Data Engineering Specialist

Endeavour Foundation is one of Australia's largest employers of people living with disability. Our people live and breathe our purpose every day, with flexible working, great perks, and work/life balance. We are dedicated to creating an inclusive culture where our employees can grow, learn, and do their best work. Our purpose is simple: make possibility a reality.

Make an Impact

We are seeking a highly capable and experienced Data Engineering Specialist to join our growing Data Analytics and Intelligence team. This role is ideal for a professional who thrives in a collaborative environment, brings deep technical expertise, and is passionate about delivering scalable, high-quality data solutions that drive business outcomes.

You will lead the design and development of robust data pipelines, data lakes, and data warehouse solutions, ensuring data quality, governance, and privacy are embedded throughout. You'll work closely with analysts, architects, and business stakeholders to deliver trusted, high-performance data platforms.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop strong working relationships with business and technical stakeholders across projects.
• Deliver performant end-to-end data engineering solutions in a collaborative team environment.
• Escalate issues appropriately and propose practical solutions to ensure delivery quality.
• Contribute to the growth of the consulting practice through knowledge-sharing and data service initiatives.
• Design and implement scalable ETL/ELT workflows with built-in validation and error handling.
• Build and maintain data pipelines using Snowflake, Informatica IICS, Python and other modern data integration tools.
• Integrate central data stores, data warehouses, and data lakes with analytics platforms like Power BI.
• Deliver comprehensive data solutions involving governance, architecture, modelling, MDM, BI, and warehousing.
• Apply Agile and DevOps methodologies including Git, APIs, containers, microservices, and orchestration.
• Monitor data freshness, completeness, and schema changes using modern observability tools.
• Implement data governance frameworks (e.g. DAMA-DMBOK) and ensure compliance with privacy regulations.
• Design systems that support anonymisation, pseudonymisation, and data minimisation.
• Apply security best practices including encryption, masking, and role-based access control.

Essential Technical Skills & Experience

• 5+ years of experience in data engineering, data integration, or similar roles.

• 5+ years proven experience with validated implementation of data warehouse, data lakes or similar data centralisation models with Snowflake, Informatica IDMC, SQL, Python and MS power BI in a large enterprise. Airflow and dbtlabs implementation skills are additionally desirable but not essential.

• Data Architecture: Experience with design and implementation of data architecture and modelling approaches like Inmon, Kimball, Data Vault.

• Python programming:Ability to write clean, efficient Python code for data manipulation and analysis.
• End-to-end data project delivery:Demonstrated success in delivering comprehensive data solutions involving: Data governance, Architecture and modelling, ETL/ELT processes, Data lakes and warehousing, Master Data Management (MDM) and Business Intelligence (BI)
• Engineering delivery practices: Demonstrated experience with Agile and DevOps methodologies, including Azure DevOps version control, APIs, Containers and Microservices and Data pipeline orchestration, Wiki, Confluence or similar.
• Data observability:Monitor data freshness, completeness, and schema changes using modern tools.
• Data governance: Apply frameworks like DAMA-DMBOK and ensure compliance with privacy regulations.
• Security and access control: Implement encryption, masking, and role-based permissions for sensitive data.
• Privacy-aware engineering:Design systems that support anonymisation, pseudonymisation, and data minimisation.

Preferred Education or Certifications (1 or more)

• Graduate Degree in Data Engineering or Similar
• SnowPro Advanced Data Engineer or Advanced Administrator
• Cloud Data Integration Developer – Professional Certification
• PowerCenter Data Integration Developer – Professional Certification
• PowerCenter Cloud Edition Developer – Professional Certification
• PowerCenter Data Integration Administrator – Professional Certification
• PowerCenter Cloud Edition Administrator – Professional Certification
• Data Engineering Developer – Professional Certification
• Microsoft Certified: Power BI Data Analyst Associate
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Enterprise Data Analyst Associate

About You

You're not just a data expert—you're a problem solver, a collaborator, and a forward-thinker. You:

• Bring energy, focus, and a drive to meet ambitious deadlines.
• Deliver insightful, practical solutions that go beyond the obvious.
• Communicate confidently with senior stakeholders and contribute meaningfully to strategic conversations.
• Thrive in a team environment, sharing knowledge and supporting others.
• Work independently with initiative and resilience under pressure.
• Take ownership of deliverables and consistently produce high-quality output.
• Stay ahead of industry trends, standards, and regulatory developments.

You will be required to undertake a "Fit2Work" National Criminal History Check and hold or be willing to obtain a Blue Card and NDIS Worker Screening Check.

At Endeavour we offer a range of employee benefits including:

• Salary Packaging Benefits Package up to $15,900 of your annual salary tax free.
• In addition to your tax-free benefit, you can also use up to $2,650 of your pre-tax income to pay for entertainment expenses (meals, holiday accommodation etc).
• An Employee Assistance Program - a free and confidential counselling service available to all staff and their family members.
• Discounts on Corporate Private Health Insurance Plans, white goods, and appliances.
• Discounted family gym memberships through Fitness Passport.
• Paid Parental Leave.
• Reward and Recognition Program.
• Free flu vaccinations.

Endeavour Foundation encourages applications from people of all ages, nationalities, abilities, and cultures. This includes Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, CALD (Culturally and Linguistically Diverse), the LGBTQI+ community, and people with disability. We value inclusivity and are committed to adjusting our recruitment process to ensure accessibility and support of an applicant's needs.

We are currently recruiting a Permanent Full-time and Fixed-term opportunity, offering flexibility to suit the needs of the business and the right candidate.

We look forward to receiving your application, to be considered for this role, please include a cover letter sharing how your skills and experience align with the key requirements.