Senior SQL Developer

Talent Corp; City of Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Talent Corp in Melbourne's CBD is seeking a Senior SQL Developer to join a leading utilities-sector client on a 12-month contract with a hybrid work arrangement (3 days in the office). The role requires hands-on expertise in PostgreSQL and Oracle SQL, plus Tableau dashboard development and publishing.

Key responsibilities include developing and optimising PostgreSQL and Oracle SQL solutions, supporting SQL deployment in enterprise environments, and maintaining Tableau dashboards for business

Qualifications

• Extensive hands-on experience with PostgreSQL and Oracle SQL development.
• Proven ability to develop, maintain and optimise complex SQL queries and database objects.
• Strong Tableau dashboard development and publishing in enterprise environments.

Responsibilities

• Developing, maintaining and optimising complex PostgreSQL and Oracle SQL solutions.
• Supporting the development and deployment of SQL code within enterprise environments.
• Developing and maintaining Tableau dashboards, reports and visualisations.
• Publishing and supporting Tableau dashboards used by business stakeholders.
• Maintaining and enhancing the team's existing dashboard suite.
• Translating business and analytics requirements into effective data solutions and use cases.
• Troubleshooting SQL, data and reporting issues and improving performance where required.
• Working collaboratively with analysts, data scientists and stakeholders across the business.
• Contributing to development standards, documentation and ongoing improvements across the analytics environment.

Skills

PostgreSQL

Oracle SQL

Tableau

SQL performance tuning

Data analysis

Stakeholder communication

Tools

PostgreSQL

Oracle

Tableau

Job description

Our client, a leading organisation within the utilities sector, is seeking an experienced Senior SQL Developer to join their team on an initial 12-month contract. This is a hands‑on technical role suited to a strong SQL Developer who has extensive experience working with PostgreSQL and Oracle, combined with Tableau dashboard development and publishing.

• Initial 12-month contract with the potential view to extend
• Convenient Melbourne CBD location with hybrid work arrangement (3 days' in the office)
• PostgreSQL, Oracle & Tableau experience is essential

Key Responsibilities

• Developing, maintaining and optimising complex PostgreSQL and Oracle SQL solutions.
• Supporting the development and deployment of SQL code within enterprise environments.
• Developing and maintaining Tableau dashboards, reports and visualisations.
• Publishing and supporting Tableau dashboards used by business stakeholders.
• Maintaining and enhancing the team's existing dashboard suite.
• Translating business and analytics requirements into effective data solutions and use cases.
• Troubleshooting SQL, data and reporting issues and improving performance where required.
• Working collaboratively with analysts, data scientists and stakeholders across the business.
• Contributing to development standards, documentation and ongoing improvements across the analytics environment.

Skills & Experience

• Strong commercial experience as a Senior SQL Developer, Database Developer or Analytics Developer.
• Advanced hands‑on experience with PostgreSQL.
• Strong experience developing solutions using Oracle SQL.
• Demonstrated experience developing, maintaining and optimising complex SQL queries, functions, procedures and database objects.
• Strong Tableau dashboard development experience.
• Experience publishing and supporting Tableau dashboards in an enterprise environment.
• Strong SQL troubleshooting, performance tuning and optimisation capability.
• Experience with Python would be beneficial but is not essential.
• Experience working with business stakeholders to understand requirements and develop analytics solutions.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work effectively within a collaborative analytics team