• Flexible and inclusive work environment

• 12-month max-term contract opportunity, potential to go permanent

• Melbourne or Brisbane based position

Reach your career potential with AustralianSuper. AustralianSuper has a single-minded ambition: to help members achieve their best financial position in retirement. It shapes every decision we make and action we take. And this singular ambition drives us to excellence, working and growing together so you can achieve your potential. Together, we're powered by purpose.

AustralianSuper offers leading flexible work policies, a wealth of career development opportunities and a unique culture. Join our team and grow your career as we strive collectively towards our 2030 vision to be the leading super fund in the world's best system for members.

Your new role

Our Technology Services group delivers and supports technology infrastructure, projects and services for the Fund. Structured around a Plan/Build/Run model and supported by a Governance function, the team aims to provide a seamless technology experience that supports the organisation and our people in delivering great outcomes for our members.

We are seeking a Lead Data Engineer to assist in advancing our Azure Synapse Data Engineering capability at the Fund. This key role will act as a Senior Technical Mentor to other Data Engineers in building the Fund's Data Solution. Your key responsibilities will include;

• Thought leading via influence and assist in establishing a world class Data Engineering practice by reimagining all existing processes, tools and skill sets

• Identify and advocate use-cases for the Fund's newly established data platform; assist in planning and migration of Data and applicable services onto the Fund's Data Solutions

• Assist projects with Data Engineering associated scope, planning, resourcing, scheduling, and costing

• Represent the Technology Data and Analytics team in Fund wide data initiatives and the roll-out of Fund wide data capabilities

• Develop and implement databases, data collection systems, data analytics and other techniques that optimise statistical efficiency and quality

• Acquire data from primary or secondary data sources and maintain databases/data systems

• Identify, analyze, and interpret trends or patterns in complex data sets

• Provide governance over vendor outcomes and associated deliverables

• Lead and motivate the team to ensure delivery of exceptional Data Engineering quality outcomes whilst creating a sense of urgency around genuinely delivering better experiences for our members and colleagues

• Liaise effectively with project team members, business stakeholders and external vendors to build strong partnerships to help create a collaborative, transparent, and high performing culture with a strong delivery mind set

• Support and coach Data Engineers to develop strong engineering skills including sharing different requirements development techniques such as user story development and human cantered design

What you'll need

• Experience working in complex enterprise Data Environments

• Proven advanced Engineering experience in Python, Spark, SQL and related languages

• 10+ years' experience in designing and building advanced Data Pipelines and Data Warehouses at an enterprise scale

• Proven DevOps experience inclusive of creating CI/CD/CT pipelines for data engineering and analytics using Azure Devops

• Strong experience in one or more of the following public Data cloud platforms, Azure Synapse, AWS Redshift, Google Cloud, with preference for Azure Cloud Synapse and ADF, ADB

• Experience in training AI/ML models through supervised/unsupervised and categorical/continuous learning methods

• Database administration and management experience including but not limited to Microsoft SQL technologies

• Highly developed interpersonal, negotiation, influencing and stakeholder management skills

• Engineering and people leadership experience

• Flexible mindset with the ability to adapt to new technologies as required

Life at AustralianSuper

AustralianSuper is committed to colleague development, and we support our colleagues with ongoing learning, coaching and training, as well as career opportunities across our expanding global organisation. We offer generous leave entitlements and promote a blended working environment in which all roles can flex, and we're happy to discuss what this looks like for you.

We are committed to supporting our diverse workforce in a way that is inclusive and embraces

What's next

Apply now, if you share our values of Energy, Integrity, Generosity of Spirit and Excellent Outcomes and would like the opportunity to work in a challenging, growing and rapidly evolving team to deliver outstanding results.

Australian or New Zealand citizenship or Australian permanent residency status is required.

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