# Director Technology - Data Platform Engineering

We are looking for a senior data engineering leader to join Simple Machines in Sydney as part of our Global Data Practice leadership team. This is a strategic and hands-on Engineering Leadership role focused on helping shape the future direction of our data platform capability across ANZ. The individual will play a key role in defining our propositions, strengthening our technical capability, and helping clients modernise their data ecosystems for an AI-native future. The role requires someone equally comfortable operating at executive, architectural, commercial, and delivery levels. We are looking for a Engineering leader who understands where enterprise data platforms are heading over the next five years, not where they were five years ago. Requirements Key Responsibilities Part of the Global Data Practice leadership team Helping define and evolve Simple Machines’ data platform propositions, technical direction, and strategic positioning Advising enterprise clients on modern data platform strategy, architecture, operating models, and AI readiness Supporting organisations as they evolve from traditional centralised data platforms toward AI-native, real-time, and data product-orien

- **Id**: 780515
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/simplemachines-director-technology-data-platforms>
- **Role**: Leadership
- **Role family**: Leadership
- **Seniority**: head
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Sydney, Australia
- **Countries**: AU
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-05-21T00:00:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-05-21
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-07T18:37:02Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 170
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 4919
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Analytics & BI Consulting, Data Engineering & Migration Services

## Company

- **Id**: 720743
- **Name**: Simplemachines
- **Domain**: simplemachines.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/simplemachines-2>
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workable

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 95
- **Open postings**: 13
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 148
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T05:47:08Z

## Salary estimate

- **Min usd**: 128000
- **Max usd**: 287000
- **Period**: year
- **Method**: global_role_cell_scaled_by_country
- **Sample n**: 4188

## Technologies

- **Agentic Workflows** — Optional: no
- **AI Agents** — Optional: no
- **Apache Kafka** — Optional: no
- **AWS** — Optional: no
- **Azure** — Optional: no
- **Databricks** — Optional: no
- **dbt** — Optional: no
- **GCP** — Optional: no
- **Kubernetes** — Optional: no
- **Machine Learning** — Optional: no
- **Snowflake** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Repost count**: 0
- **Flags**: company_stale
- **Days open**: 170

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-09-12T00:41:34Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 36
- **Band**: fade
- **Label**: Fading
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.821
- **P room**: 0.44
- **Age days**: 170
- **Expected fill days**: 148
- **Reasons**: conf:0, win:tail, crowd:
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T05:47:08Z

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