Senior Data Engineer, Managed Services

Mantel; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 110,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hybrid work

AI-first career development

Family inclusive workplace

Job summary

Mantel is an Australian-owned IT professional services consultancy helping clients leverage AI, cloud, data, and security. The Analytics Engineer will join Mantel Group’s Managed Services to build data capabilities and support data platforms for multiple clients.

The role focuses on delivering reliable pipelines, data solutions, and continuous improvement across projects in a collaborative, hybrid environment.

Qualifications

• Hands-on data role experience (Data Engineer/DBA)
• Production support with SLAs
• Experience with data platforms and pipelines
• Cloud platform and infrastructure experience
• Ability to translate client needs into technical solutions
• Experience with reporting/visualisation tools (Power BI/Tableau/Qlik)
• Knowledge of data lakehouse/warehousing concepts
• Experience with DevOps tools (Git/Azure DevOps/dbt/Airflow)
• SQL proficiency; Python is a plus
• Strong problem-solving and communication skills
• Ownership and good judgement in client outcomes

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with clients to understand data needs and deliver technical solutions
• Troubleshoot and maintain data platforms, pipelines and infrastructure
• Design and implement reliable data pipelines and data quality improvements
• Install and maintain monitoring/alerting for data environments
• Document solutions, procedures and best practices
• Participate in on-call rotation for production issues
• Escalate high-severity incidents as needed
• Liaise with internal teams and clients to backlogs for continuous improvement
• Demonstrate Mantel principles in professional conduct

Skills

Data engineering

SQL

Python

Data modelling

Data pipelines

Cloud platforms

Power BI

Tableau

Qlik

Databricks

Snowflake

Dana/CI- CD (dbt)

Tools

Git

Azure DevOps

dbt

Airflow

Job description

Mantel is an Australian-owned IT Professional Services consultancy, focused on emerging technology to help advance our clients by leveraging AI, Digital, Cloud, Data & Security technology. We are a fully AI-enabled technology consultancy and the partner that bridges the gap between blue-sky ambition and practical steps to deliver value. Since our inception in November 2017, we have experienced remarkable growth across Australia & New Zealand and are honoured to be recognised as a Great Place to Work for 6 years in a row!

We hire smart and talented people and get out of their way. As a principle-based organisation, we have a flat structure with no hierarchy. By focusing on our five principles and not getting caught up in red tape, we trust you to get the job done!

Managed Services

Mantel Group’s dedicated Managed Services team provides support, engineering and maintenance across cloud, data and software engineer services for modern technology platforms. Our team is expanding our data managed services capability, and looking for a passionate Analytics Engineer to help build that area. The Analytics Engineer will work closely with Mantel Group’s Data team of 150+ data specialists to deliver, manage, support and continuously improve data solutions using a wide range of technologies, with the goal of transforming the way our clients experience data.

About the role

We are looking for an experienced data specialist to join our Managed Services team and help build our data managed services and support offering.

• Collaborate with clients to understand their data needs and provide technical solutions for data-related challenges
• Troubleshoot, maintain and enhance existing data platforms, ingestion pipelines, and data infrastructure
• Design and implement solutions to improve data pipeline reliability and efficiency
• Implement and maintain monitoring and alerting systems
• Document technical solutions, troubleshooting procedures, and best practices
• Participate in on‑call rotation to provide emergency support for critical production issues
• Be a point of escalation for high severity incidents as they occur
• Liaise with the managed services team, clients, technology partners and stakeholders to develop backlogs for continuous improvement
• Use professional judgement while treating colleagues and clients with respect and compassion, and a demonstrated ability to display our five Mantel principles

What you’ll need to be successful:

• Prior experience in a hands-on data role - either as a Data Engineer or in related roles such as a Database Administrator (DBA)
• Experience in production support environments with established SLAs
• Experience working on a range of data technologies to manage data platforms and pipelines
• Cloud platform and infrastructure experience
• Client-focused consulting skills, including the ability to understand client needs, translate business requirements into practical technical solutions, communicate clearly with technical and non-technical stakeholders, manage expectations and build trusted client relationships
• Exposure to reporting and visualisation layers, using tools such as Power BI, Qlik, Tableau or equivalent
• Networking skills relevant to data platforms and cloud environments, including connectivity, DNS, security groups/firewalls and troubleshooting
• Data modelling experience across relational, dimensional/star-schema, data warehouse/lakehouse and/or NoSQL approaches
• Proficiency in implementing, supporting and developing several of the following tools and technologies:
• Data lakehouse technologies (such as Snowflake, Databricks, Redshift, BigQuery or Synapse)
• DevOps / source control / orchestration tools (such as Git, Azure DevOps,dbt or Airflow)
• Languages (preferably SQL, with python being nice to have)
• Passion for "learning on the job" and being hands‑on across a range of evolving data technologies
• Excellent problem-solving skills with a focus on continuous improvement
• Strong attention to detail even while working across different clients
• Clear communication skills, both technical and non-technical
• Ability to take ownership and use good judgement to achieve positive client outcomes
• At Mantel, we want you to be yourself. We trust our team members to use their professional judgment while treating colleagues and clients with respect, compassion, and professionalism in alignment with our five principles.
• You take ownership, always stepping up to help and prioritising your teammates. You're also a clear, kind communicator who makes sound decisions based on good judgement.

What you can expect from us:

• We believe in unique experiences for all. Our My Deal program allows you to tailor your yearly plan, with the support of your Leader, to decide on what’s most important to you. That might be extra professional development, extra annual leave, time to work on your side hustle, or something else completely different! One size does not fit all.
• You’ll get all the tools you need to hit the ground running including a new phone, laptop & swag.
• A true investment in your AI‑first career. We are a fully AI‑enabled consultancy and provide you with the tools to lead. This includes access to the Mantel AI Gateway, our secure, centralised platform with multiple AI models, plus a dedicated monthly budget and a safe environment to experiment and innovate.
• You’ll be genuinely supported by an organisation that cares about not only you but your family as well, Mantel offers Flexible Personal Leave options for those unplanned moments in life.
• We support a flexible hybrid approach to working which is guided by our principles; we trust each other to “make good choices” about the best workplace locations for the requirements of the project, role and client. This can change based on our client needs.
• We know you won’t have one job for life. At Mantel, we believe in supporting our team to take their career in a direction that aligns with their passions. We have internal opportunities across Cloud, Data, Digital, Delivery & Security.
• Our elite partnerships are a direct result of our deep platform mastery. For you, this means you'll be working alongside teams with the highest levels of technical expertise and tackling the most complex, high-profile projects on the market. Check out our partner awards and recognitions here.
• Mantel is a certified Family Inclusive Workplace, which means we are committed to improving your wellbeing at work through leading practices on flexible work, parental leave, family care and family wellbeing

We value a diverse workplace and strongly encourage people from all backgrounds and minority groups to apply.