Data Engineer

About The Role

In this role, you will play a key role in optimizing our Azure Databricks data platform, ensuring performance and IT security compliance. You’ll design and implement ETL/ELT pipelines, create dimensional models, and maintain technical documentation. Your role includes collaborating in requirements workshops, executing unit tests, and supporting operations by resolving data queries and managing legacy integrations. Additionally, you'll drive process improvements and contribute to strategic planning aligned with departmental goals.

Work type: Permanent Full Time

Classification: Band 7 $100,064 - $110,990 pa plus super

Key responsibilities include:

• Facilitate innovation and best practice approach in the department and push the boundaries of what is possible in delivering services for customer and community satisfaction.
• Develop and maintain strategic networks with relevant key stakeholders within the field to fulfill the City’s strategic objectives.
• Support the team to deliver on the strategic goals, by implementing solutions that make the goals accessible and relevant for operational success.
• Reinforce the team’s common goals and key priorities by involving relevant stakeholders and team members in decision making.
• Align work activities to the department Business Plans and Strategy, supporting implementation and balancing value for our community and customers, within financial and resource constraints.
• Implement systems, processes, and workflows to deliver results, ensuring relevant policies, governance mechanisms, and regulations are adhered to.
  
  

About You

To be successful in this role, you will have a tertiary qualification in Computer Science, Data Science, Information Management or equivalent plus relevant post-graduate qualifications or an equivalent combination of formal training and at least 4 years’ experience in a similar role.

Essential Experience:

• Advanced skills in SQL and Python, as relevant to data ingestion and transformation in a data warehousing context.
• Demonstrated experience and knowledge of conceptual data models, dimensional data models and semantic layers, including collaborating on design with relevant stakeholders.
• Theoretical understanding and practical experience in Azure or similar cloud ecosystem, with the ability to advise on solution architecture and awareness of performance and cost implications of design decisions in a data platform architecture.
• Experience and understanding of the capabilities of modern visualisation tools, particularly PowerBI and the PowerQuery engine.
• Understanding of, and experience with ETL/ELT and data warehouse architectures, particularly Databricks and Azure Data Factors (ADF).
• Preferred candidates will be required to undergo a National Police Check as part of the recruitment process (funded by the City).
  
  

If this sounds like the role for you, then click apply now!

Child Safety Responsibilities  

We are committed to being a child-safe organisation and have zero-tolerance for child abuse. We have specific policies, procedures, and mandatory training in place to support employees, volunteers, and contractors to achieve and adhere to these commitments. Please read our  Child Safe Standards Management Policy . 

Diversity and Inclusion 

At the City we want a workforce that reflects the community we live in. We welcome and embrace everyone, all people with their own unique experiences, and support and encourage all our employees to do their best work, have equal access to opportunities and a just working environment. For this reason, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from First Nations people, people with diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, from the LGBTQIA+ community, people with disability and people of all genders, ages and diverse experience. 

Create our future together at the City of Greater Geelong

Join the City of Greater Geelong, a community-focused workplace on Wadawurrung Country. We deliver over 130 services to our growing population, striving to make our city a great place to live, work, and study. Our central location for Central Geelong-based employees is the Civic Precinct, Wurriki Nyal, a modern, sustainable, and inclusive workplace, along with our outreach locations.

If you're passionate about inclusivity and community, apply now – we’d love to meet you!

A career with us

We support accessibility and encourage discussions about any adjustments or support you may need during the recruitment process.

We offer:

• salary sacrificing and novated lease options
• cultural and ceremonial leave
• study leave
• paid parental leave (16 weeks primary and six weeks secondary) and superannuation payments on all 52 weeks primary parental leave
• IVF, surrogate and miscarriage bereavement leave
• training and career development opportunities
• a healthy and safe environment
• our employee wellbeing program
• corporate membership rates at Swim Sport and Leisure facilities
• unlimited access to LinkedIn Learning
  
  

Applications and Enquiries

Click the Position Description link to view more information about this position.

Enquiries: Cameron Bartlett | Data Engineering and Insights Lead | Cameron.Bartlett@geelongcity.vic.gov.au

Click the Apply button to submit your application or find out more about this opportunity. If we can assist you with any reasonable adjustments in order to submit your application for this role, please contact the Talent Acquisition team via email at careers@geelongcity.vic.gov.au noting your preferred method of communication and contact details and a member of the team will be in touch.

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To obtain a copy of the position description, please visit https://www.geelongaustralia.com.au/employment/default.aspx