Data & Analytics Technical Lead

Watercare Services Limited; Auckland; On-site; NZD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Training and development opportunities

Life and income protection insurance

Generous parental leave

Employee discounts

Job summary

Watercare Services Limited in Auckland is seeking an experienced Data and Analytics Technical Lead to shape Watercare’s end-to-end data and analytics capability. You’ll set technical standards across ingestion, transformation, modelling, analytics products and BI, ensuring secure, governed and scalable solutions.

In this senior role you’ll stay close to delivery: review designs, coach data engineers, translate business requirements into practical designs, and support reliable data pipelines,

Qualifications

• Substantial experience designing and delivering enterprise data and analytics solutions in cloud environments.
• Experience building scalable data platforms, BI and analytics capabilities.
• Strong ability to translate business needs into technical designs.

Responsibilities

• Set technical standards across data ingestion, transformation, modelling, analytics products and business intelligence.
• Lead the design and assurance of complex data and analytics solutions.
• Translate business requirements into scalable technical designs and implementation guidance.
• Review designs, code and release approaches, identify risks and debt.
• Coach data engineers, analytics engineers, analysts and data scientists.

Skills

Enterprise data analytics

Cloud environments

Data engineering

Analytics engineering

Dimensional modelling

Data warehousing

Snowflake

dbt

Power BI

Azure

CI/CD

Source control

Testing

Operational support

Leadership

Coaching

Communication

Education

Tertiary qualification in analytics, computer science, or engineering

Tools

Snowflake

dbt

Job description

He kōrero mō mātou | About Watercare Ki te ora te wai, ka ora te whenua, ka ora te tangata

When the water is healthy, the land and the people are healthy There's never been a better time to join Watercare. We're delivering a $15.2 billion, 10-year capital investment programme, the largest in our history, creating opportunities to work on transformative infrastructure, sustainability and digital projects that will shape Auckland's future. With more than $4 million invested every day, you'll be part of work that makes a lasting difference to our communities and environment.

He whakamārama mō te tūranga mahi | About the role

We have an opportunity for an experienced Data and Analytics Technical Lead to help shape the technical direction of Watercare’s end-to-end data and analytics capability. Reporting to the Head of Data, Analytics & AI, you’ll set and embed technical standards across data ingestion, transformation, modelling, analytics products and business intelligence. You’ll help ensure our solutions are secure, governed, scalable, supportable and aligned with our wider enterprise architecture. This is a senior technical leadership role, but it’s not purely about setting direction. You’ll remain close to delivery, providing hands-on expertise across complex, high-value initiatives and stepping in where your experience can have the greatest impact. You’ll also: Own and maintain technical standards, reference patterns and guardrails across data and analytics. Lead the design and assurance of complex data and analytics solutions. Translate business requirements into scalable technical designs and practical implementation guidance. Review designs, code and release approaches, identifying risks, dependencies and technical debt. Act as the escalation point for complex platform, pipeline, modelling and reporting issues. Contribute directly to prototypes, implementations and the remediation of critical issues. Support the delivery of reliable data pipelines, analytical models, semantic layers, dashboards and reusable data products. Coach data engineers, analytics engineers, analysts and data scientists. Explain technical options, risks and trade-offs clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholder.

Ngā pūkenga e rapu nei mātou | About you

You’ll be an experienced data and analytics professional who can combine strong technical judgement with a practical, collaborative approach. You’ll be comfortable setting standards and assuring complex designs, while still rolling up your sleeves when needed. You’ll bring: Substantial experience designing and delivering enterprise data and analytics solutions in cloud environments. Advanced knowledge of data engineering, analytics engineering, dimensional modelling, data warehousing and modern data platform patterns. Experience with Snowflake, dbt, Power BI, Azure or comparable technologies. Experience with transformation frameworks, orchestration, CI/CD, source control, testing and operational support. Demonstrated experience providing technical leadership, design assurance, coaching and escalation across multidisciplinary teams. A tertiary qualification in analytics, computer science, engineering or a related discipline, or equivalent relevant experience. The ability to balance pace, value, risk and long-term sustainability. Strong communication and influencing skills across technical and non-technical audiences. A coaching mindset and a genuine interest in building capability in others. Experience supporting data science or machine-learning workloads would be valuable, as would experience in utilities, infrastructure or another regulated environment. Relevant cloud, data engineering, architecture or analytics certifications would also be advantageous.

Ngā hua mōu | What's in it for you

We offer a competitive salary and staff benefits package including:

• Training and development opportunities
• Life and income protection insurance plans
• Generous parental leave
• Employee discounts at a range of large retailers