Career opportunities

About the role:

Reporting into the Chief Data Officer, the visionary Principal Data Engineer will drive technological innovation, data leadership and set the tone regarding data design principles, standards, and appropriate governance. You will be the technical go to for all things data engineering at EnergyAustralia. Responsibilities include:

• Be the go-to/ SME of technical development and uplift of the Data Engineering team
• Work closely with Architecture to ensure technical alignment
• Apply DevOps and DataOps principles utilising CI/CD workflows for accelerated development of infrastructure components and data ingestion pipelines
• Evaluate and develop patterns for appropriate ETL/data import and interfacing mechanisms such as consumption layer databases, APIs and caches
• Champion the Data Engineering guild/chapters across the organisation - including knowledge sharing, innovation, hackathon-type activities, development days and education/learning/uplift opportunities

About You:

You will have years of experience working with ETL pipelines, SQL & Python coding expertise and excellent at navigating cloud environments and associated databases, leading to tangible business outcomes. Additionally, most of the following:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field
• Expert level coding of SQL & Python
• Highly competent with AWS (EC2, S3, Redshift, Glue), Databricks & platforms/tools such as:
  • Talend
  • Apache Airflow & Spark
  • Kafka/Streaming technologies
  • DevOps toolsets such as Git, Jenkins, Azure
• 10+ years experience designing, developing and publishing data ELT/ETL pipelines
• Deep experience designing, developing, running and supporting DevOps/ CI:CD
• You can expertly navigate working in a technical delivery team with developers, data scientists, solution/data designers and machine learning engineers
• Excellent communication, you can build effective relationships and can make the technical less technical for business stakeholders

How to Apply:

If you’re ready to ‘light the way’ towards your next career move, click the 'Apply’ button to submit a confidential application. For any questions, please reach out to Jock Clydesdale, Talent Acquisition Partner @ jock.clydesdale@energyaustralia.com.au

Why Us:

At EnergyAustralia, we are committed to providing an inclusive culture so our employees can bring their whole selves to work and have a sense of belonging. As an employee you can enjoy such benefits as:

• Annual Performance Bonus
• Discounts on Gas & Electricity for employees
• Hybrid working environment, that promotes flexibility
• Energise Program - flexible working that is team centric enabling all individuals to agree and succeed together
• Excellent company culture, down-to-earth and friendly organisation - be authentic, bring your whole self to work!
• State-of-the-art Melbourne office, stunning views only 3-4 minute walk from Southern Cross station
• Inhouse Café and Onsite Tech Bar

We’re committed to providing an inclusive culture so our employees can bring their whole selves to work and have a sense of belonging. From our PRISM network that creates a positive culture for LGBTQ+ employees to our Reconciliation Action Plan that has commitments to strengthen relationships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and organisations, it’s a workplace where everyone’s welcome.