Principal Data Engineer

at  Department of Justice and Community Safety

JOB DESCRIPTION

Location: Melbourne | CBD
Job type: Full time
Organisation: Department of Justice and Community Safety
Salary: $130,673 - $174,869
Occupation: Technology
Reference: VG/DJ1243JULY2024
At the Department of Justice and Community Safety, we’re looking for people who want to make a difference. People who take pride in their work. People who get things done. People who are committed to making Victoria a safer place.
We embrace diversity and strive to have a workforce that reflects the community we serve. We’re all about recruiting the best people, regardless of gender, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, or cultural background. If you think you can do the job and would be a good fit for our department, we’d love to hear from you.
The department is committed to the safety and wellbeing of children and recognises that children’s rights need to be respected, their views welcomed and valued, and their concerns taken seriously and acted upon.
If you require adjustments to the recruitment and selection process, or require an alternative format to any of the application material, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with the contact person listed on this ad.
For more information on working with us and our recruitment process, please visit justice.vic.gov.au/careers

We’re proud of the important work we do across Victoria. Want to be part of it?

• Utilise your Technological expertise to provide support and advice to the Office of the Associate Secretary
• An Ongoing, Full-Time opportunity to work with a high-performing and passionate team in the Victorian Public Service
• VPS Grade 6: $130,673 - $174,869 plus superannuation.

The Principal Data Engineer works in the Data Development and Integration (DDI) team, to provide technical leadership to support the design and development of end-to-end data engineering solutions for business units across the Department.

Some of your duties will include:

• Leading the design and development of data transformations, data pipelines and wider data integration, management, storage, quality and security solutions using the new Enterprise data platform
• Supporting the day-to-day operations of the Enterprise data platform
• Driving adoption of the AWS-based Enterprise data platform across DJCS while designing and building templates, standards and repeatable pipelines.

To learn more about this role before applying, please read the attached position description.