Data Engineer

Aspirante is working with a government organisation, with national reach to assist in their search for a Data Engineer to join a high-performing Data & Technology team delivering impactful data solutions that support evidence-based decision making.

You’ll work in a modern data environment, collaborating with data scientists, BI developers, and engineering peers to build secure, high-performance data pipelines, support enterprise analytics, and contribute to real-world outcomes across safety, regulation, and operational performance.

- Contract to June 30th 2026
- Paying up to $1000 incl super per day
- 50/50 Hyrbid setup (Parramatta)

What you’ll do
• Deliver high-quality data solutions as part of a high-performing Agile/SCRUM team
• Interpret business requirements and estimate, prioritise, and deliver work effectively
• Build, optimise and maintain data pipelines, integrations, and workflow automation
• Support and enhance existing infrastructure, deployments, and environments
• Participate in incident management, troubleshooting, monitoring, and RCA
• Provide technical guidance to junior engineers and cross-functional team members
• Conduct feasibility studies, POCs, and platform improvement research
• Contribute to CI/CD, testing, code reviews, and secure release practices

What you bring
• 4+ years’ experience as a Data Engineer
• Strong ETL/ELT, data modelling, RDBMS, schema design and SQL expertise
• Experience with Azure Data Factory, Databricks, Microsoft BI Stack, DevOps
• Proficiency in Python, Java, R, DAX or Power Query M
• Understanding of big data concepts — data lakes, streaming, governance, lineage
• Ability to solve complex problems, analyse systems, and optimise performance
• Strong communication skills, collaboration mindset, and attention to detail
• Experience working in Agile/SCRUM environments

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