Aged Care Jobs and Careers

At Estia Health, we’re more than just a workplace: we’re a community dedicated to enriching lives and making a difference. If you’re passionate about aged care and want to be part of something meaningful, then we want to hear from you.

Everyday, over 13,000 employees choose to make a difference at Estia Health, sharing a joint purpose to enrich and celebrate the lives of our residents. With 87 homes (and growing), across Queensland, New South Wales, South Australia and Victoria, you will play a part in positively impacting the lives of our residents and their families.

Join us in playing a special role in the future of aged care.

About the role

We’re looking for a skilled Senior Data Engineer to join our IT team and help deliver scalable, secure, and well-architected integration solutions. In this role, you’ll design and build scalable cloud data solutions, pipelines, and models that power critical reporting, analytics, and AI initiatives. You’ll shape our data platform strategy, bringing technical expertise to ensure performance, security, and compliance across all projects.

This role follows a hybrid work model with two days a week in our Burnley office. You’ll have flexibility in choosing your office days, though most of the team typically work on-site on Mondays and Thursdays.

What You’ll Do

• Lead the direction of our data architecture and strategy
• Design, build, and optimise Azure-based pipelines and transformations
• Deliver scalable, secure, and efficient data engineering solutions
• Support AI-driven use cases and advanced analytics
• Ensure data quality, governance, and compliance standards are met
• Partner with senior stakeholders to align solutions with business goals
• Drive innovation and knowledge-sharing across the team

Skills & Experience Required:

Essential:

• Tertiary qualification in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or IT
• Minimum of 7+ years’ experience in a similar data engineering role
• Proficiency in Microsoft Fabric, Azure Data Factory, and Synapse Analytics
• Strong SQL and Python programming skills
• Solid knowledge of data modelling, warehousing, ETL/ELT solutions, and performance tuning
• Experience with BI data structures (Power BI) and developing data engineering frameworks (profiling, cleansing, transformation)
• Understanding of data security, governance, and compliance in cloud environments
• Strong communication skills—able to engage both technical and business stakeholders with clarity
• (Highly regarded) Experience with Snowflake, BigQuery, or multi-cloud environments

Desirable:

• Microsoft Azure certifications
• Experience in aged care, healthcare, or other regulated industries is beneficial but not essential.

As one of the largest and fastest growing aged care providers in Australia, we need exceptional people to join us on our journey of providing high quality person centred aged care and services. If this is you, Apply Now!

Benefits available:

• Discounted gym memberships at Goodlife and Fitness First
• Retail savings with the Blue Light Card
• Discounted car hire
• Employee Assistance Program for you and your family
• Free Wellbeing App to support your mental and physical health
• Novated leasing for vehicles
• Workplace banking support
• ACN membership discounts for nurses
• Discounted health insurance with nib health
• Discounted JB HiFi

Estia Health is committed to embracing diversity, equity and inclusion in our workplaces. We encourage applications from people of all ages, cultures (including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples), abilities, sexual orientation and gender identities. If you need assistance to participate in our application process, please let us know.

Note: It is a condition of employment that you will be vaccinated against COVID-19 and Influenza.  You will need to have one (1) dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.  All shortlisted applicants will need to pass required background checks.  If you are interested in a role please ensure you apply online as we do not accept emailed resumes.