Lead data engineering for a major healthcare organisation. Immediate start.

We're looking for an experienced Senior Data Engineer to join a large healthcare organisation on an initial 3-month contract. You'll shape and build its Microsoft-based data platform and lakehouse. You'll also set the engineering standards and guide a team of data and integration specialists.

What you'll be doing

- Leading the design and delivery of complex, scalable data engineering and integration solutions
- Evolving the organisation's data platform, lakehouse and integration ecosystem in line with enterprise architecture principles
- Setting engineering standards, patterns and best practice across APIs, ETL/ELT, event-driven and real-time integration
- Giving technical oversight through solution, code and data model reviews
- Guiding and coaching data and integration team members, setting priorities and building capability
- Improving platform performance, reliability and observability through automation and monitoring
- Building in strong data governance, security and quality practices, including access controls, metadata and lineage
- Working with Analytics and AI teams to deliver trusted data services for advanced analytics and AI

What you'll bring

- Advanced, hands-on experience with Microsoft Fabric, Databricks, Azure Data Factory, Synapse Analytics and lakehouse architectures
- Solid experience with cloud data platforms, ETL/ELT and integration technologies
- A track record of designing enterprise-wide integrations across multiple business and clinical systems (APIs, real-time and event-driven patterns)




- Experience leading and mentoring data engineers in Agile delivery environments
- A degree in IT, Computer Science, Engineering or a related field

Highly regarded

- Healthcare industry experience
- Experience supporting AI, machine learning or advanced analytics platforms

The details

- 3-month contract with an immediate start
- Sydney, hybrid, working AEST hours
- A quick process: a 15-minute screening call and one 60-minute interview, with a decision 1-2 business days after the interview

Senior Data Engineer | 3-Month Contract | Sydney (Hybrid)

Lead data engineering for a major healthcare organisation. Immediate start.

We're looking for an experienced Senior Data Engineer to join a large healthcare organisation on an initial 3-month contract. You'll shape and build its Microsoft-based data platform and lakehouse. You'll also set the engineering standards and guide a team of data and integration specialists.

What you'll be doing

- Leading the design and delivery of complex, scalable data engineering and integration solutions
- Evolving the organisation's data platform, lakehouse and integration ecosystem in line with enterprise architecture principles
- Setting engineering standards, patterns and best practice across APIs, ETL/ELT, event-driven and real-time integration
- Giving technical oversight through solution,



code and data model reviews
- Guiding and coaching data and integration team members, setting priorities and building capability
- Improving platform performance, reliability and observability through automation and monitoring
- Building in strong data governance, security and quality practices, including access controls, metadata and lineage
- Working with Analytics and AI teams to deliver trusted data services for advanced analytics and AI

What you'll bring

- 7+ years' experience delivering enterprise-scale data engineering solutions
- Advanced, hands-on experience with Microsoft Fabric, Databricks, Azure Data Factory, Synapse Analytics and lakehouse architectures
- Strong experience with cloud data platforms, ETL/ELT and integration technologies
- A track record of designing enterprise-wide integrations across multiple business and clinical systems (APIs, real-time and event-driven patterns)
- Experience leading and mentoring data engineers in Agile delivery environments
- A degree in IT, Computer Science, Engineering or a related field

Highly regarded

- Healthcare industry experience
- Experience supporting AI, machine learning or advanced analytics platforms

The details

- 3-month contract with an immediate start
- Sydney, hybrid, working AEST hours
- A quick process: a 15-minute screening call and one 60-minute interview, with a decision 1-2 business days after the interview

Additional information

- 3-month contract with an immediate start
- Lead a Microsoft Fabric and Databricks lakehouse platform
- Sydney hybrid, healthcare sect

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