Senior Data Engineer — Victoria, Australia

Description We are unique Join an organisation that values your voice, empowers your autonomy, recognises the strength in diversity, and prioritises your well-being while offering attractive remuneration and benefits. Take pride in having a meaningful impact on regional, rural and remote communities while being a pivotal player in the energy industry's future. This position is a 12-month fixed term opportunity and can be based anywhere within Essential Energy's operational footprint. About the Role: As a Senior Data Engineer, you will play a crucial role in transforming data into valuable business insights. You will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining data pipelines, models, and infrastructure to ensure data accuracy and accessibility. Your work will support decision-making processes and help project teams and business-as-usual activities understand and use data effectively. Design, develop, test, deploy, and maintain data solutions on the Azure data platform. Collaborate with data architects and business stakeholders to gather requirements and design robust and scalable data solutions. Implement and optimize data models, data stores, data integration, and data transformation using tools such as Azure Data Factory, Databricks, Synapse Analytics, and SQL. Implement data security controls, access controls, auditing, and monitoring to safeguard data. Diagnose and troubleshoot complex technical issues related to data flows, pipelines, and infrastructure. About You: You are a dedicated and experienced data engineer with a passion for designing and optimizing data solutions. You have a strong background in data integration, modelling, and warehousing, and you excel in using Azure data technologies. Your leadership skills enable you to mentor junior engineers and drive technical initiatives, ensuring the efficiency and reliability of data infrastructure. Experience in data engineering with expertise in data integration, cleansing, modelling, warehousing, and developing pipelines. Proficiency in Azure data technologies, including Data Factory, Databricks, and Synapse Analytics. Strong understanding of data modelling techniques, including 3NF and Kimball methodologies. Excellent problem-solving, communication, collaboration, and technical writing skills. Required Qualification Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or Engineering or demonstrated capability through past employment experience and or relevant qualifications. Why Essential Energy We offer competitive remuneration commensurate with skills and experience and 16% superannuation. Essential Energy provides employees with a broad range of employee benefits including 26 weeks paid parental leave , learning and development opportunities, and Health and Wellbeing programs including fitness passport. For more information on our benefits, please visit the employee benefits page . We are proud to be recognised as a WORK180 Endorsed Employer for All Women . An energy network doesn’t just keep the lights on… it’s a living network that needs to adapt to new and emerging energy generation technologies while still meeting the energy needs of customers. It requires innovation, commitment, and collaboration to bring people together to solve the energy delivery challenges of the modern world. Your potential will be realised, and you’ll feel a real sense of purpose and satisfaction knowing you have a pivot role to play in delivering the energy of the future to the people who need it today. For further information please contact Michael Berry - Manager Data Platforms Engineering and Delivery on 0404 767 569. Applications close 11 May 2025 at 11:55pm. Passionate people. Global thinking. Regional heart. Building a better energy future. Essential Energy is committed to building a culturally diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourages applicants to apply regardless of gender, age, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or disability. As an organisation, our aim is to champion inclusivity in the workplace and celebrate the difference in all our employees.