Data & Analytics Specialist

Transport for NSW; Sydney; On-site; AUD 138,000 - 154,000; Full time

Job summary

Transport for NSW is seeking a Senior Data Platform Engineer to join our analytics team in Macquarie Park. You will lead the adoption of Microsoft Fabric and Azure Databricks, shaping scalable, governed data and analytics solutions aligned with enterprise standards.

You will collaborate with architects and stakeholders across the organisation to design, onboard, secure and operate the next-generation analytics platform, enabling business outcomes and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Experience with Microsoft Fabric, Azure Databricks and Azure data platform technologies.
• Strong understanding of data engineering, analytics and reporting solutions.
• Experience with Lakehouse architectures and data integration in modern analytics platforms.
• Experience implementing governance, security and operational controls across cloud data platforms.
• Knowledge of Unity Catalog, workspace governance and access management practices.
• Experience supporting enterprise-scale analytics environments with diverse stakeholders.
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Experience creating standards, frameworks and reusable patterns.
• Experience in providing technical support and platform enablement.

Responsibilities

• Act as a technical SME for Microsoft Fabric, Azure Databricks and analytics platforms.
• Assist onboarding activities and help teams design solutions aligned with governance.
• Develop and maintain reference architectures, best practices and design patterns.
• Provide technical assistance on data engineering, analytics, reporting and AI/ML capabilities.
• Support platform services with reliability, security and operational excellence.
• Collaborate with architects, engineers and stakeholders to translate requirements.
• Drive platform governance, access management and compliance controls.
• Assist optimisation initiatives for Fabric and Databricks environments.
• Support incident, problem and service management processes.
• Evaluate emerging analytics/AI cloud technologies and provide recommendations.
• Mentor engineers and platform users on best practices and modern engineering.

Skills

Microsoft Fabric

Azure Databricks

Azure data platform

Data engineering

Analytics solutions

Lakehouse architectures

Medallion patterns

Governance & security

Workspace governance

Stakeholder engagement

Standards & patterns

Technical support

Platform enablement

Job description

Organisation/Entity: Transport For NSW
Job category: Projects
Job location: Macquarie Park, NSW, AU, 2113
Job reference number: 107914
Employment type: Fixed Term Full-Time
Salary range: $137551.0-$154055.0

You’re open to a change of direction and a new challenge.

Your innovative mindset is key to creating solutions to complex problems. Our systems drive our organisational success and underpin every journey our customers take. This is your opportunity to be part of an expert team who build and refine seamless technology experiences.

In this role, you'll:

Join a team responsible for delivering, supporting and evolving Transport's next-generation analytics platform built on Microsoft Fabric, Azure Databricks and Azure Data Services.

You will be responsible for enabling business and project teams to successfully onboard, build and operate modern data and analytics solutions while ensuring the platform remains secure, scalable, governed and operationally efficient.

You will:

• Act as a technical SME for Microsoft Fabric, Azure Databricks and enterprise analytics platforms, providing guidance and advisory services to project teams and stakeholders.
• Assisting platform onboarding activities, helping teams design and implement solutions aligned with platform standards, architectural principles and governance requirements.
• Develop and maintain reference architectures, best practices, design patterns, frameworks and operational standards for Fabric and Databricks platforms.
• Provide technical assistance on data engineering, data integration, analytics, reporting and AI/ML platform capabilities.
• Support and manage data and analytics platform services, ensuring reliability, performance, security and operational excellence.
• Collaborate with solution architects, engineers and business stakeholders to translate business requirements into scalable and sustainable platform solutions.
• Drive platform governance activities, including access management, security reviews, workspace governance, Unity Catalog standards, monitoring and compliance controls.
• Assist platform optimisation initiatives, improving performance, reliability, cost management and operational efficiency across Fabric and Databricks environments.
• Support incident, problem and service management processes, ensuring timely resolution of platform issues.
• Evaluate emerging analytics, AI and cloud technologies and provide recommendations to enhance platform capabilities and business outcomes.
• Mentor engineers and platform users, promoting best practices, knowledge sharing and modern engineering approaches.

For more information about the position and the business unit, please view the role description and the information pack.

About You

You are passionate about modern cloud analytics platforms and enjoy helping organisations unlock the value of their data through scalable and governed solutions.

You have strong experience across Microsoft Fabric, Databricks and Azure analytics technologies and are comfortable working across architecture, governance, operations and stakeholder engagement.

You are recognised as a trusted technical advisor who can balance business needs, platform sustainability and enterprise governance requirements.

You will bring

• Experience with Microsoft Fabric, Azure Databricks and Azure data platform technologies.
• Strong understanding of data engineering, analytics and reporting solutions.
• Experience with Lakehouse architectures, medallion patterns, data integration and modern analytics platforms.
• Experience implementing governance, security and operational controls across cloud data platforms.
• Knowledge of Databricks Unity Catalog, workspace governance and access management practices.
• Experience supporting enterprise-scale analytics environments and collaborating with diverse stakeholder groups.
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Experience creating standards, frameworks, best practices and reusable patterns.
• Experience in providing technical support
• Passion for continuous improvement, innovation and platform enablement.

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

Applications close 11:59 PM Tuesday, 15th September 2026.

For more information about this role, please contact [e-mail].

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.

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