Senior Data Engineer- Data Bricks

Tennis Australia; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tickets to Australian Open

Onsite gym and parking

Salary packaging and partner discounts

Paid parental leave up to 26 weeks

Work with a diverse team

Job summary

Tennis Australia in Melbourne is seeking a Senior Data Engineer- Data Bricks to design and deliver scalable data integration, analytics and reporting across our data platform. You’ll own data ingestion and processing, and work hands-on with modern cloud technologies to support a high-quality data warehouse and analytics environment.

You will collaborate with engineers, analysts and stakeholders to build reusable data processing frameworks and architectural approaches that scale with the

Qualifications

• Senior-level data engineering experience in enterprise, production-grade environments.
• Strong hands-on experience with Azure data technologies and CI/CD.
• Ability to design scalable analytical data solutions incl. data warehouses and lakehouse architectures.
• Advanced SQL, Python, PySpark and Databricks SQL with focus on performance and data quality.
• Experience balancing project delivery and BAU/support, resolving data quality issues.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
• Knowledge of cloud security, access control, analytics architecture and data governance.
• Willingness to obtain Police Check and Working with Children Check.
• Flexibility in working hours and Tennis Australia arrangements.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and evolve data engineering solutions on Azure Databricks, ADF, and ADLS.
• Develop and maintain reliable, secure, high-performing data pipelines.
• Create robust data transformations using PySpark, SQL, and Python.
• Build analytical and dimensional data models for TA BI, analytics and AI.
• Manage data ingestion and onboarding of new data sources and partners.
• Collaborate with data engineers, analysts and stakeholders.
• Ensure data quality, reliability and performance across environments.

Skills

Azure Databricks

Azure Data Factory

Azure DevOps

CI/CD pipelines

PySpark

Databricks SQL

SQL

Python

Data Warehousing

Lakehouse

Data Modeling

Data Quality

Performance tuning

Stakeholder Engagement

Leadership

Cloud Security

Tools

Azure Databricks

Azure Data Factory

Azure Data Lake Storage

CI/CD with Azure DevOps

Job description

At Tennis Australia, we’re creating a more playful world through tennis – for everyone.

From grassroots to Grand Slams, tennis brings people together, inspires communities, and builds champions on and off the court.

We’re a team of imaginative and passionate people who believe in the power of sport to make a difference. If you’re ready to help us serve up real impact, we’d love to hear from you.

We’re committed to reflecting the communities we work and play in. We strongly encourage applications from women, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, LGBTQI+ individuals, people with disability, and people from culturally diverse backgrounds.

About The Role

We’re looking for a Senior Data Engineer- Data Bricks to join our Technology team on a full‑time, permanent basis.

As a Senior Data Engineer, you’ll play a key part in designing and delivering scalable data integration, analytics and reporting solutions across our data platform. You’ll take ownership of data ingestion and processing, contribute to the evolution of our data architecture, and work hands‑on with modern cloud technologies to support a high‑quality data warehouse and analytics environment.

Working closely with engineers, analysts and business stakeholders, you’ll help build reusable data processing frameworks and architectural approaches that scale with the organisation’s data and analytics needs.

In this role you will:

• Design, develop, and evolve modern data engineering solutions on Microsoft Azure, with a strong focus on Azure Databricks, Azure Data Factory (ADF), and Azure Data Lake Storage (ADLS).
• Develop and maintain reliable, secure and high‑performing data pipelines.
• Develop robust data transformations using PySpark, Databricks SQL, SQL, and Python.
• Design, implement, and maintain curated analytical and dimensional data models aligned to TA BI, analytics, and AI requirements.
• Manage data ingestion and onboarding of new data sources and partners
• Collaborate with data engineers, analysts, and stakeholders.
• Ensure ongoing data quality, reliability and performance across production data and analytics environments.

About You

• Demonstrated senior‑level data engineering capability, delivering and supporting solutions in enterprise, production‑grade data and BI environments.
• Strong hands‑on experience with Azure data technologies, including Databricks, Azure Data Factory and Azure DevOps, with the ability to implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines.
• Proven capability to design and build scalable analytical data solutions, including data warehouses, lakehouse architectures and dimensional data models.
• Advanced data engineering skills in SQL, Python, PySpark and Databricks SQL, with a strong focus on performance, reliability and data quality.
• Confidence balancing project delivery and BAU/support, proactively identifying and resolving data quality, availability and performance issues in production environments.
• Strong stakeholder engagement, leadership and communication skills, translating business requirements into robust and reliable technical solutions.
• Ability to apply best practices across cloud security, access control, analytics architecture and data governance, contributing to standards, design reviews and continuous improvement.
• Hold (or be willing to obtain) a current Police Check and Working with Children Check
• Preparedness to be flexible in regard to working hours and arrangements relating to work associated with Tennis Australia

What’s to love?

• Career development with a range of formal education and on the job training opportunities
• Tickets to the Australian Open plus Superbox tickets to events at Rod Laver & Melbourne Arena
• Monthly health & wellbeing activities with access to CorePlus Pilates
• Onsite gym, tennis facilities & free onsite car parking
• Salary packaging & a range of discounts from our sponsorship partners
• Attractive leave benefits - with up to 26 weeks of paid parental leave for all primary caregivers and Sorry Business and Ceremonial Leave for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employees
• We are proud to be recognised as an employer of choice for women by WORK180

Applications close the 9th of August; however we will be reviewing applications as they are received, therefore this role may close sooner if we find the right candidate.

Tennis Australia is committed to providing a safe environment for all tennis participants, including children and young people. It is essential everyone involved with delivering tennis in Australia understands their responsibility in relation to child‑safety.

We believe playing makes life better and we are always on the lookout to talented people to join our team and help us create a playful world through tennis.

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