Job Description

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- Sydney Olympic Park, NSW | Hybrid Chance
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- Up to $1,050/day + GST
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- Contract until June 2027 | Immediate Start
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Senior Data Engineer
n About the Role
n An exciting opportunity exists for an experienced Senior Data Engineer to join a large enterprise data transformation program within a highly respected public sector organisation.
n As part of a growing Data Engineering team, you will play a key role in building and maintaining modern data platforms across both on-premises and cloud environments. You will help deliver enterprise data capabilities that support analytics, business intelligence, operational decision-making, and emerging AI/ML initiatives.
n This position offers the opportunity to work on complex, large-scale data ecosystems while contributing to a long-term strategic data roadmap.
n Key Responsibilities

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- Design, build, and support enterprise data warehouses and data lakes.
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- Develop and maintain scalable ETL/ELT pipelines.
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- Integrate data from multiple sources including databases, APIs, and cloud platforms.
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- Develop SQL and Python-based workflows and automation solutions.
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- Implement data orchestration, scheduling, monitoring, logging, and auditing processes.
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- Support data governance, lineage, cataloguing, classification, and retention initiatives.
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- Build and maintain data models, semantic layers, and business rules.
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- Administer role-based access controls (RBAC) and security frameworks.
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- Manage deployments across development, test, and production environments.
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- Optimise platform performance and ensure data reliability and availability.
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- Collaborate closely with Data Governance,



BI, Analytics, and Data Science teams.
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- Mentor junior engineers and promote best-practice DataOps and DevOps methodologies.
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- Proven experience working as a Senior Data Engineer.
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- Minimum 5 years' experience delivering scalable ETL/ELT solutions within complex enterprise environments.
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- Strong expertise in:n n
- SQL
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- Python
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- Data Warehousing
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- Data Lakes
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- Data Integration
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- Data Modelling
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- Pipeline Orchestration
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- Data Migration
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- Data Governance
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- Experience supporting both on-premises and cloud-based data platforms.
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- Strong understanding of DevOps, DataOps, CI/CD, and version control practices.
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- Experience with Git, GitHub, Bitbucket or similar repositories.
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- Experience using Jira, Confluence, or comparable collaboration tools.
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- Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
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Ideal Candidate You will be a proactive and solutions-focused Data Engineer who thrives in complex enterprise environments. You enjoy solving challenging data problems, influencing technical outcomes, and working collaboratively with both technical and business stakeholders.
n Experience working within government, regulated industries, or large-scale enterprise environments will be highly regarded.
n Working Arrangements

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- Sydney Olympic Park location
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- 40-hour week
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- Hybrid working environment
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- Long-term contract through to June 2027 with extension potential
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Successful candidates will be required to undertake:

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- National Police Check
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- Baseline Security Clearance
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- Pre-employment compliance checks
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📌 Senior Data Engineer (New South Wales)
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📍 New South Wales