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# Principal Consultant – Data Intelligence at Cevo Services

- **Company:** Cevo Services
- **Location:** Melbourne, Australia
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-05-21
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-09
- **Apply:** https://jobs.gem.com/cevo-com-au/am9icG9zdDohlCfZ47TiXOOawx7L608X

## Job description

Who are you? As a Principal Consultant - Data Intelligence at Cevo, you'll need a combination of technical skills, strategic thinking, and effective communication.

What You'll Do:

- Architect and oversee the implementation of scalable cloud data platforms on AWS using services including S3, Glue, Redshift, Lake Formation, Kinesis, Lambda, and Step Functions.
- Lead solution design and technical governance across Databricks (Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, MLflow) and/or Snowflake (Snowpark, Snowpipe, data sharing, dynamic tables).
- Define data modelling standards and patterns, star/snowflake schemas, medallion/lakehouse architecture, data vault, appropriate to client context.
- Set and enforce engineering best practices: CI/CD for data pipelines, code review standards, testing frameworks, and documentation.
- Oversee data transformation workstreams using dbt, PySpark, or SQL, ensuring quality and maintainability.
- Guide platform and tooling selection decisions, producing clear business cases and technical trade-off analyses for clients.
- Drive data governance, lineage, and cataloguing implementation using tools such as AWS Glue Data Catalog, Unity Catalog, or Collibra.
- Provide architectural oversight on streaming and real-time data use cases (Kafka, Kinesis, Spark Streaming) where applicable.
- Team Leadership & Mentoring
- Taking a leadership role in presales (EOI, RFI, RFP) activities, presenting solutions to our clients and answering questions in a pre sales environment

What You'll Bring:

- 7–10+ years in data engineering, data architecture, or analytics roles, with at least 3 years in a consulting or professional services environment.
- Proven track record of leading complex data platform deliveries end-to-end, with full accountability for outcomes.
- Deep hands-on AWS expertise: S3, Glue, Redshift, Athena, Lake Formation, Lambda, Kinesis, IAM, CloudWatch.
- Advanced proficiency in Databricks (Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, Spark optimisation) and/or Snowflake (Snowpark, performance tuning, data sharing).
- Strong Python and/or Scala development skills for data engineering workloads at scale.
- Expert-level SQL with experience in query optimisation across distributed systems.
- Experience with dbt for transformation pipelines in production environments.
- Demonstrable experience engaging senior stakeholders (Director/VP/C-suite) and translating business strategy into data solutions.
- Strong commercial awareness: ability to manage budgets, write proposals, and contribute to practice growth.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills; confident presenting to both technical and executive audiences.
- Experience mentoring or leading small technical teams in a delivery context.
- Previous Consulting experience within enterprise environments including pre sales

Desirable Skills & Certifications

- AWS Certified Data Engineer – Associate or Professional, or AWS Solutions Architect – Professional.
- Databricks Certified Professional Data Engineer or Solutions Architect.
- SnowPro Advanced: Architect or Data Engineer certification.
- Exposure to data mesh, data products, or federated governance operating models.
- Familiarity with enterprise data governance platforms (Collibra, Alation, Atlan).
- Experience with ML platform components (SageMaker, MLflow, Feature Store).
- Knowledge of BI/visualisation tools: Tableau, Power BI, or AWS QuickSight.

## About Cevo Services

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Cevo is an Australian-owned AWS Premier Consulting Partner that helps organizations design and deliver modern cloud platforms, unlock data for insight, and apply AI where it creates real value.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Bootstrapped/Profit-funded)
- **Headquarters**: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (with offices in City and Haymarket)
- **Founded**: 2016
- **Founders**: Not publicly available

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: IT Services and IT Consulting, with deep specialization in Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud infrastructure, data intelligence, and AI/agentic systems.
- **Target customers**: B2B, primarily mid-market to enterprise organizations across financial services, retail, energy & utilities, independent software vendors (ISVs), government, and education sectors.
- **Mission/purpose statement**: "Turn transformation from a one-off program into a lasting capability to adapt, innovate and deliver better outcomes." The company believes technology, businesses, and careers "should never stand still."

