Senior Azure Data Platform Engineer / Architect

powerdata group consulting; Australia; Remote; AUD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Powerdata Group Consulting is seeking a Senior Azure Data Platform Engineer/Architect to uplift and standardise an enterprise data platform for a major Australian financial services organisation. The role requires hands-on delivery, independence, and stakeholder engagement to deliver practical outcomes in complex environments.

You will design, migrate and optimise ETL/ELT, develop Azure data engineering solutions, and support Power BI reporting while implementing medallion architectures and

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience designing and delivering Azure data platform solutions.
• Experience with DataOps and CI/CD deployment practices.
• Strong background in data warehousing, ETL/ELT design and data governance.

Responsibilities

• Assess and uplift existing Azure data platform components.
• Analyse and document dependencies across ingestion pipelines, business rules and semantic models.
• Migrate and optimise ETL/ELT processes.
• Develop and implement Azure data engineering solutions.
• Design and deliver reusable data products.
• Implement and support medallion architecture patterns.
• Develop and optimise Azure SQL database objects and transformation logic.
• Support enterprise reporting and analytics capabilities through Power BI.
• Perform data validation, reconciliation and quality assurance activities.
• Contribute to technical documentation, operational runbooks and knowledge transfer activities.
• Participate in governance, risk management and stakeholder engagement activities.

Skills

Azure data platform

DataOps

CI/CD

Data warehousing

ETL/ELT design

Data transformation

Master/reference data

Data governance

Power BI

DAX

Tools

Azure SQL Database

Power BI tooling

Semantic models

Job description

Security clearance: Must have baseline clearance

About the Opportunity

Powerdata Group is seeking an experienced Senior Azure Data Platform Engineer / Architect to support a major enterprise data platform uplift for a leading Australian financial services organisation.

The engagement involves working within an established Azure data platform and aligned data framework to uplift, standardise and migrate enterprise data assets, implement reusable data products and optimise analytics capabilities across the organisation.

This is a hands-on delivery role suited to a senior consultant who can operate independently, engage with business and technical stakeholders and deliver practical outcomes in complex enterprise environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Assess and uplift existing Azure data platform components.
  
• Analyse and document dependencies across ingestion pipelines, business rules and semantic models.
  
• Migrate and optimise ETL/ELT processes.
  
• Develop and implement Azure data engineering solutions.
  
• Design and deliver reusable data products.
  
• Implement and support medallion architecture patterns.
  
• Develop and optimise Azure SQL database objects and transformation logic.
  
• Support enterprise reporting and analytics capabilities through Power BI.
  
• Perform data validation, reconciliation and quality assurance activities.
  
• Contribute to technical documentation, operational runbooks and knowledge transfer activities.
  
• Participate in governance, risk management and stakeholder engagement activities.
  

Requirements

Essential Skills and Experience

Demonstrated experience designing and delivering solutions using:

• DataOps and CI/CD deployment practices
  

Strong experience with:

• Data warehousing
  
• ETL and ELT design
  
• Data transformation frameworks
  
• Master and reference data concepts
  
• Data reconciliation and testing
  
• Data governance implementation
  

Reporting and Analytics

Experience with:

• Power BI
  
• Semantic models
  
• DAX
  
• Enterprise reporting and dashboard solutions