El1 Lead Data Engineer

Softtest Pays Pty; Australia; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Softtest Pays Pty in Australia seeks an EL1 Data Acquisition Engineer to join the NDIA data warehouse project. The role is a senior member responsible for hands-on data platform development, documenting data development, and guiding developers through data designs and models.

Key duties include leading design reviews, refining the data delivery framework, and owning the end-to-end data implementation from analysis to delivery.

Qualifications

• Experience with data warehouses and NDIA data platform (implied)
• Strong SQL/ETL development and data modelling skills
• Ability to lead design reviews, define release processes and provide technical guidance

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership to the project delivery team through design reviews and workshops.
• Refine the data delivery framework to enhance integration of new sources and performance.
• Own technical implementation of new data from analysis to delivery, including data dictionary and release steps.
• Lead continuous improvement in delivery principles, coding standards, and documentation.
• Provide knowledge transfer sessions and peer review on development and data modelling best practices.
• Prioritise work items and manage the work queue.
• Analyze and size user requirements.
• Develop and maintain SQL analytical and ETL code.
• Develop and maintain system documentation.
• Collaborate with data consumers, database developers, testers and IT support teams.

Skills

Data Acquisition

ETL

SQL

Database

Development

Leadership

Analysis

Collaboration

Documentation

Training

Workshops

Integration

Reviews

Maintenance

Design

Project Delivery

Continuous Improvement

Performance

Job description

Job Description:

Australian Citizens residing in Australia with Baseline Clearance only respond.

Job details:

Role/s: EL1 Data Acquisition Engineer

The EL1 Data Engineer (Labour Hire) role will be a senior member of a project stream of the NDIA data warehouse platform. This includes updating data development documentation, hands‑on data platform development, providing technical guidance to developers and reviewing/approving data designs and data models.

Key duties and responsibilities:

• provide technical leadership to the project delivery team through design reviews, advising on implementation best practices, defining and refining release process and technical workshops.
• Review and refine the data delivery framework in order to enhance integration of new sources, performance of existing data delivery and rapid development of new subject areas.
• Own the technical implementation of new data from analysis to delivery (designing and delivering data dictionary, defining the release steps, defining best practices of data modelling and review steps).
• Facilitate continuous improvement measures in delivery principles, coding standards, documentation and provide training sessions to team.
• Provide knowledge transfer sessions and peer review on best practices on development, data modelling, release process etc.
• Prioritise work items and add them to a work queue.
• Understand, analyse and size user requirements.
• Development and maintenance of SQL analytical and ETL code.
• Development and maintenance of system documentation.
• Collaboration with data consumers, database development, testers and IT support teams.

(NOTE: the key responsibilities of the role are based on current priorities and may change over time)

Required Skills:

• Performance
• Data
• Steps
• Project Delivery
• Support
• Database
• ETL
• Development
• Collaboration
• Analysis
• Reviews
• Workshops
• Developers
• Continuous Improvement
• Integration
• Documentation
• Maintenance
• Design
• SQL
• Training
• Leadership