Data Engineer - Azure

• Microsoft Azure Data Factory, Microsoft SQL, and Python scripting Highly Regarded!
• 7 Month Initial Contract with Possible Extensions!
• Government Organisation | Brisbane Location!

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Designing, implementing, optimising, and managing data ingestion on cloud platforms (e.g., Azure) with an emphasis on security and reliability. This includes data migration from existing systems
• Developing, implementing, and managing security features in data warehouses in accordance with Data Governance Frameworks and/or policies
• Managing data infrastructure in a CI/CD (Continuous Integration/Continuous Development) pipeline with appropriate controls and documentation
• Building and sustaining multiple ingestion pipelines with ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) tools as per defined business and user requirements with an emphasis on quality
• Leading the ingestion of data from a range of different systems and databases into the data warehouse (e.g., Microsoft Access, SQL Server, Oracle, SAP)
• Providing strategic and operational advice on transformational program/project direction for data engineering activities, which meets business requirements and is of high quality
• Working with the Business Analyst and/or other stakeholders to deliver outcomes which provide value to the business and align with our client’s strategy across the project
• Developing handover documentation and ongoing support models, including architecture diagrams
• Assisting with the planning and coordination of ICT integration testing and verification activities (e.g., User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and providing support to business stakeholders to achieve successful UAT outcomes
• Creating analytics tools, data marts and reports which can be used to build/optimise products for stakeholders across the business using Microsoft BI technologies such as Azure, SQL Server, Power BI, Excel etc

Essential Criteria:

• At least five (5) years demonstrated experience in data engineering, with a focus on analytics in the context of a large scale, complex business change program/project. Public sector experience is desired but not essential
• Demonstrated track record of manipulating, processing, and extracting value from large, decoupled datasets, with attention to detail in data quality, wrangling and validation
• Demonstrated experience collaborating with project/business stakeholders in an Agile environment to deliver solutions
• Knowledge of, and experience in deploying applications into production environments with code packaging, testing, deployment, and release management
• Ability to work with structure, unstructured and semi structured data
• Required technical skills:

• Extensive experience in setup, migration, and management of Data Warehouses in the Cloud (e.g., Azure)
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Azure Data Factory, Microsoft SQL, and Python scripting
• Data mart setup based on use cases

• Desirable technical skills

• Advanced skill in NoSQL
• Power BI report creation and secure sharing

How to Apply:
To be considered for this role, please apply today with a Microsoft Word version of your Resume. For more information, please contact Natalie at [email protected] or call on 0439 687 312.