Lead Data Engineer

• $158,839 per annum + superannuation
• Full time, Fixed term to 17/10/2025
• Geelong location (hybrid working model – 3 days in office attendance)

At WorkSafe we’re dedicated to supporting all Victorians to be healthy and safe at work and to recover from any workplace injury or illness as quickly as possible. Our passion for safety and wellbeing is what unites us.

About the role

The Lead Data Engineer will lead the design and development of large-scale cloud hosted solutions, advising on engineering pattern design and logic to support the delivery of WorkSafe’s Data and Analytics Strategy. The Lead Data Engineer will build complex infrastructure, operational processes, and infrastructure automation, creating and improving development and operational capabilities, including disaster recovery, high system availability, on-demand scalable solutions, infrastructure monitoring and continuous deployment capabilities.

Key accountabilities:

• Take ownership for the code and contribute to the designs that powers our data pipelines ensuring that they are fit-for-purpose for WorkSafe.
• Lead the design and implementation efforts for a secure and scalable data cloud data environments that delivers for both operational and product needs within an enterprise environment
• Lead the provision of continuous deployment cycles and on-demand deployments for a cloud data platform
• Analyse new and existing data sources to assess their applicability to address a business issue, while defining an autonomous ingestion framework.
• Lead and manage cross-departmental projects and project teams from conception through to implementation
• Drive resolution of issues identified via application and systems monitoring, resolve emergent service problems and build automated tools to identify/prevent problem recurrence.

Please ensure you review the Position Description here for additional information on accountabilities for this role.

About you

You are an experienced Data Engineer with a depth of understanding in database design, including conceptualisation to database optimization. Your experience working in DevOps and Agile environments is well demonstrated in your most recent role/s. Your communication and organisational skills are exceptional and demonstrated through your ability to lead meetings, clearly communicate technical approach, status and mitigation of risks. Further, you will also possess:

• Deep expertise in ETL development, data structures, storage, specifications and architectures
• Strong software engineering and coding skills, ideally in a cloud-based data intensive environment
• Excellent understanding of relevant data languages such as Python or Enterprise R, and SQL. Ability to design and implement data management controls such as RBAC
• Excellent understanding of cloud data platforms such as AWS, Azure, GCP, Snowflake. Prior experience with DBT would be advantageous
• Demonstrated ability to lead and mentor other team members, to uplift their capabilities while delivering outcomes
• Communicate effectively and regularly with leaders and stakeholders socializing key decisions and providing an update on implementation.  

Qualifications:

• Relevant tertiary qualifications in Engineering, Computer Science or a related discipline

Working with Us

At WorkSafe, we aspire for every employee to feel connected, safe and valued in their team, for teams to feel valued in the workplace, and for WorkSafe to be valued in the community.

We believe that a diverse workforce is the key to delivering the best outcomes for the Victorian community and strongly encourage applications from all people, including First Nations people and people with disability, diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, sexualities and genders. 

What’s next?

Applications close 11:00pm Thursday 21st November, 2024. Click the link to apply, and join us in making a difference to Victorian lives.

Only people with the right to work in Australia may apply for this position. You may be required to undergo a National Police Check (and/or Medical Assessment) as part of the recruitment process.

Candidate screening may take place prior to the advertisement closing, so get your application in.

For further enquiries please contact Talent Acquisition Specialist, Brittany Walker via email Brittany_walker@worksafe.vic.gov.au. Please note, only applications made via our formal channels (WorkSafe Careers Website, SEEK or LinkedIn) by the above mentioned closing date, will be accepted.

About us

WorkSafe's Strategy has our core purpose front of mind – reducing workplace harm and improving outcomes for injured workers. We don’t shy away from the importance of our purpose to the Victorian community, that’s why we have a stated ambition to be world leading.

We want Victoria to be the safest place to work in Australia and one of the safest in the world; and we aspire to be a world leader in return to work after a workplace injury.

WorkSafe are striving to build a diverse workforce that reflects the Victorian community we serve