Google Data Engineer

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 such as BigQuery, Dataflow, Cloud Composer and Pub/Sub. Your contributions will enable data‑driven optimisation across 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 Dataflow, 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) and as a Data Engineer. Experience with real‑time streaming data processing using Pub/Sub and Dataflow Streaming. Familiarity with containerisation and orchestration tools (Docker, Kubernetes). Experience with version control systems (Git). Deep understanding of DataOps principles and automated testing for data quality. GCP Professional Data Engineer certification is a plus. Additional Information Previous experience in a similar role as a Cloud Engineer developing, implementing or managing secure Google Cloud solutions at an enterprise level. Hands‑on Google Cloud experience. Experience working on Federal Government projects. 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 with core GCP 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 one or more of the following professional‑level Google Cloud certifications: Cloud Architect, Cloud DevOps Engineer, Cloud Developer or other professional‑level Google Cloud certifications. 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. Benefits include paid parental leave, well‑being initiatives, discounted health insurance, product discounts and regular recognition for high performance. We provide 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 growth opportunities. Equal Opportunity & EEO Statement NCS Australia is an equal‑opportunity employer and is proud of 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, and actively support and encourage people with disability to apply. Work Rights and Background Checks To be eligible for a position with us, applicants must have valid work rights for Australia and be willing to undergo a comprehensive background checking process, including probity and police checks. Agencies We request that you do not contact NCS employees outside of the Talent Acquisition team. NCS exclusively accepts resumes from agencies on our preferred supplier panel through the NCS Agency Portal. Agencies that submit resumes must have a valid fee agreement and be assigned to the particular requisition by the Talent Acquisition team. Any resumes submitted outside of this process will become the sole property of NCS. If a candidate is hired outside of this process, no fee or payment will be given. #J-18808-Ljbffr