Position Overview
As a Data Engineering Team Lead, you will provide senior technical leadership and people management within a high‐performing data and geospatial delivery environment. Responsibilities include the production, sustainment and continuous improvement of enterprise geospatial datasets and data engineering pipelines that support mission‐critical outcomes.
Key Responsibilities
* Provide day‐to‐day line management, leadership and professional development for Data Engineers and GIS Production Engineers.
* Foster a high‐performing, collaborative team culture focused on quality, accountability and continuous improvement.
* Oversee workload planning, prioritisation and delivery outcomes, ensuring timeliness, compliance and effective risk management.
* Provide senior technical leadership across geospatial data engineering and GIS production workflows, including ingestion, transformation, validation and delivery.
* Review and assure technical outputs, act as an escalation point for complex issues, and ensure alignment with engineering, ITIL and data governance standards.
* Drive continuous improvement, capability uplift and operational maturity through mentoring, standards development and stakeholder engagement.
Requirements
* Demonstrated experience as a senior practitioner in data engineering, geospatial data engineering or a related discipline.
* Proven experience in line management or technical leadership of engineering teams.
* Strong knowledge of enterprise data engineering practices within production environments.
* Experience providing technical review, guidance and assurance of engineering outputs.
* Ability to operate under broad direction with accountability for team‐level outcomes and decision‐making.
* Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills, including translation of technical concepts for varied audiences.
* Commitment to quality, continuous improvement and operational excellence within secure or regulated environments.
* Australian citizenship and active TSPV Clearance, with the ability to satisfy DISA clearance requirements.
Benefits
* Up to an extra 12 days of leave per year through the Life Days program.
* Family Friendly certified workplace.
* Competitive compensation and health and wellness programs (details available at www.leidos.com/careers/pay-benefits).
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.
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