Haystack
← Back to Jobs
Full time
Technology
ZO

Senior Data Engineer NSW Government

ZohorecruitSydney, Sydney🇦🇺AustraliaPosted 9 Oct 2026

Why This Role Stands Out

This hybrid Senior Data Engineer role with the NSW Government offers an exceptional opportunity to shape critical data infrastructure and drive impactful analytics projects. You'll thrive here if you possess a strong software engineering background and deep technical expertise in cloud environments, contributing to a reputable public sector organization while enjoying a flexible work arrangement.

Quick Overview

Seniority
Mid Senior
Employment type
Full Time
Work mode
Hybrid
Location
Sydney, Sydney, Australia
ETLData Pipeline

Job Description

CompuTracts Pty Ltd (Business Name: Connect One Recruitment) Contract

Ourclient is a large NSW Government Organisation who are seeking Senior Data Engineer to join their team.

This role sits in the engineering team, within the Regulatory IntelligenceAnalytics directorate who are responsible for the management of the dataenvironment and data products across the data pipeline tosupport the companies requirements. We also manage the analytics environment fromthe ingestion, data quality/modelling engineering, ETL/API orchestration, datavisualisation, metrics, reporting and advanced data research, in adherence tostrict data governance requirements.

KeyResponsibilities:
  • Technical responsibility for analytics platforms and environments, data processing products and ingestion methods as required to ensure compliance with data standards, architectural standards, and achievement of documented customer requirements.
  • Build solutions for data management/data analytical projects and ensure adherence to technical specifications, design requirements, best practices and coding standards defined for the project.
  • Identify, design, and implement internal process improvements: automating manual processes, optimising data delivery, re-designing infrastructure for greater scalability.
  • Build and maintain ETL processes to extract, transform, and load data into data warehouses, making data available for analysis and reporting.
  • Monitor data pipelines and systems for issues, troubleshoot and resolve data-related problems in a timely manner to minimize disruptions.
SelectionCriteria:
  • Software Engineering background demonstrated currency of knowledge in the areas of opensource data products.
  • Deep technical experience in infrastructure design, build and deployment, including private and public cloud, networking, connectivity, storage, virtualization, and identity.
  • Technical depth to deliver data and analytical services including data ingestion, transformation, storage, and reporting.
  • Translate technical and complex information into plain English in an environment of divergent stakeholder perspectives.
  • Undertaking relationship management with government agencies, private industry, peak industry advisory bodies, the public, committees, and other groups.
  • Insurance experience is highly desirable.

Onoffer is a daily rate contract at a highly sought after NSW Government Organisation, with ahighly competitive daily rate.

Similar jobs