Data Engineer

Inspire People is partnering with Acora, a progressive full-stack, full-service business technology services partner built for the AI era, to appoint a Data Engineer with strong Azure and Microsoft Fabric expertise to deliver high-quality Data & AI solutions into enterprise environments. The Data Engineer will help shape and deliver high quality Data & AI solutions, working on projects end to end and acting as a core member for technical delivery within development teams. You will support and implement key technical decisions and bring proven Azure and Microsoft Fabric knowledge to drive best practice implementation. This is a contract role based in Sydney, for an initial 6 month period with the opportunity for a permanent role. Competitive day rate.

You will work with cross functional teams to ensure smooth delivery, while also supporting the development of junior team members through coaching and knowledge sharing.

Role Responsibilities

• Confidently deliver on projects as part of a team, from a technical and customer facing aspect to ensure high-quality and timely delivery of projects
• Actively work on projects adhering to best practices and delivering high-quality, robust solutions
• Implementation of Data Governance and Security best practices
• Contribute to design workshops with stakeholders and business leaders to help advise technical solutions
• Awareness of standard data modelling, ETL processes, and analytics
• Develop and improve technical skills within Microsoft Azure services, including compute, storage, networking, and security
• Ability to implement and manage solutions on Microsoft Azure, with a strong focus on Microsoft Fabric
• Work within cross-functional teams, including product managers, data scientists, architects, business intelligence developers and data engineers, to deliver innovative solutions that drive customer value
• Support and guide junior developers, fostering a culture of technical excellence and knowledge-sharing within the team
• Understanding and exposure to implementation of AI Agents within Azure

Key Skills, Knowledge & Experience

• Proficiency within Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Fabric
• Proficiency with Microsoft Purview advantageous
• Good communication skills, with the ability to communicate issues to technical and non-technical people
• Able to simply and clearly communicate technical design in conversation, documentation and presentations
• In-depth experience of technical development within Data and AI
• Intermediate experience with SQL, Python, C# and DotNet
• Intermediate experience with Apache Spark using SQL, PySpark, or Scala
• Proven experience in the Software Development Lifecycle
• Intermediate experience with the creation of Continuous Integration and Delivery pipelines
• Used to delivering within an Agile delivery team using Scrum or Kanban methodologies

Interview Process

• Recruiter Screening: Telephone screening & Video
• First Interview: Technical
• Final Interview: A video call over MS Teams with the Hiring Manager + Team Member.

Ready to apply?

Apply today via Inspire People. If you would like to discuss the role in confidence, please contact Andrew Medhurst at Inspire People team