Data Platform Engineer: Cloud, DataOps & Scalable Pipelines

New Zealand - All Locations Work from where you are; New Zealand; Remote; NZD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is hiring a Data Platform Engineer to design, build and continuously improve enterprise-grade data platforms and pipelines across our organisation. You will implement cloud-based solutions, ensure security and scalability, and apply DevOps/DataOps practices to drive reliability.

You will work with Data Engineers, Analysts, Architects and product teams to translate business needs into robust, scalable data services that support strategic decision-making and

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualification in CS/SE/IS/Data Engineering or related field
• Experience with enterprise-scale data platforms and data pipelines
• Experience with cloud technologies (Snowflake, AWS, Azure, GCP)
• Experience with CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, DevOps or DataOps
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills and ability to troubleshoot complex issues
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills

Responsibilities

• Design, build and optimise secure, scalable data platforms and pipelines.
• Deliver cloud-based data platforms and integration services with automation.
• Apply DevOps, DataOps, CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code practices to improve reliability and efficiency.
• Collaborate with Data Engineers, Analysts, Architects, stakeholders to translate requirements into robust solutions.
• Contribute to platform monitoring, troubleshooting and operational excellence to reduce technical debt.

Skills

Enterprise-scale data platforms

Cloud platforms (Snowflake, Azure, AWS

SQL and data modelling

CI/CD / IaC / DevOps

Analytical problem-solving

Communication & stakeholder engagement

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Software Engineering/Information Systems/Data Engineering or related field

Tools

Snowflake

dbt

GitHub

Azure DevOps

Jira

PowerShell

Bash

Databricks

Synapse

Fabric

Job description

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is hiring a Data Platform Engineer to design, build and continuously improve enterprise-grade data platforms and pipelines across our organisation. You will implement cloud-based solutions, ensure security and scalability, and apply DevOps/DataOps practices to drive reliability.

You will work with Data Engineers, Analysts, Architects and product teams to translate business needs into robust, scalable data services that support strategic decision-making and