About the Role
We're looking for an experienced Databricks Data Consultant to join us on an initial 3-month contract engagement. You'll work across customer data and analytics projects, designing and delivering scalable data solutions using Databricks and modern cloud technologies.
This is a hands-on consulting role suited to someone with strong Databricks expertise who can quickly understand customer requirements, work effectively with technical and business stakeholders, and contribute to the design and delivery of data solutions.
What You'll Do
- Design and deliver scalable data solutions using Databricks.
- Build and operationalise reliable data pipelines and ETL/ELT processes.
- Translate customer requirements into practical technical solutions.
- Integrate and transform structured and unstructured data from multiple sources.
- Develop data platforms, data lakes, and distributed data solutions.
- Build and optimise solutions using Apache Spark.
- Work across cloud data environments including Azure, AWS, or GCP.
- Improve data reliability, performance, efficiency, and quality.
What You'll Bring
- 3+ years' hands-on Databricks experience.
- Strong knowledge of Databricks architecture, features, and implementation.
- Experience with DBT and/or Coalesce.
- Strong programming skills in Python, Scala, Java, C# or similar.
- Experience with Apache Spark and relational databases such as SQL Server or Redshift.
- Experience with Azure, AWS, or GCP.
- Experience developing and deploying production data pipelines.
- Strong consulting, stakeholder engagement, and problem-solving skills.
- Experience with CI/CD, streaming, data modelling, Machine Learning or DataOps will be highly regarded.
Contract: Initial 8 Week engagement
Start: ASAP
Skills Required
- 3+ years of hands-on Databricks experience
- Strong knowledge of Databricks architecture, features, and implementation
- Experience with dbt and/or Coalesce
- Strong programming skills in Python, Scala, Java, C#, or similar
- Experience with Apache Spark and relational databases such as SQL Server or Redshift
- Experience with Azure, AWS, or GCP
- Experience developing and deploying production data pipelines
- Strong consulting, stakeholder engagement, and problem-solving skills
- Experience with CI/CD, streaming, data modelling, Machine Learning, or DataOps
Datacom Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Datacom and has not been reviewed or approved by Datacom.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare support includes complimentary health insurance packages in Australia and New Zealand alongside employee assistance programs. Wellbeing resources and on‑site meditation rooms are highlighted as part of the offering.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Flexible and remote work support, plus discounts on gyms, travel, and selected retailers, are prominently featured. The package emphasizes work–life balance and lifestyle support alongside core benefits.
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Flexible Benefits — Flexible working is promoted across locations, with hybrid/remote arrangements positioned as standard practice where feasible. Benefits are framed as locally tailored by country and business unit, reflecting adaptability to context.
Datacom Insights
What We Do
Datacom is Australasia's largest home-grown tech company. Drawing on the experience of over 6500 staff in 24 locations around the globe, we work with a full range of clients, from small start-ups through to government agencies and multinational corporations, to explore and extract the hidden value in their systems. We bring together over half a century of know-how, the right technology and the knowledge and creativity of our people, to deliver sustainable solutions to our customers’ greatest challenges. With our team of dedicated professionals, we work with leading partners to deliver the solutions that are right for our customers – that solve their issues and enhances their businesses. We design, build and run IT systems and processes across operations, cybersecurity, cloud, digital platforms, payroll and enterprise applications. We deliver customer care services and operate mission-critical infrastructure with best-in-class data centre facilities – Datacom delivers on the promise: practical imagination.
