Senior Engineer - Azure Data Engineering

LAB3; Auckland; Remote; NZD 166,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Supportive working environment

Flexible work arrangements

Opportunities for professional development

Job summary

A leading Azure engineering practice in New Zealand is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to manage and deliver engineering solutions on Azure Data Platforms for a 3-month contract. Ideal candidates will have significant experience in Azure Data Engineering, including Azure Data Factory and Data Warehousing. As a company, we value flexibility and innovative thinking, providing a supportive environment. Eligible candidates must be New Zealand citizens or permanent residents with at least 5 years residing in NZ.

Qualifications

• Significant design and delivery experience in Azure Data Engineering, ideally including Fabric.
• Knowledge of broader Azure Resources, CI/CD, Azure DevOps, IaC, ETL.
• You should be available within 2 weeks for a 3‑month contract.

Responsibilities

• Manage technical solutions on Azure Data Platforms.
• Lead implementation of Azure Data services.
• Support data warehousing including manipulation and integration.
• Design solutions using Azure Data Factory, Azure Synapse, Azure Data Warehousing, Data Lakes, and App Insights.
• Work with business stakeholders to help gather specifications and deliver effective solutions based on an understanding of data domains and technology.
• Support data warehousing including manipulation, migration & integration.
• Provision, modify, support, and manage complex Microsoft PaaS SQL Server databases as well as high availability environments that include SQL clusters, Always on and Availability Groups; migrate on-prem services into Azure cloud platforms.
• Log using Log Analytics Workspace & configuration of diagnostic settings.
• Support in-house and external engineers with data platform configuration used for data ingestion, manipulation, extraction, and cleansing.

Skills

Azure Data Engineering

Azure Data Factory

Azure Data Warehousing

Azure Synapse

Data Lakes

DevOps Integration

Python

DevOps

Python

Spark

Education

New Zealand citizenship or permanent residency

Tools

Azure Databricks

SSIS

SQL Server

Job description

Lab3 is one of the largest Azure engineering practices in the Australasia region with a focus on Cloud & DevOps, Data, IoT & AI, Modern Workplace, Modern Apps & Integration, Security, and Network services.

We are on the hunt for a Senior Data Engineer with experience in Azure Data Engineering & ideally Fabric for a 3-month contract (extendable).

You must be in NZ and have resided here for 5 years+ to be considered for the role (to enable government security clearance).

Role

• Manage, support, and deliver the engineering of state-of-the-art technical solutions on Azure Data Platforms
• Lead the hands‑on end‑to‑end planning, provisioning, and implementation of Azure Data services
• Provide infrastructure and automation expertise to uplift, deliver, and deploy Data Warehousing, Data Functions and end‑to‑end data analytics solutions.
• Design solutions using Azure Data Factory, Azure Synapse, Azure Data Warehousing, Data Lakes, and App Insights.
• Work with business stakeholders to help gather specifications and deliver effective solutions based on an understanding of data domains and technology.
• Support data warehousing including manipulation, migration & integration.
• Provision, modify, support, and manage complex Microsoft PaaS SQL Server databases as well as high availability environments that include SQL clusters, Always on and Availability Groups; migrate on‑prem services into Azure cloud platforms.
• Log using Log Analytics Workspace & configuration of diagnostic settings.
• Support in‑house and external engineers with data platform configuration used for data ingestion, manipulation, extraction, and cleansing.

The Right Candidate

• Significant design and delivery experience in Azure Data Engineering, ideally including Fabric
• Ability to understand business requirements and design effective solutions using deep Azure data engineering skills.
• Expertise in the Azure Data Platform - Microsoft frameworks (Cloud‑based analytics), Data Catalog, Data Lineage, ML
• Extensive experience in Azure Data, Azure Data Factory, Azure Data Warehousing, Azure Synapse, Azure Databricks, data modelling, Azure SQL, Big Data, Data Lakes and App Insights and Fabric.
• Extensive experience in conventional Microsoft BI technologies such as SSIS, SSRS, SSAS
• Expertise in database concepts: SQL Server, Azure SQL DB/MI and Application Services configuration
• Azure DevOps & Automation, DevOps Integration, DataOps experience
• Knowledge of broader Azure Resources, CI/CD, Azure DevOps, IaC, ETL, CosmosDB, Event Hub, Scorecards, Reporting & Dashboards, Service‑Oriented Architectures (SOA) and programming
• T‑SQL, Hadoop, Spark, Kafka, Python, Scala, Impala, R, Power BI - desirable
• New Zealand citizen or permanent resident with 5+ years in NZ, thereby eligible for government security clearance
• You should be available within 2 weeks for a 3‑month contract on a daily rate
• Based anywhere in New Zealand

What's in it for you?

• Become part of Australasia's largest Azure engineering practice where you can sharpen your expertise and contribute to the latest innovations in tech and services. #thinkahead
• Be part of a company that is leading the way in specialised areas and partners on high profile client projects – we are popping new logos every day! #winwithus
• Work with a 13‑time Gold, 6‑time Microsoft Advanced Specialisation & 5‑time Microsoft Solutions Partner (including Modern Work). You only get to this level with the industry's leading tech professionals – we are proud to have some of the best. #teamup
• Thrive in a team that is always learning, always innovating and making waves on a global scale. #standout
• Be part of a supportive working environment that values inclusion, flexibility, diversity and differences. #betrue
• Work flexibly – we recognise the importance of your overall wellbeing! #Flexit!
• Ultimately, we will help you to fear less, achieve more in a fast paced, innovative and cool environment – are you ready to accept the challenge? #fearlessachievemore

If you have questions mail me on [e-mail] or call 0212379092. Otherwise apply now!