Westpac Group

Senior Data Engineer - PySpark & Data Ingestion

Join Westpac Group as a Senior Data Engineer in Sydney. Lead data ingestion with PySpark, enhance data governance, and enjoy flexible work and growth benefits.

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DevOps
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Governance, Risk, and Compliance
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IT Service Management
ServiceNow Certifications (nice to have):
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Certified Implementation Specialist - IT Service Management

Job description

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March 7, 2025

We are seeking a Senior Data Engineer to support our Security Insights platform, designing, implementing, and operating on Palantir. You will be accountable for technical development, analysis, and maintenance of a rolling roadmap for currency, and working with technical teams to ensure execution of the roadmap is delivered as per schedule.

Requirements

  • Transforming unstructured datasets into a more consumable format using PySpark / Python
  • Ingesting data from upstream source systems through REST API, File Transfer (SFTP), Bash, and SQL, and working with Network Connectivity, Firewall and Proxy in Linux
  • Managing data services (ITSM) in an Agile Scrum environment using Jira and ServiceNow, and improving the operations and CI/CD process for the application and team
  • Designing and building data pipelines in a distributed computing environment while tuning performance using techniques like pagination, partitioning, and broadcasting
  • Taking ownership in engaging with internal Westpac clients based on data governance and management practices (as 2IC or Tech Lead)
  • Experience in governance for data onboarding, data quality, master data, and access control (nice to have)
  • Experience in the multi-tenancy data lake platforms e.g. Databricks / Snowflake / Cloudera (nice to have)

Benefits

  • Competitive remuneration
  • Great culture
  • Wide range of employee benefits
  • Personalised upskilling, mentoring, and training opportunities
  • Flexible working
  • Generous paid and unpaid parental leave
  • Access to super contributions while on parental leave
  • Supportive and collaborative team environment
  • Opportunities for career growth and development
  • Inclusive and diverse workplace

Requirements Summary

5+ years of experience in data engineering, with expertise in PySpark, data ingestion, and data governance