Data & AI Engineer

For Purpose Aged Care; Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging

Work from home flexibility

Team lunches

Exclusive staff discounts

ComBank Workplace Banking

State-of-the-art technology

Salary sacrificing options with super

Novated leasing

HESTA member benefits

EAP – free counselling

Job summary

For Purpose Aged Care in Melbourne is seeking a hands-on Data & AI Engineer to lead data migrations, integrations and AI initiatives across HR, Payroll, Finance and Operations.

Reporting to the Head of Data & AI, you will design data foundations, build modern platforms on Microsoft Azure and Fabric, and deliver dashboards with Power BI while ensuring privacy and governance.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience in data engineering, integration or enterprise analytics roles.
• Strong expertise with Microsoft Fabric, Azure Data Factory, Synapse, Databricks, Azure SQL and ADLS Gen2.
• Advanced SQL and Python development skills.
• Proven experience delivering ERP or HRIS transformation projects and data migrations.
• Strong understanding of ETL/ELT frameworks, lakehouse architectures and integration patterns.
• Experience validating payroll, workforce or financial data.
• Experience developing dashboards and analytics solutions using Power BI or Tableau.
• Experience with Humanforce, Epicor, TechnologyOne, Workday, SAP or NetSuite.
• Knowledge of Azure OpenAI, AI Studio and machine learning platforms
• Experience within aged care, healthcare, NFP or government sectors.
• Experience with Azure DevOps, Git and CI/CD pipelines.
• Exposure to Change Data Capture (CDC) and event-driven integration architectures.

Responsibilities

• Designing and executing data migration strategies across HR, Payroll, Workforce Management and Finance systems.
• Building and maintaining modern data platforms using Microsoft Azure and Microsoft Fabric.
• Developing scalable data pipelines, integrations and lakehouse solutions.
• Delivering integrations between Humanforce, Epicor and enterprise reporting platforms.
• Performing data validation, reconciliation, cleansing and governance activities.
• Developing AI and machine learning solutions using Azure OpenAI, AI Studio and Azure Machine Learning services.
• Supporting reporting and analytics initiatives through Power BI and enterprise data platforms.
• Ensuring compliance with privacy, security and governance standards.

Skills

Data engineering

ETL/ELT

SQL

Python

ERP/HRIS transformation

Data migrations

Azure Fabric

Power BI

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT/Computing/Finance/Business

Tools

Microsoft Fabric

Azure Data Factory

Synapse

Databricks

Azure SQL

ADLS Gen2

Power BI

Tableau

Job description

About Us

At For Purpose Aged Care, our purpose is to deliver exceptional care for meaningful ageing. We are dedicated to creating communities that set the standard in aged care, guided by our C.A.R.E. values: Collaboration, Accountability, Respect, and Empathy.

Why this role matters:

Join us as we embark on a major technology transformation program, implementing Humanforce and Epicor across our organisation. As our Data & AI Engineer, you'll play a pivotal role in designing the data foundations that will power critical business decisions, operational excellence and innovative AI solutions

What You'll Be Doing

Reporting to the Head of Data & AI, you'll be responsible for delivering data migration, integration, reporting and AI solutions that underpin some of our most important business systems. You'll work closely with Finance, Payroll, HR, Operations and Technology teams to ensure data is accurate, secure and accessible across the organisation

Key responsibilities include:

• Designing and executing data migration strategies across HR, Payroll, Workforce Management and Finance systems.
• Building and maintaining modern data platforms using Microsoft Azure and Microsoft Fabric.
• Developing scalable data pipelines, integrations and lakehouse solutions.
• Delivering integrations between Humanforce, Epicor and enterprise reporting platforms.
• Performing data validation, reconciliation, cleansing and governance activities.
• Developing AI and machine learning solutions using Azure OpenAI, AI Studio and Azure Machine Learning services.
• Supporting reporting and analytics initiatives through Power BI and enterprise data platforms.
• Ensuring compliance with privacy, security and governance standards

About You

To be successful, you'll bring:

We're looking for a hands‑on engineering professional who thrives in transformation environments and enjoys solving complex business challenges through data.

Essential Experience

• Demonstrated experience in data engineering, integration or enterprise analytics roles.
• Strong expertise with Microsoft Fabric, Azure Data Factory, Synapse, Databricks, Azure SQL and ADLS Gen2.
• Advanced SQL and Python development skills.
• Proven experience delivering ERP or HRIS transformation projects and data migrations.
• Strong understanding of ETL/ELT frameworks, lakehouse architectures and integration patterns.
• Experience validating payroll, workforce or financial data.
• Experience developing dashboards and analytics solutions using Power BI or Tableau.
  Highly Regarded
• Experience with Humanforce, Epicor, TechnologyOne, Workday, SAP or NetSuite.
• Knowledge of Azure OpenAI, AI Studio and machine learning platforms
• Experience within aged care, healthcare, NFP or government sectors.
• Experience with Azure DevOps, Git and CI/CD pipelines.
• Exposure to Change Data Capture (CDC) and event-driven integration architectures.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Relevant qualifications in IT, Business, Finance, Accounting or related discipline.
• Valid right to Work in Australia
• Current National Police check or willing to obtain

Benefits & Work Culture with For Purpose Aged Care

As a purpose‑led,not‑for‑profit organisation,our staff’s health and wellbeing are important to us.This is why we offer a growing range of benefits to support both work and life, including:

• Take home more pay -Salary Packaging – save up to $15,900 per year (Go Salary) plus $2600 for meals and entertainment
• Team lunches and team‑building events
• Work from home flexibility
• Exclusive staff discounts with JB Hi‑Fi, Endota Spa and more
• CommBank Workplace Banking
• State‑of‑the‑art technology to help you work smarter
• Salary sacrificing options with superannuation
• Novated leasing through Enlist
• HESTA member benefits
• Access to EAP – free, confidential counselling