Senior Data Engineer - 2-year fixed term contract. at City of Greater Geelong

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Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

30 Aug, 26

Salary

122040.0

Posted On

01 Jun, 26

Experience

5 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Azure Databricks, Azure Data Factory, SQL, Python, ETL/ELT, Dimensional Modeling, Medallion Architecture, CI/CD, DevOps, Data Warehousing, Technical Leadership, Stakeholder Management

Industry

Government Administration

Description

About the role In this role, you’ll lead the evolution of our data warehouse capabilities by defining, implementing, and continuously improving processes and technologies that drive high-quality data solutions. You’ll provide technical leadership, champion best practices, and mentor junior team members to build a high-performing and collaborative data engineering culture. 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 fulfil the City’s strategic objectives. * Data Platform: * Carry out administrative tasks on the City’s Azure Databricks based data engineering environment including performance optimization, cost monitoring, availability monitoring and capacity planning * Data engineering: * Participate in requirement and design workshops to provide input on feasibility and solution options * Lead in the planning and estimation of data engineering tasks * Design and implement ETL/ELT pipelines and dimensional models under a medallion architecture on the Azure Databricks platform * Conduct unit testing and validation of your built solutions, and work with team to rectify any defects identified through their additional testing * Maintain technical documentation of built solutions * Establish and maintain DevOps practices for data engineering, including version control, and CI/CD pipelines for automating the testing, building, and deployment of data pipelines and related applications. * Business support including responding to queries associated with the data warehouse and resolving related data issues * Advise team lead on opportunities for continuous improvement of processes and technologies for data engineering in line with industry best practice 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: * Strong understanding of, and experience with, ETL/ELT and data warehouse architectures, particularly Databricks and Azure Data Factory (ADF). 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 * Strong theoretical understanding and practical experience in Azure or a 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 * Demonstrated skills to support, influence, and collaborate with stakeholders at all levels of the organization, including executive and senior management, including facilitation of workshops as required. * Demonstrated experience providing technical thought leadership, and mentoring junior data engineers. Well-developed writing, presentation, and speaking skills to align with stakeholders and achieve support for task outcomes. If this sounds like the role for you, then click apply now! A career with us We’d love for you to continue your career with the City and set the benchmark for a sustainable, inclusive and culturally safe workplace. With a range of benefits, flexible working options, learning and development opportunities, support services and the opportunity to give back to the community, the City has so much to offer! Click https://www.geelongaustralia.com.au/employment/article/item/8d1155a0d84344d.aspx [https://www.geelongaustralia.com.au/employment/article/item/8d1155a0d84344d.aspx] to view all the benefits to you working at the City. We support accessibility and encourage discussions about any adjustments or support you may need during the recruitment process. 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 [Cameron.Bartlett@geelongcity.vic.gov.au]XXXX@geelongcity.vic.gov.au [XXXX@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 [careers@geelongcity.vic.gov.au] noting your preferred method of communication and contact details and a member of the team will be in touch. We collect demographic data to help us learn who our advertisements are reaching and how we can reach an even more diverse audience. We are committed to building a more diverse team. Your responses to our demographic questions are strictly confidential and will not be individually shared.

Responsibilities

Lead the evolution of data warehouse capabilities by designing and implementing ETL/ELT pipelines using a medallion architecture on Azure Databricks. Provide technical leadership and mentorship to junior engineers while managing platform performance and cost optimization.