Job Description

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We deliver the best GIS solutions in the world, with the brightest minds on the map.

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What are the issues that matter most to you? Climate change, national security, disaster response?

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At Esri Australia you'll work with people at the forefront of these issues, connect them with the best tech and solutions and get an inside look into the real-world challenges that shape our future.

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We turn problems into opportunities, and that takes two things:

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- The most powerful GIS technology and solutions.
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- Driven, talented, and passionately curious people.
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Here we connect them, and that’s how we achieve incredible things for communities, economies, and for your career.

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About the Role

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As our Principal Data Engineer, you'll play a key role in shaping the future of Esri Australia's enterprise data capability. You will provide technical leadership for our enterprise data platform while remaining hands-on in the design and delivery of modern data solutions. While this role is not customer-facing, you'll work closely with employees, business leaders and subject matter experts across the organisation to understand their needs and deliver data solutions that support better decision-making and business outcomes.

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This is an opportunity to influence strategy, improve business outcomes, and build scalable, secure and reliable data services across the organisation.

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Some major responsibilities:

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- Lead the evolution of Esri Australia's enterprise data architecture, platform strategy and technology roadmap.
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- Design, build and maintain scalable data platforms, pipelines, semantic models and enterprise data products.
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- Partner with business stakeholders and subject matter experts to understand priorities and co-design practical data solutions.
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- Evaluate emerging technologies, including Microsoft Fabric, Snowflake and Azure data services, to improve performance, scalability and value.
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- Drive data quality, governance, metadata, lineage and access management practices across the organisation.
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- Ensure security, privacy and compliance requirements are embedded into platform design and operations.
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- Monitor platform performance, reliability and cost efficiency while identifying opportunities for continuous improvement.
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- Collaborate with technology, cybersecurity and business teams to support integrations, releases and operational excellence.
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- Develop clear technical documentation, standards and knowledge resources that support long-term sustainability and shared ownership.
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About You

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You're an experienced data engineering professional who enjoys balancing strategic thinking with hands-on delivery. You can navigate complex business challenges, influence stakeholders and create practical solutions that deliver measurable value. You'll thrive in an environment where ownership, curiosity and continuous improvement are highly valued.

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What we’re looking for:

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- Proven experience designing,



delivering and supporting enterprise data platforms in Snowflake or similar cloud-based environments (Fabric, Databricks).
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- Strong SQL skills and experience using Python or similar scripting languages for data engineering and automation.
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- Deep understanding of enterprise data architecture, data warehousing, dimensional modelling, ETL/ELT frameworks and modern integration patterns.
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- Ability to translate business needs into well-designed, scalable and supportable data solutions.
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- Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts to a range of audiences.
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- Robust knowledge of data quality, governance, observability, metadata, lineage and secure data management practices.
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- Experience working autonomously, managing competing priorities and delivering outcomes with minimal supervision.
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- Strong analytical and problem-solving capability with a focus on continuous improvement.
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- Relevant qualifications in Information Technology, Computer Science, Data Engineering or a related discipline, or equivalent industry experience.
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- A cleared police check is required prior commencement.
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- You must hold current permanent and full-time working rights in Australia.
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- Attitude and behaviour align with Esri Australia's core values.
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Discover how our values shape our impact, your journey begins with one click here: Our people .

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No recruitment agencies please.

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We are managing this recruitment process internally and will not accept unsolicited CVs or candidate introductions from agencies.

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📌 Principal Data Engineer Hybrid (Brisbane)
🏢 Boustead
📍 Brisbane