## Products & Services
Cevo organizes its offerings into four core capabilities, delivered as consulting and managed services:

- **AI & Agentic Systems**: Move from pilots to production-ready AI and agentic systems that automate work, support decisions, and integrate safely into everyday operations with security and governance built-in.
- **Data Intelligence**: Build trusted data foundations including strategy, platform, integration, analytics, and governance, enabling dashboards and insights used daily and AI that scales with confidence.
- **Intelligent Modernisation**: Evolve legacy applications and build new digital products using modern architecture, product thinking, and AI-enabled delivery, reducing technical debt and increasing speed, resilience, and security.
- **Cloud Evolution**: Design clear cloud pathways for complex environments, accelerate assessment with AI, and embed secure foundations and automation so performance, cost, and security keep improving long after migration.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available (private company)
- **Key Metric**: Annual revenue of approximately **$8.3 million** (LinkedIn estimate); has partnered with **200+ organizations** across Australia since 2016.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: AWS Premier Tier Consulting Partner (highest tier), with deep specialization in AI, data, and cloud. No external funding rounds are publicly listed; the company appears to be profit-funded/bootstrapped.
- **Growth Signals**: LinkedIn followers grew +11.9% year-over-year to 6,972; actively hiring for senior and principal-level consultant roles across AI, cloud, and data practices. The company is expanding its AI-focused service line ("AI Everywhere" approach).

## Competitive Advantages
- **AWS Premier Partner status**: The highest tier of AWS partnership, signaling deep technical credibility and preferred access to AWS resources, training, and co-selling opportunities.
- **"AI Everywhere" approach**: Cevo embeds AI into every stage of delivery—not just to enhance what they build, but to accelerate how they build (faster discovery, better design, higher-quality delivery, continuous upskilling).
- **Continuous evolution philosophy**: The company’s entire model is built around making modernization a lasting capability, not a one-off project. This differentiates them from traditional consultancies that focus on fixed-scope engagements.
- **Australian-owned, local focus**: Deep understanding of the Australian regulatory and business landscape, particularly in financial services, government, and utilities.

## Strategic Focus
- **AI-first delivery**: Embedding AI into every stage of consulting delivery, from discovery through to production, as a core differentiator.
- **Building internal capability**: Cevo’s model emphasizes empowering customer teams, not just delivering for them—creating lasting change rather than dependency.
- **Expanding agentic systems**: Moving beyond basic AI pilots into production-ready autonomous systems that can automate complex workflows.
- **People and culture investment**: Heavy focus on learning, development budgets, knowledge sharing (Hive Mind sessions), and creating a community-driven consultancy culture.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Built on knowledge sharing and collaboration. The company hosts "Hive Mind" sessions for employees to share learnings, and emphasizes open-minded feedback as a "cherished gift." Values include insatiable curiosity, freedom to experiment, and a people-first approach.
- **Work model**: Flexible hybrid working environment that respects work-life balance.
- **Learning & development**: Dedicated learning and development budget, days off per year solely for L&D, unlimited access to a learning platform, and POD leadership programs.
- **Community**: Sponsorship of local tech meetups, regular social events, transparent business updates, and a referral bonus program.
- **Wellbeing**: Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for mental health support.
- **Recruitment process**: Described as a two-way conversation—30-minute chat with People & Culture, a 1-hour technical interview with a technical leader, and a face-to-face session with a senior leadership team member.
- **Employer rating**: 4.2/5.0 on LinkedIn (19 reviews), with breakdowns: Work-Life 4.4, Compensation 4.2, Culture 4.1, Career 3.8.
- **Notable perks**: Regular social events, transparent communication, and a strong emphasis on celebrating achievements both internally and externally.

## Sources
1. [Cevo Official Website](https://cevo.com.au/)
2. [Cevo Careers Page](https://cevo.com.au/careers/)
3. [Cevo Work at Cevo Page](https://cevo.com.au/work-at-cevo/)
4. [Cevo About Us Page](https://cevo.com.au/about-us/)
5. [Cevo LinkedIn Company Profile](https://linkedin.com/company/cevoaustralia)

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