Senior Data Engineer - Build Trusted Data Pipelines

New Zealand Police; Wellington; On-site; NZD 112,000 - 118,000; Full time

Job summary

New Zealand Police in Wellington seeks a Senior / Data Engineer to shape and deliver data and analytics capability across the organisation. You will design, develop and maintain scalable data solutions, integrate data assets, and ensure data governance and reliability for strategic decisions.

The role involves working with stakeholders, adopting best practices, and delivering high-quality data products. Some travel may be required; salary via collective agreement.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience as a Data Engineer or similar role.
• Experience building ETL/ELT pipelines and data products.
• Service-oriented mindset; able to influence at senior level.
• Experience working in an agile environment.
• Excellent written and oral communication; engage with all levels.
• Experience building relationships with stakeholders.
• Based in Wellington; willing to travel.
• Tertiary qualification in a relevant field.

Responsibilities

• Design and build reliable data workflows for large datasets.
• Deliver high standards of service to stakeholders.
• Demonstrate proactive customer service and service delivery.
• Collaborate with team to achieve goals.
• Communicate effectively with people, partners, community.
• Use critical thinking to make sound decisions.
• Manage time, priorities and responsibilities.

Skills

Data Engineer

ETL/ELT

Agile

Stakeholder engagement

Communication skills

Education

Tertiary qualification in a relevant field

Tools

MS SQL

SAS

Command line scripting

Business Objects

R

Python

ArcGIS

Fabric

Azure

Databricks

AWS

GCP

Job description

New Zealand Police in Wellington seeks a Senior / Data Engineer to shape and deliver data and analytics capability across the organisation. You will design, develop and maintain scalable data solutions, integrate data assets, and ensure data governance and reliability for strategic decisions.

The role involves working with stakeholders, adopting best practices, and delivering high-quality data products. Some travel may be required; salary via collective agreement.