Senior Data Engineer

7 days ago

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Robert Half Full time $120,000 - $180,000 per year

About the Role

We're looking for an experienced Senior Data Engineer who can combine strong engineering expertise with analytical and data modelling skills to deliver high-quality solutions across our data platforms. This is a hands-on role working closely with stakeholders, where you'll shape, design and deliver end-to-end data solutions.

What you'll be doing

  • Designing, building and maintaining robust ETL pipelines using Azure Data Factory and related tools.
  • Developing and optimising data lakes and data warehouse solutions in Azure.
  • Working closely with analysts and business teams to understand requirements and deliver fit-for-purpose data models.
  • Supporting Power BI developers with efficient data structures, DAX modelling and best practices.
  • Driving data quality, performance optimisation, and governance across platforms.
  • Collaborating with Product Owners, Testers, and other Engineers in an agile environment.

What we're looking for

  • Proven experience as a Data Engineer (5+ years ideally in enterprise environments).
  • Strong skills in:
  • Azure Data Factory
  • Azure Data Lake
  • Azure Synapse / SQL Data Warehousing
  • ETL / ELT design and optimisation
  • Solid understanding of Power BI data modelling (DAX, star/snowflake schema, measures, relationships).
  • Proficiency in SQL and performance tuning.
  • Strong stakeholder engagement skills - able to translate technical detail into business outcomes.
  • Bonus: experience with Python, Databricks or Spark for data processing.

Job reference number: HS

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