EL1 Lead Data Engineer

Softtest pays pty ltd; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Softtest pays pty ltd in Melbourne, Australia, seeks an EL1 Data Acquisition Engineer to lead data platform delivery within an NDIA data warehouse program. The role combines hands-on development with guidance on data designs and models.

Key responsibilities include reviewing release processes, refining the delivery framework, and providing knowledge transfer to the team. Australian citizenship and Baseline Clearance are required.

Qualifications

• Australian citizens with Baseline Clearance.
• Senior data delivery role requiring hands-on data platform development.
• Strong SQL/ETL and data modelling skills for a data warehouse.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership to the project delivery team through design reviews and workshops.
• Review and refine the data delivery framework for new sources and performance.
• Own the technical implementation of new data from analysis to delivery, including data dictionary and release steps.
• Drive continuous improvement of delivery principles, coding standards, and documentation; provide training sessions.

Skills

Technical leadership

Data acquisition

SQL

ETL

Data modelling

Release management

Documentation

Stakeholder communication

Tools

SQL Server

ETL tools

Data warehousing

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)