Canberra, ACT Based | Requires a current AGSVA NV2 Clearance

About Us

IAG Defence & National Security (DNS) is part of IAG, a specialist advisory firm supporting complex infrastructure, Defence and national security programs across Australia. Our DNS team works closely with Commonwealth agencies and industry partners to deliver specialist expertise into nationally significant programs. Our success depends on our ability to identify, engage and mobilise highly specialised talent quickly and effectively.

IAG is recognised as a Veteran Friendly Employer under the Veteran Employment Program.

Do you have prior ADF experience? We highly value ADF experience and skills, whether as a permanent member or a reservist.

The Opportunity

This is an Expression of Interest for potential upcoming work, not a currently confirmed role. Registering your interest puts you on our radar, with no obligation on your part.

1. If your skills and experience are a good match for this chance, we may contact you to ask for your profile.
2. If we are successful, we'll be in touch with the next steps.

We're looking for experienced Data Engineers to support potential upcoming work in Canberra, building and sustaining enterprise data products for a Defence decision-support application. The work includes migrating logistics and sustainment data from legacy systems into a new ERP environment, and moving a legacy data warehouse into an enterprise data mesh.

Key Responsibilities

- Design and implement data integration pipelines that source logistics and sustainment data from legacy applications
- Analyse logistics, maintenance, inventory, supply chain,



procurement and asset data structures, and develop data mappings
- Research and develop data migration strategies, cutover approaches and ongoing integration mechanisms
- Migrate analytical data assets from a legacy data warehouse into an enterprise data mesh, as governed, reusable data products
- Design and build business-ready data marts and analytical models, with conformed dimensions and shared entities
- Support dimensional, data vault and hybrid modelling approaches
- Support testing, verification and operational acceptance of migrated datasets
- Apply DevSecOps and CI/CD, and make sure work meets governance, security, privacy, data quality and master data management standards

Required

- Minimum 5 years' dedicated data engineering experience
- SQL development, including 3NF and STAR schema design and implementation in a data warehouse
- Experience migrating legacy data warehouse environments to modern analytical platforms, or large application data migration or refactoring
- Python scripting and data transformation
- Data DevOps, including ETL/ELT pipeline execution and data quality controls
- Data mart design, build and testing, and SQL optimisation and refactoring
- Agile development, preferably Scrum




- Experience with Data Vault 2.0 patterns and data mesh structures, and with logistics systems in an SAP context, highly regarded
- Experience with sensitive datasets, including protected identities and personally identifiable information, and with Cloudera or Databricks analytics platforms, highly regarded

Engagement Details

- Location: Canberra, ACT

What We Offer

With offices in Perth, Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney and Canberra, we're a tight-knit team working across some of Australia's most critical Defence and national security programs. We value expertise, collaboration and flexibility, providing our people with opportunities to contribute to meaningful and technically challenging projects. We can offer great work, great people, great culture, great conditions, and an all-round great time whilst you continue building a rewarding career in the Defence and national security sector. As part of IAG, you'll be joining a team of more than 250 professionals.

Most opportunities advertised by IAG Defence & National Security are subject to client approval, security validation and contractual confirmation. Employment or engagement will only be offered following successful client acceptance and completion of all required pre-engagement checks and onboarding activities.

Please Note

As this role may support a Defence program, a Defence employment moratorium period may apply to current or recently separated ADF/APS personnel seeking to move into industry roles. If you are currently serving or have recently left Defence, we'd recommend confirming your eligibility to apply before submitting.

📌 Expression of Interest: Data Engineer (Canberra)
🏢 IAG Defence and National Security
📍 Canberra