Associate Data Engineer

Transport for NSW; Sydney; On-site; AUD 121,000 - 136,000; Full time

Job summary

Transport For NSW is seeking a Data Architect to design, build and maintain data pipelines, ensuring reliable ingestion from multiple sources and alignment with platform standards and architecture. You will implement scalable data infrastructure, including data lakes and warehouses, optimise storage, compute and processing frameworks, and ensure data quality, governance and security.

Flexible work options may be available.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in building and optimising data pipelines (ETL/ELT) and working with modern data platforms, cloud technologies and orchestration tools.
• Solid understanding of data architecture, storage solutions and performance optimisation to design scalable data environments.
• Detail-oriented with a strong focus on data quality, governance and security, with experience implementing validation, monitoring and compliance best practices.

Responsibilities

• Designing, building and maintaining data pipelines to ensure reliable ingestion from multiple sources and alignment with platform standards and architecture.
• Supporting the implementation of scalable and secure data infrastructure, including data lakes and warehouses, optimising storage, compute and processing frameworks.
• Ensuring data quality, reliability and performance through validation, monitoring, optimisation and adherence to data standards, security and compliance requirements.

Skills

Data pipelines (ETL/ELT)

Modern data platforms

Cloud technologies

Orchestration tools

Tools

ETL/ELT tools

Job description

Organisation/Entity: Transport For NSW

Job category: Projects

Job location: Macquarie Park, NSW, AU, 2113

Job reference number: 108684

Employment type: Permanent Full-Time

Salary range: $121175.0-$135716.0

You crave a career that pushes you, where you'll meet challenges head on and you're guaranteed to grow.

You bring structure, mitigation and education to our organisation. Our records and datasets are vast and varied. This is your opportunity to safeguard critical infrastructure, order and protect sensitive data, and defend against emerging cyber threats. You'll be part of an expert team who protect against thousands of threats every day.

In this role, you'll:

• You will be involved in designing, building and maintaining data pipelines, ensuring reliable ingestion of data from multiple sources and alignment with platform standards and architecture.
• You will support the implementation of scalable and secure data infrastructure, including data lakes and warehouses, optimising storage, compute and processing frameworks.
• You will be responsible for ensuring data quality, reliability and performance through validation, monitoring, optimisation and adherence to data standards, security and compliance requirements.

For more information on this position and business unit, view the role description and information pack.

About You

You have strong experience in building and optimising data pipelines (ETL/ELT) and working with modern data platforms, cloud technologies and orchestration tools.

You have a solid understanding of data architecture, storage solutions and performance optimisation, with the ability to design scalable and efficient data environments.

You are detail-oriented with a strong focus on data quality, governance and security, with experience implementing validation, monitoring and compliance best practices.

Who We Are

Transport for NSW provides a safe, integrated, and efficient transport system. We connect people, communities and industry every day.

Join us

Our workforce is as diverse as the community we serve. If you’d like further information on our inclusion and diversity initiatives, visit Transport careers.

Flexible work options may be available. Learn more via Flexible work options and policy

Aboriginal people and people living with disability are supported throughout the recruitment process and at work, and we encourage you to apply. Visit Supporting Aboriginal People or Supporting People with Disability for more information or speak to your talent team member to arrange any adjustments to how you interact with us.

Applications close 11:59 PM Tuesday, 29 September 2026.

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