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Data Engineer - AWS, Pyspark, Databricks

Profusion GroupMelbourne, Victoria🇦🇺AustraliaPosted 13 Oct 2026

Why This Role Stands Out

This hybrid role offers an exciting opportunity to drive significant data transformation initiatives using AWS, PySpark, and Databricks within a respected global organization. You'll thrive here if you are a skilled Data Engineer eager to take end-to-end ownership of data pipelines and contribute to a major cloud lakehouse migration. Apply now to gain valuable experience and make a real impact.

Quick Overview

Seniority
Mid Senior
Employment type
Full Time
Work mode
Hybrid
Location
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Job Description

  • 12-month contract with a major enterprise organisation
  • End-to-end ownership across cloud data engineering and data transformation initiatives
  • Work with AWS, PySpark, Databricks and modern lakehouse technologies
Company Overview
Our client is a highly respected global organisation undertaking a significant data transformation program.
Role Overview
As a Data Engineer, you'll play a key role in modernising enterprise data platforms and delivering high-quality data solutions that support critical business functions.
Working within a small, high-performing team, you'll own data assets from ingestion through to transformation, reconciliation, and production delivery.
This is an opportunity to work as part of a major cloud lakehouse migration, helping reshape how data is managed, consumed, and trusted across the organisation.
Key Responsibilities
  • Design and build scalable AWS and PySpark data pipelines.
  • Drive data quality, reconciliation, and platform reliability.
  • Solve complex data challenges and optimise large-scale transformations.
  • Support a major cloud lakehouse and Databricks migration initiative.
  • Partner with business and technology stakeholders to deliver trusted data outcomes
Skills & Experience
We are seeking experienced Data Engineers who bring:
  • Strong commercial experience in Data Engineering, including experience working within complex enterprise environments.
  • Advanced Python and SQL development skills.
  • Strong hands-on experience with Spark and PySpark.
  • Experience working with AWS data services such as Glue, Athena, S3, Lambda and Step Functions.
  • Databricks / Delta Lake experience highly regarded but not mandatory.
  • Strong data modelling, data quality and reconciliation expertise.
  • Experience with CI/CD practices, Git-based development and Infrastructure as Code principles.
  • The ability to work autonomously, solve complex problems and take ownership of outcomes.
What's on Offer
People enjoy working in this team because they are trusted to solve challenging problems, own meaningful outcomes, and contribute to a large-scale transformation program that genuinely impacts the organisation's future direction.
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Profusion respect people, value diversity and are committed to equality. We are committed to providing a supportive culture and positively contributing towards creating diverse and inclusive workplaces for our candidates & clients. We invite candidates of all ages, genders, sexual orientation, cultural backgrounds, people with disability, neurodiverse individuals, and Indigenous Australians to apply.

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