Data Engineer
Employment
Full time, Contract
Subject
General
Sector
Catholic
Salary range
Closing date
27 September 2026
Posted 4 Sep 2026
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Role description
Position Purpose
The Data Engineer is responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining the infrastructure and systems required for data storage, processing, and analysis. The Data Engineer builds and manages the data pipelines that enable efficient and reliable data integration, transformation, and delivery for use in Business Intelligence and other enterprise workloads.
Commencement
The commencement date for this position is 2 November 2026 (negotiable).
Key Responsibilities
Duties related to the position include but are not limited to the following;
Data Pipeline Development & Management
- Designs and develops data pipelines that extract data from various sources, transform it into the desired format, and load it into the appropriate data storage systems
- Integrates data from different sources, including databases, data warehouses, APIs, and external systems.
- Ensures data consistency and integrity during the integration process, performing data validation and cleaning as needed
- Transforms raw data into a usable format by applying data cleansing, aggregation, filtering, and enrichment techniques
- Optimizes data pipelines and data processing workflows for performance, scalability, and efficiency
- Implements data quality checks and validations within data pipelines to ensure the accuracy, consistency, and completeness of data
Data Systems Administration
- Monitors and tunes data systems, identifies and resolves performance bottlenecks, and implements strategies to enhance performance
- Administers data storage, pipeline and model related systems
Data Modelling
- Designs and develops…