Design and deliver modern data pipelines and ETL/ELT solutions.
  • Provide technical direction and mentoring to Data Engineers.
  • Work closely with architecture, business and delivery stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle.
  • Ensure solutions meet enterprise architecture, security and data governance standards.
  • Support testing, deployment and production implementation.

Requirements

  • Strong experience as a Technical Lead, Lead Data Engineer within complex enterprise environments.
  • Deep hands-on Databricks experience is essential.
  • Experience with some of the following Databricks capabilities – must have at least 2 to 3 things:
    • Databricks Genie
    • Semantic modelling
    • Managed MCP Servers
    • Vector Stores / Vector Search indexes
    • Lakebase
  • Strong AWS data engineering experience, ideally across S3, Glue, Lambda, EMR or related services.
  • Strong development skills across Python, SQL and/or Spark.
  • Proven experience designing modern data platforms, pipelines and scalable data architectures.
  • Experience producing detailed LLDs and technical specifications.
  • Strong stakeholder engagement skills with the ability to communicate technical concepts clearly.
  • Experience working within Agile delivery environments.

If you’re a hands-on Data Engineering Technical Lead with strong Databricks and AWS experience, please apply or reach out directly for a confidential chat at alex.nguyen@talentinternational.com

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