▷ Urgent Data Engineer

The Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) is committed to strengthening society through world-class governance. We aim to be the independent and trusted voice of governance, building the capability of a community of leaders for the benefit of society. Our membership of more than 50,000 includes directors and senior leaders from business, government and the not-for-profit sectors.

Job Description

About the team

TheData, Analytics & AI teamworks to harness the power of data, analytics, and AI to drive strategic decision-making, elevate member experiences, and enable a culture of innovation, and transparency.

About the Role

We are seeking a Data Engineer to join our growing Data, Analytics and AI team. This is a fantastic opportunity to leverage your existing expertise as you will be central to building and maintaining the data infrastructure that powers analytics, reporting, and AI initiatives. This role involves designing, implementing, and optimising data models and pipelines using Microsoft Azure and Databricks technologies. A key part of your role will be transforming raw data into reliable, timely insights that enable the organisation to make strategic, data-informed decisions at scale. Collaborate closely with data scientists, analysts, and business stakeholders in a fast-paced, supportive environment focused on innovation and continuous improvement.

Your remit will be broad and will include:

- Design, build, and maintain scalable data lakehouse solutions using Azure Databricks and cloud-native tools
- Develop and optimize data ingestion pipelines (batch and real-time) leveraging ETL/ELT best practices
- Perform data cleaning, preparation, and exploration to ensure data quality and relevance
- Deliver robust analytics, reporting, and dashboards to support business insights and decision-making
- Apply dimensional modelling principles (Kimball or Inmon) to design effective data structures
- Collaborate on AI and analytics initiatives, ensuring data pipelines meet performance and governance standards
- Implement and uphold data governance, security, and data quality frameworks
- Drive process improvements and documentation, promoting reusable code, automation, and DevOps practices (including CI/CD)
- Engage with stakeholders to understand and translate business requirements into data solutions

Desired Skills and Experience

About you

You will have strong technical aptitude and previous relevant experience, and you will champion the AICD values of: Accountability, Respect, Excellence and Collaboration. In addition, you will also have the following:

- Tertiary qualifications in a relevant field, with 4+ years of experience in data engineering or a related discipline
- Proficiency in Microsoft Azure cloud services, especially Azure Databricks and Azure DevOps
- Strong coding skills in SQL and Python for data manipulation and pipeline development
- Deep understanding of data warehousing and lakehouse modelling principles (Kimball or Inmon)
- Hands‑on experience building scalable, high‑performance data architectures supporting batch and streaming data ingestion
- Experience with DevOps processes, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure as code
- Proven ability to perform data cleaning, analysis, and visualization using tools such as Power BI
- Strong organisation and prioritising skills
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with a proven track record of working across technical and business teams
- Ability to take ownership of tasks or issues and manage through to resolution

Your career at the AICD

Our Values

Accountability, Respect, Excellence and Collaboration

There are many benefits of joining the AICD, but the following are examples of what you can expect:

- Hybrid/flexible working arrangements.
- Access to salary sacrificing and salary continuance (income protection) insurance.
- Personal wellbeing support through AICD’s robust employee assistance program for you and your immediate family.
- A solutions focused, and collaborative organisation that celebrates a ‘One Team’ culture.
- The AICD, is committed to developing its people through a capability framework and ongoing professional development plan. We support your career through access to our education platform with a wide range of training courses and webinars, professional coaching, and external education support.
- An opportunity to contribute to an organisation that is widely respected and considered the ‘gold standard’ of governance, policy, and leadership.
- An opportunity to attend highly sought-after events with influential speakers.

We welcome applications from people of all ages, genders, sexuality, cultural and linguistic backgrounds, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and people with a disability.

We provide reasonable adjustments including alternate formats to the recruitment process for individuals with disability. If you require an adjustment to be made during the recruitment process, please email talentacquisition@aicd.com.au.

For further information on what it’s like to work with us, please visit our Careers and LinkedIn Life pages:

Please submit a resume and cover letter detailing why you are the best person for the position by clicking 'Apply'. Please note, applications close on 2 November 2025. We will be in touch with shortlisted candidates shortly after this date. If you have any queries regarding this particular opportunity, please contact Lola Perez Lira, Talent Acquisition Consultant, via email on talentacquisition@aicd.com.au.

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