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Senior Data Engineer

Unley, South Australia, AustraliaFull-time2026-10-12 → 2026-11-11
Citizens only

Core

Designing and owning scalable data pipelines, data warehousing solutions, and data governance frameworks for public and private sector clients.

Role type

Senior IC data engineer (cloud data platform)

Builds

Scalable data pipelines, modern data warehouses, and data quality observability tooling

Domain

IT Consultancy / Public and Private Sector / Cloud Data Engineering

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Advanced SQL, Python or Scala, dimensional modelling, data governance, cloud platform (Azure), ETL/ELT orchestration (dbt, Azure Data Factory), modern data warehousing (Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift, Synapse), infrastructure-as-code (Terraform), CI/CD pipelines, data quality frameworks

Preferred skills

Government client experience, MLOps, AI/ML pipeline support

Technologies

Azure, dbt, Azure Data Factory, Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift, Synapse, Databricks, Fabric, Terraform, Git

Responsibilities

Lead technical design decisions for data architecture, develop and optimize data pipelines, design scalable data warehousing solutions, ensure data governance and security compliance, mentor junior and mid-level engineers, translate technical trade-offs for non-technical stakeholders

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with mentorship responsibilities