Senior Data Engineer
Jetstar Airways
Melbourne
1 week ago
Senior Data Engineer
Jetstar is seeking a Senior Data Engineer for a 12-month fixed-term contract to evolve its Snowflake-centric cloud data platform in Melbourne. The role involves designing scalable data pipelines, driving DataOps practices, and influencing data architecture at enterprise scale.
Hybrid
Full-time
Senior
Snowflake
SQL
Salary
Not specified
Core Qualifications
Technical (Must-have)
SnowflakeSQLPythonELT/ETLFivetranApache AirflowAWSS3LambdaVPCIAMDataOpsGitCI/CDdimensional modelingrole-based access control
Soft Skills
mentoringcollaborationleadershipproblem solving
Tools (Must-have)
Git
Preferred Qualifications
Technical (Nice-to-have)
Apache NiFi
Key Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain scalable, high-performance data pipelines – maturing Enterprise Data Availability and enabling innovation pipeline.
- Drive and evolve Data Engineering/DataOps practices to improve data quality, delivery speed, and reliability.
- Own data architecture and design decisions balancing performance, scalability, maintainability, and cost efficiency.
- Define data quality standards ensuring data assets are trustworthy and well-documented.
- Ensure data governance, security, and compliance requirements are embedded by design.
- Act as senior technical authority, influencing data platform direction and uplifting engineering capability.
- Collaborate with data consumers to understand requirements and deliver fit-for-purpose data solutions.
- Apply DataOps principles to automate testing, deployment, and monitoring of data pipelines.
- Document data lineage, definitions, and technical specifications.
- Support and maintain role-based access control security model.
Senior Data EngineerSnowflakeData EngineeringCloud Data PlatformDataOpsAWSMelbourneFixed-Term ContractAirlines