Senior Data Engineer

Join us and let’s make a bigger difference together.

Established in 1840, we’re Australia’s first member-owned wellbeing company. Today we have over $1 billion in revenue and provide smart solutions and services to more than 700,000 Australians. We employ over 7000 people and our purpose is to Help People to Thrive.

It’s an exciting time to be joining Australian Unity – we have grown significantly over recent years and are transforming to capitalise on further growth opportunities to help our customers and employees thrive. We operate with commercial principles and with a strong social purpose to create community value. Australian Unity is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

Our Opportunity:

We currently have two opportunities (permanent, and 12-month fixed term) for a Senior Data Engineer who will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining scalable ETL/ELT pipelines leveraging automated testing, continuous build, continuous integration, continuous delivery and deployment practices. Additionally, the role involves development and delivery of intra-day streaming activities that supports business objectives. The incumbent will be the chapter lead with oversight of standards, coaching and mentoring data engineers and graduate data engineers.

Accountabilities include:

• Design and implement strong ELT/ETL ingestion frameworks, standards, and templates to ensure consistent delivery.
• Maintain and continue to enhance the data orchestration and transformation from a wide variety of sources leveraging cloud data services.
• Implement data governance, automated testing and validation for excellent process execution.
• Develop intra-day streaming capability.
• Uphold high code quality with comprehensive test coverage, adhering to industry best practices.
• Create CI/CD continuous integration and continuous delivery framework for accelerated deployment.
• Physicalise conceptual and logical data models.
• Document critical design decisions, technical and interface specifications, and data flows to maintain clarity and transparency throughout projects.
• Collaborate closely with business stakeholders to elicit, document, and analyse their requirements thoroughly.

About You:

To be successful in the role you will be able to demonstrate the following capabilities / experience:

• A strong understanding of data engineering practices, techniques, and associated data governance principles in terms of data sharing and accessibility.
• Proven experience working on cloud data platforms and developing data solutions in cloud.
• Strong Software Engineering experience with proficiency in at least one high-level programming language.
• Deep software quality assurance skills, with expertise in diagnosing and resolving issues.
• Demonstrated experience with CI/CD practices & tools eliciting optimised outcomes.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to convey complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Proven experience creating reusable frameworks and pipelines with a strategic approach.

What’s on Offer:

You will enjoy a range of great employee benefits and rewards including:

• Competitive salary + bonus program
• Enjoy additional yearly Well-Being and Community leave days
• 14-week paid parental leave, with equal benefit for both parents
• Employee Referral Program
• Employee Assistance Program – support and assistance for you and your partner at those times in life when you need it most
• Maxxia Rewards - a great range of discounts and benefits at selected retail outlets, department stores, attractions, travel, cinemas, restaurants.
• Discounts across the Australian Unity business including Private Health Insurance, General Insurance + more!
• Available access to LinkedIn Learning courses through our great Learning platform

For further benefits visit: https://www.australianunity.com.au/careers/culture

Australian Unity is an Equal Opportunity employer and we encourage applications from all members of the community, including people of Aboriginal and Torres strait Islander descent, culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and, mature aged people.