Data Engineer, AWS, daily rate contract

ASX; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working options

Job summary

ASX is seeking a hands-on Data Engineer for the Derivatives Clearing Technology team within Markets Technology. You’ll ingest and curate core data assets, build source-aligned data products, and create consumable files, reports, dashboards and APIs.

You’ll drive standards, automation and robust pipelines in a critical market infrastructure environment. This hybrid role offers exposure to a diverse data landscape, involving AWS, Kafka, Airflow, and data visualization tools, with a focus on

Qualifications

• Hands-on with AWS services for data ingestion, curation, storage and distribution.
• Solid data modelling for data warehousing and governance.
• Data product architecture with automation via DevSecOps.
• Experience in real-time streaming using Kafka and AWS services.
• Proficiency with Airflow, AWS Glue, Iceberg, Athena, Redshift and DataZone.
• Data visualization tools including Tableau/Power BI/QuickSight.
• Strong Python and Spark skills; Terraform/Terragrunt for infra-as-code.
• Experience in a platform/product operating model with standardisation.
• Knowledge of data mesh/data product concepts and federated ownership.
• Background in Capital Markets and derivatives products.

Responsibilities

• Embed within a data and reporting team to champion the central data platform.
• Collaborate with domain data owners and engineers to deliver data products.
• Ingest ASX core data assets and curate into source-aligned products, APIs, dashboards.
• Contribute to a data engineering practice and drive standards and automation.
• Ensure pipelines run reliably in a critical market infrastructure environment.

Skills

AWS data services

Data modelling

DevSecOps

Real-time streaming

Airflow

AWS Glue

Apache Iceberg

Athena

RedShift

Data visualization (Tableau/Power BI/Q

Python

Spark

Terraform/Terragrunt

Kafka

Data mesh concepts

Capital Markets domain

Tools

Airflow

AWS Glue

Apache Iceberg

Athena

Redshift

DataZone

Tableau

Power BI

QuickSight

Terraform

Terragrunt

Confluent Kafka

Job description

ASX: Powering Australia's financial markets

Why join the ASX

When you join ASX, you’re joining a company with a strong purpose – to power a stronger economic future by enabling a fair and dynamic marketplace for all.

In your new role, you’ll be part of a leading global securities exchange with a strong brand. We are known for being a trusted market operator and an exciting data hub.

We are more than a securities exchange!

The ASX team brings together talented people from a diverse range of disciplines.

We run critical market infrastructure, with 1 in 3 people employed within technology. Yet we have a unique complexity of roles across a range of disciplines such as operations, program delivery, financial products, investor engagement, risk and compliance.

We’re proud to foster a workplace where diversity is celebrated and inclusion is part of our everyday culture. Our employee-led networks champion LGBTIQ+ inclusion, promote gender equality, accessibility and wellbeing, inspire giving and volunteering, and celebrate cultural and religious events, creating a sense of belonging for all. As an AWEI Bronze employer and member of the Champions of Change Coalition for gender equality, we’re committed to a fair and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive.

Your Team

The Derivatives Clearing Technology team is part of the Markets Technology division within ASX Technology. We are a trusted partner to the Clearing business, providing solutions that ensure a stable, efficient clearing and settlement facility for ASX’s derivatives trading business.

Your responsibilities

• Embedded within one of our line-of-business data and reporting teams, you will collaborate with stakeholders to understand their data objectives and champion the use and evolution of the central data platform.
• You will work within a domain-aligned data product team consisting of line-of-business data owners and SMEs working alongside engineering resources provided by Technology.
• You will be hands-on in the ingestion of ASX’s core data assets by the product teams, their curation into source-aligned data products and the creation of consumable products in the form of files, reports, dashboards and APIs.
• You will form part of a data engineering practice and community that will design and drive the adoption of standards, frameworks and best practices.
• You will ensure data pipelines and products are designed and built to be run within a critical market infrastructure environment by the persistent product teams who build them.

Must have

• A hands-on engineer with deep experience working with a variety of AWS services for ingestion, curation, storage, orchestration, data management, analytics and distribution.
• Good knowledge of data modelling and how to structure data within a data warehousing environment, while following best practice data management standards.
• Solid data product architecture and solution design experience with a good working knowledge of DevSecOps practices to achieve high levels of automation across complex data pipelines.
• Experience in real time streaming using Confluence Kafka and AWS services.
• Experience with Airflow, AWS Glue, Apache Iceberg, Athena, RedShift and DataZone.
• Experience in Data visualization tools such as Tableau/Power BI/QuickSight.
• Solid experience in Python, Spark and Terraform/Terragrunt.
• Experience working within a platform/product operating model where frameworks and development kits are leveraged to achieve standardisation, re-use and scale.
• A working knowledge of data mesh/data product concepts with federated data ownership at the domain-level but operating on centralised platforms and governance.
• Experience working in Capital Markets domain and understanding of derivative products.

We support flexible working and offer hybrid working options. Even if our roles are advertised as full-time,

We will arrange for successful candidates to have background checks, including reference and police checks completed as part of the on-boarding process.