GCP Data Engineer — BigQuery & Dataflow Architect (Queensland)

Company Description At NCS Australia, we believe in doing technology services better. Our commitment to quality, focus on people, and willingness to challenge traditional thinking set us apart. Our team brings this belief to life by partnering with our clients and communities to make tomorrow together. We are committed to creating an environment that prioritises innovation, collaboration, and purposeful work. Our diverse team is empowered to make a meaningful impact with curiosity, creativity and resilience to shape better outcomes. Join us and accept the challenge of creating a better tomorrow. Job Description This role is responsible for building and scaling the massive, reliable data infrastructure that powers critical decisions, product features, and advanced analytics across our organization—impacting billions of users daily. As a Data Engineer, you will be a core architect and builder of our next-generation data pipelines, transforming raw, high-volume data into structured, actionable insights. You will design, construct, implement, and rigorously manage end-to-end data processing systems, focusing on robustness, efficiency, security, and high throughput. Your challenge will be to translate complex, ambiguous business requirements from product managers and data scientists into scalable, fault-tolerant solutions using cutting-edge Google Cloud Platform (GCP) technologies. This includes deep involvement with services like BigQuery, Dataflow, Cloud Composer, and Pub/Sub. Your contributions will be instrumental in enabling data-driven optimisation across areas such as product development, machine learning model training, and operational efficiency, making you a vital partner in Google's ongoing innovation. We're looking for an engineer ready to tackle petabyte-scale data challenges and champion data quality across the enterprise. Responsibilities
- Design and build scalable data pipelines (ETL/ELT) using technologies such as Dataflow (Apache Beam), Composer (Apache Airflow), and BigQuery.
- Architect and optimise data models within BigQuery for performance and cost efficiency, supporting high-volume analytical workloads.
- Work closely with Data Scientists, Analysts, and Software Engineers to understand data needs and ensure data quality, integrity and security across all platforms.
- Monitor and troubleshoot production data systems, implementing best practices for continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD) of data pipelines.
- Explore and recommend new data technologies and cloud services to enhance data architecture and governance. Qualifications
- Strong background and experience in Google Cloud Platform (GCP) as a Data Engineer.
- Experience with real-time streaming data processing using Pub/Sub and Dataflow Streaming.
- Familiarity with containerisation and orchestration tools such as Docker and Kubernetes.
- Experience with version control systems such as Git.
- Deep understanding of DataOps principles and automated testing for data quality.
- GCP Professional Data Engineer Certification is a plus.
- Previous experience in a similar Cloud Engineer role developing, implementing, or managing secure Google Cloud solutions at an enterprise level.
- Hands‑on experience building infrastructure as code with Terraform at an advanced level.
- Ability to script in at least one of Python or Bash.
- Applied knowledge of CI/CD concepts and deployment of platform solutions.
- Experience leveraging GCP core services such as Compute Engine, App Engine, Kubernetes Engine, Cloud Storage, BigQuery, Pub/Sub, etc.
- Well‑versed in networking concepts, including VPCs, subnets, load balancing, firewalls, and DNS.
- Experience designing secure and scalable network architectures on Google Cloud.
- Security‑focused with a deep understanding of cloud security principles, threats and mitigation techniques.
- Hold at least one of the following Professional Google Cloud certifications: Cloud Architect, Cloud DevOps Engineer, Cloud Developer, or other professional‑level Google Cloud certifications.
- Valid work rights for Australia and willingness to undergo a comprehensive background check, including probity and police checks. Why Join Us NCS Australia is where you can feel at home, nurturing your talents and skills as we make tomorrow together, one day at a time. Our advantages include paid parental leave, initiatives focused on your well‑being and discounted health insurance. You will also enjoy discounts on various products and services and be regularly recognised and rewarded for high performance. We are committed to your career development through our Capability Fingerprint, industry and partner training programmes, special interest groups and an AI‑driven learning platform. No matter where you are in your career, we offer meaningful work and opportunities for growth. NCS Australia is an equal‑opportunity employer, and we take pride in our commitment to valuing and supporting our people and the communities we serve. We are dedicated to attracting, retaining and developing our people regardless of gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability and age. Applications are encouraged from all sectors of the community and we strongly encourage applications from Veterans, Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander communities. We are committed to supporting adjustments throughout the recruitment and selection process, as well as during employment. We actively support and encourage people with disability to apply. #J-18808-Ljbffr Apply on Kit Job: kitjobau.com/job/3qu0f2