Senior Data Engineer

Employment Type Permanent
Closing Date 12 Jan 2024 11:59pm
Job Title Senior Data Engineer
Job Summary As a Senior Technical Consultant, you pride yourself on your exceptional technical capability and service excellence. In this role your mission is to ultimately increase Telstra’s Purple’s market share, by securing and delivering outstanding IT consulting solutions to our enterprise customers. You provide consulting services and lead medium-large scale engagements across our customer portfolio, often managing multiple engagements at a time. Your technical and commercial acumen, passion for customer engagement, strong communication skills and experience in delivering both pre and post sales activities are critical to success in this role.
Job Description
We're an iconic Aussie brand with a global footprint. Our purpose is to build a connected future so everyone can thrive. We're all about providing the best experience and delivering the best tech on the best network.
This includes making Telstra the place you want to work.
For you, that means a having career that grows with you, and working with a team powered by human connection that prioritizes well-being and choice.
Here’s what you can expect from us

• Flexible working. Wherever you live, choose where, when, and how you work so you can be at your best.
• There when life happens. From Gender Affirmation Leave to Telstra’s Additional Leave Day, we give you time to spend away from work when you need it most.
• Pay for performance. We recognize outstanding contributions through our generous incentive programs.
• Parental Leave. A gender-equal policy for parents so you can choose how and when you take your leave (16 weeks full pay or 32 weeks half pay). Receive superannuation contributions on paid and unpaid parental leave.
• Unlimited learning. Level up your credentials with access to 17,000 learning programs. Learn ‘on the job’ and achieve university credits toward degrees and master’s programs.
• Global presence. With a global presence across 22 countries, there are many opportunities to work where we do business.
• Extra perks. Receive 25% off Telstra products and services, plus unlock exclusive discounts from over 240 brands and partners.

Hi, we’re Telstra Purple 👋 People bringing purpose to technology.
We are Australia’s largest owned technology services business, focused on outcome-based, transformative tech solutions that help our customers cut through IT complexity to achieve their bespoke goals, faster. If solving unique problems sparks your interest to help change a business, a community or the environment for the better – we’re in sync.
The opportunity
We’re on the lookout for a Senior Data Engineer to join our team in Perth.
We solve real problems for the biggest clients in Western Australia, South Australia, and Northern Territory. We work in Health, Mining, Industry, Education, Commercial, and Government.
The technology landscape we operate in is both diverse and dynamic. One day, you might find yourself crafting a report using Power BI, and the next, engineering an ELT pipeline within AWS. Alternatively, you could be contributing to a customer's data governance journey. The possibilities are endless. If you're passionate about delivering value to customers through cutting-edge AI solutions, that's certainly a plus, but it's not a requirement.
About you
We offer some flexibility regarding the level of this role, but certain core requirements include:

• Experience in Data Engineering and analytics,
• Be a problem solver with data,
• An automation-first mindset. CI/CD tooling, scripting, and DevOps are in your DNA,
• A knack for listening and being able to dissect our customers' needs,
• Good communication skills,
• An ability to work well in a team environment,
• An interest in professional development and a thirst for knowledge
• ​Experience working with customers to improve data architecture, data governance, and/or data maturity.
• Ability to challenge norms and embrace new technologies.

Here's some of the technology stack we work with and on for our customers.

• Azure DevOps, Git, Data Factory, Purview Synapse, and/or Machine Learning
• AWS Glue/ LakeFormation and/or SageMaker
• ElasticSearch
• PowerBI
• Google BigQuery
• Databricks
• SQL Server
• Hadoop
• Python, Spark, Jupyter, SQL and PowerShell

What we offer

• 15 dedicated days per year, for professional development; meaning you don’t have to use your holiday allowance to up-skill + study.
• A Toolkit allowance of $4200, to spend on your personalised toolkit, renewed every 2 years.
• Access to the $10,000 Short-Term Incentive plan
• 16 weeks of paid parental leave for both primary and secondary carers.
• Work/life enablement; so, you can balance work + life’s other responsibilities. We work hybrid without set days in the office.
• An epic (free) Telstra mobile phone and plan; you'll never receive a bill.
• An extra day off per year, for you to spend as you like
• Purchased Annual Leave scheme.
• 30% discount on Telstra products and services

If you are passionate about succeeding as part of an agile and experienced team, we welcome you to apply!
We encourage applications from people of all abilities and backgrounds - including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, the LGBQTI+ community, linguistically diverse, and people living with disability. When you apply, you can choose to note the pronouns you use and /or any reasonable adjustments needed to take part equitably during the interview process. Visit
www.telstra.com.au/careers/diversity-and-inclusion or email us at DisabilityandAccessibility@team.telstra.com noting your preferred method of contact.
Recruitment Start Date: 15/12/2023
Recruitment End Date: 12/01/2024