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Hours per fortnight

73.50 hours per fortnight - flexible options available. 

Duties

• Analyse current and target-state data models, data flows and data quality, and recommend & implement improvements.
• Work with business SMEs and technical stakeholders to understand and document data migration, integration and reporting requirements.
• Design, develop and maintain robust ETL/ELT pipelines and orchestration for data conversion, migration and analytics use cases.
• Implement and maintain strong engineering practices for data solutions, including version control, automated testing, CI/CD pipelines and peer review.
• Develop and maintain analytics data models, including data warehouse and reporting models, to support reliable reporting and analytics.
• Investigate and resolve defects, data quality issues and requirement gaps, and optimise performance and cost through analysis, complex querying and tuning of data structures and processes.
• Document solution designs, data models, code and operational procedures, and conduct knowledge transfer with technical specialists and business SMEs to support adoption and ongoing support.
• Provide support, guidance, mentoring and quality oversight for junior team members and/or contractors as required, promoting agreed standards of work.
• Develop and maintain a work plan, manage own activities and report progress to the programme management group.
• The incumbent can expect to be allocated duties, not specifically mentioned in this document, that are within the capacity, qualifications and experience normally expected from persons occupying positions at this classification level.

Desirable Requirements

• Relevant tertiary qualifications.
• Demonstrated hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure integration and data services (e.g. Data Factory, Synapse, Serverless SQL, Fabric) or equivalent experience in another major cloud platform with the ability to rapidly transfer skills to Azure.
• Familiarity with monitoring and cost analysis tools (e.g. Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Cost Analysis).
• Proficiency with scripting or programming languages such as SQL, PowerShell, Python, C#, or JavaScript.
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code and DevOps toolsets (e.g. ARM/Bicep, Git, CI/CD pipelines, Azure DevOps).
• Knowledge of business intelligence and analytics tools & platforms (e.g. Fabric, Power BI, JasperSoft, etc).
• Experience working in Agile delivery environments and contributing to process improvement initiatives.

Pre-employment Checks

The Head of State Service has determined that the person nominated for this vacancy is to satisfy a pre-employment check before taking up the appointment, promotion or transfer.

The following checks are to be conducted:

1. Pre-employment (National Police Record) checks for: Arson and fire setting, violent crimes and crimes against the person, sex-related offences, drug and alcohol related offences, crimes involving dishonesty, deception and/or conspiracy, making false declarations, malicious damage and destruction to property, serious traffic offences, crimes against public order or relating to the Administration of Law and Justice, Executive or the Legislative Power.
2. Disciplinary action in previous employment.
3. Identification check.

Download the Statement of Duties and any Associated Documents

 Statement of Duties (357258) Data Engineer.docx

 Statement of Duties (357258) Data Engineer.pdf

 Information for applicants (Office of the Chief Information Officer).docx

 Information for applicants (Office of the Chief Information Officer).pdf

How to apply

To apply, please provide a Short Form Application which is a 1-2 page covering letter outlining your experience, skills and knowledge as they relate to the Statement of Duties, and a copy of your current Resumé/CV.  We do not require a separate statement addressing the selection criteria.

Please apply online by clicking the 'Apply Now' button.

Refer to the 'Information for Applicants' document for further information. Please note, attachments must be in Microsoft Word or PDF format.

If you are unable to submit your application online, please contact the Department of Justice Recruitment Team on (03) 6165 4912.

For more information

Dave van't Veld
Enterprise Solutions Architect
Email: Dave.vantVeld@justice.tas.gov.au
Phone: (03) 6165 9935