Service Owner
- Service Owner â Data Platform Engineering
- Project/Program ManagementÂ
- Engineering best practicesÂ
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Whatâs the Role:
As the Service owner (Data Platform Engineering).Youâll own the endâtoâend delivery and evolution of a largeâscale Azure data platform, leading engineering teams to build, migrate, and modernise data capabilities across the organisation. This role combines deep technical leadership with platform ownership, covering roadmap delivery, engineering standards, migration programs, and stakeholder engagement. Youâll work closely with architecture, security, and business teams to ensure the platform is scalable, secure, costâeffective, and ready to support advanced analytics, AI, and enterprise data needs.
Key Responsibilities:
- Own the endâtoâend delivery of the Azure Data Platform, covering ingestion, processing, storage, analytics, and consumption layersÂ
- Lead platform roadmap execution, capability uplift, and major initiatives including ETL/ELT frameworks and data migrationsÂ
- Provide engineering leadership across Pythonâbased data pipelines and modern data platforms (ADLS, Synapse, Snowflake, Databricks)Â
- Drive platform reliability, security, governance, and cost optimisation, including compliance tooling such as PurviewÂ
- Lead complex transformation programs, including largeâscale cloud and legacy migrations and Hadoop modernisationÂ
- Act as the senior stakeholder interface, managing delivery, resourcing, budgets, and engineering best practices
What do I need?
- Experience in Agile delivery and programme management within complex data environmentsÂ
- Proven ownership and delivery of Azureâbased data platforms endâtoâendÂ
- Handsâon and architectural experience with Snowflake and DatabricksÂ
- Strong Pythonâbased data engineering experience across ingestion, transformation, and pipeline automationÂ
- Deep expertise across Azure services, ETL/ELT frameworks, data migrations, and legacy modernisation (including Hadoop)Â
- Demonstrated leadership across teams, vendors, budgets, and senior stakeholders, with strong governance and compliance awareness
Why join us?
Weâre obsessed with becoming our customers' #1 banking partner for life and weâre looking for people who are passionate about helping us achieve that goal. In return, weâre committed to making Westpac the best place to work in the country. Here are just a few of the ways weâre already doing that:
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- Special offers on banking products and discounts from top brands, including generous employee only mortgage rates!
- Flexible work arrangements to help you achieve a greater work/life balance, and a variety of leave options including Culture, Lifestyle and Wellbeing leave.Â
- Tailored learning and development opportunities to help your grow your career within the bank.Â
- Lots of opportunities to âgive backâ to the Community by getting involved in our many volunteering initiatives.
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Weâre all about creating a supportive and inclusive community. We welcome everyone no matter your age, gender, background, or abilities. We also provide additional support to welcome our veterans, Indigenous Australians and neurodiverse community.Â
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