About the Role
Join our Sydney team in a hybrid Senior Data Engineer role where you'll build the data platform and pipelines that help turn complex enterprise data into trusted, usable insight. This role is hands-on and deeply technical, focusing on designing and building production-grade data pipelines using Databricks and Azure Data Factory, developing robust transformations in dbt, and writing performant SQL and Python to support reliable ETL and ELT in a cloud environment. You will also integrate data across systems, improve pipeline performance and observability, and solve root-cause issues. Working closely with engineers, analysts, and stakeholders, you'll help lift engineering standards, contribute to architecture and process improvements, and provide guidance to junior engineers.
Responsibilities
- Design and build production-grade data pipelines using Databricks and Azure Data Factory
- Develop robust transformations in dbt
- Write performant SQL and Python to support reliable ETL and ELT in a cloud environment
- Integrate data across systems through APIs
- Improve pipeline performance and observability
- Solve root-cause issues
- Lift engineering standards across the platform
- Contribute to architecture and process improvements
- Take part in code reviews
- Provide guidance to junior engineers
Requirements
- 5+ years' experience delivering data engineering solutions in cloud environments
- Strong hands-on capability in Databricks, Azure Data Factory, dbt, SQL and Python
- Experience designing and building scalable, reliable and maintainable cloud-based data pipelines
- A solid understanding of modern data architecture and ETL/ELT patterns
- Experience using Git or Azure DevOps for version control and collaborative engineering practices
- Strong problem-solving skills, including troubleshooting and root-cause analysis
- Confidence working with analysts, engineers and business stakeholders to deliver trusted data outcomes
- Exposure to data modelling, data quality or observability tools, Microsoft Fabric, or Azure / Databricks certifications (nice to have)
Skills
- Databricks
- Azure Data Factory
- dbt
- SQL
- Python
- Git
- Azure DevOps
- Data modelling
- Data quality
- Observability tools
- Microsoft Fabric
- Azure certifications
- Databricks certifications
Location
- Sydney
Work Type
- Hybrid
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Senior
- 5+ years
Benefits
- Retail discounts
- Wellbeing leave
- Paid volunteering days
- Twelve flexible working options
- Market-leading parental leave and return to work support package
About the Company
- Deloitte's Enterprise Data Warehouse platform on Azure, Databricks and dbt builds trusted data foundations for analytics at scale.
- The Enterprise Data Platform team builds and evolves the foundations that support reporting, analytics and data-led decision-making across the business.
- Using tools including Azure, Databricks, Azure Data Factory and dbt, the team focuses on creating scalable, maintainable and trusted data solutions that make complex data more accessible, useful and reliable.
- At Deloitte, we focus our energy on interesting and impactful work.
- We're always learning, innovating and setting the standard; making a positive difference to our clients and our society.
- We put coaching at the heart of what we do, helping our people grow their careers in any direction – whether it be up, moving into something new, or even moving across the world.
- We embrace diversity, equity and inclusion.
- We have a diverse collection of people from different backgrounds, with different experiences, gender identities, abilities and thinking styles.
- What binds us together is a shared commitment to value everyone's perspective and to cultivate inclusion; so that our work environment is a safe space we can all belong.
- We value in-person connection with our clients and our colleagues.
- We offer several ways for you to work flexibly so that you can serve your clients, stay connected with your team, and manage your personal priorities.
- We help you live and work well.
Equal Opportunity
- We embrace diversity, equity and inclusion.
- We have a diverse collection of people from different backgrounds, with different experiences, gender identities, abilities and thinking styles.
- What binds us together is a shared commitment to value everyone's perspective and to cultivate inclusion; so that our work environment is a safe space we can all belong.
