Modern data engineering recruitment

Recruiting the Modern Data Stack.

ParkTrail Associates recruits Data Engineers across Snowflake, Databricks, AWS and GCP. With over 16 years of experience, we partner with consulting firms, enterprise organisations and technology companies across Australia’s cloud data landscape.

What we recruit for

Modern Data Engineering Teams.

Contract and permanent recruitment across startups, consulting, enterprise organisations, and technology companies.

Data Engineering

Data Engineers, Senior & Lead Data Engineers, Analytics Engineers, and Data Platform Engineers across Snowflake, Databricks, AWS, GCP and Azure

Architecture

Data Architects, Cloud Data Architects, Snowflake Architects, and Platform Architects.

Leadership

Engineering Managers, Heads of Data Engineering, Directors of Data, and Chief Data Officers.

Common technologies we recruit for:

Snowflake

Databricks

AWS

Google Cloud

Microsoft Azure

dbt

Python

SQL

Apache Airflow

Spark

Redshift

BigQuery

Microsoft Fabric

Kafka

Terraform

Docker

Kubernetes

Fivetran

Coalesce

Iceberg

Delta Lake

Currently recruiting for

A snapshot of current data engineering searches.

Databricks Data Architect – NV1 Cleared

Contract

Canberra

We are looking for an experienced Databricks Data Architect to join a major data platform initiative in Canberra. This is a senior architecture role focused on the design and evolution of a modern Databricks-based data platform, working across data architecture, engineering, integration, governance and security. Key Responsibilities Design and evolve enterprise data architecture using Databricks. Define scalable data platform patterns, standards and frameworks. Design data structures, models and integration patterns across complex source systems. Provide architectural guidance to Data Engineering teams. Establish best practices across ingestion, transformation, storage and consumption. Design appropriate data governance, lineage, security and access controls. Work closely with engineering, infrastructure and business stakeholders. Ensure the platform is scalable, secure and maintainable. Key Skills Strong Databricks architecture experience. Experience designing enterprise-scale cloud data platforms. Strong understanding of Lakehouse / Medallion architecture. Unity Catalog and data governance experience. Strong Spark / PySpark and SQL knowledge. Data modelling and enterprise data architecture. Cloud data engineering and integration patterns. Experience designing secure and governed data environments. Strong stakeholder engagement and technical leadership. An active NV1 security clearance is required for this opportunity.

Databricks Azure Pyspark

Posted today · 2 Sep

Senior Data Engineer - Snowflake

Contract

Adelaide · Hybrid - 6 months

Working with a large enterprise organisation to build an AI-enabled supply chain monitoring capability, connecting data across the organisation to provide better visibility, insight and early identification of issues. Core focus: Building the data and AI foundations for enterprise supply chain monitoring Connecting fragmented data sources into a governed, scalable cloud data platform Using Snowflake, dbt and Power BI to create trusted, accessible enterprise data Deploying Snowflake Cortex and Cortex Analyst to enable natural language interrogation of operational and supply chain data Using AI to monitor supply chain activity, identify risks, surface anomalies and provide actionable insights Delivering self-service analytics through AWS QuickSight Integrating enterprise GenAI tools including Claude and Snowflake Cortex Establishing AI governance, security and risk controls to support responsible adoption at scale Tech: Snowflake, Snowflake Cortex, Cortex Analyst, dbt, Power BI, AWS QuickSight, Claude, AWS, GenAI.

Snowflake · AWS · dbt · Claude

Posted today · 2 Sep

Data Engineer - AWS

Contract

Melbourne Hybrid

We are looking for an experienced Data Engineer to join the second phase of a major enterprise AWS data platform project. This is a hands-on engineering role for someone who enjoys writing code, building production data pipelines and developing scalable data engineering frameworks. Key Responsibilities Design and build production-grade data pipelines on AWS. Develop and maintain workflows using Apache Airflow / MWAA. Build data processing solutions using Python and PySpark. Develop ELT transformations using dbt and SQL. Work across AWS Glue, S3, Redshift and related AWS services. Build reusable engineering components and frameworks. Troubleshoot, optimise and support production pipelines. Key Skills Strong AWS Data Engineering experience. Hands-on Apache Airflow / MWAA. Strong Python / PySpark. Excellent SQL. AWS Glue and/or EMR. dbt experience. Amazon Redshift experience highly regarded. Experience building and supporting production data platforms. Initial six-month contract with potential to extend.

AWS · dbt · Airflow · Pyspark · SQL

Posted today · 2 Sep

Data Architect - Snowflake

Contract

Melbourne · Hybrid - 6-12 months

Lead the architecture of a modern Snowflake platform supporting a major on-premise-to-cloud data migration.

Snowflake · dbt · Fivetran · Cloud Migration

Posted today · 2 Sep

Director - Data Architect - Databricks Lead

Perm

Sydney or Melbourne - Hybrid

Senior consulting role leading Databricks architecture, solution design and client advisory across modern data platform programs (No sales )

Databricks · Azure · Data Architecture · Consulting

Posted today · 2 Sep

Lead Data Engineer

Contract

Sydney Hybrid

Lead a small delivery squad modernising data pipelines and platform engineering practices for a national organisation.

Snowflake · dbt · Fivetran · Airflow · Python

Posted today · 2 Sep

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Meet Mark Jesson

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I’ve spent more than 16 years helping organisations across Australia hire exceptional technology talent. Before founding ParkTrail, I led Data & Analytics recruitment across Asia Pacific at EY, where I helped grow the practice from 85 to more than 475 professionals.

Since then, I’ve partnered with consulting firms, enterprise organisations and technology companies to build high-performing teams across some of Australia’s most significant data transformation programs.

Today, my focus is Modern Data Engineering. I specialise in recruiting Data Engineers, Data Architects and Engineering Leaders across Snowflake, Databricks, AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, dbt and the modern data stack.

Whether it’s finding a specialist contractor for a critical project or building an entire engineering team, my approach is built on long-term relationships, deep market knowledge and understanding the technology well enough to identify the right people — not just the right keywords.

If you’re building a modern data platform or planning your next engineering hire, I’d love to help.

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16+ years

Specialist Data and Technology recruitment across Australia.

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Former EY APAC lead

Led Data & Analytics recruitment across Asia Pacific and helped grow the practice from 85 to 475+ professionals.

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Modern Data Engineering specialist

Focused on Snowflake, Databricks, AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, dbt and the modern data stack.

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