Specialist Data Engineering

The Opportunity – Permanent, Full Time Position

This newly created position of Specialist Data Engineering will be responsible for helping to shape a data driven culture in South32 and assisting with a wide variety of problem solving across operation and functional solutions. This position provides an opportunity for high value creation activities across the business and will require close work with vendors, other operations and our managed service

Reporting to the Manager Data Platform key role accountabilities include:

• Uphold the South32 values and apply the Code of Business Conduct in all activities
• Contribute to the overall Data Platform vision & roadmap and support activities to enabling the platform vision across South32.
• Participate in requirements gathering sessions and stakeholder interviews and work with business analysts to translate business requirements into appropriate solutions.
• Responsible for designing, developing, testing, automating, monitoring, maintaining and updating data integration and ingestion processes in the data platform.
• Identify areas of the data platform which can be automated and improved.

About You

 You will be required to have the following:

• Minimum of 4 years’ experience in data engineering within [Azure, AWS, Databricks].
• Strong understanding of DevOps principles and practices.
• Experience developing infrastructure as code in a cloud environment [Terraform]
• Excellent understanding of data models, with emphasis on dimensional models and strong in SQL [DBT]
• Have a love of learning, teaching, and advocating the value of data!

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualification in a computing related discipline

Our benefits 

• Competitive salaries including Short-Term Incentive Bonus
• Participation in the Employee Share Plan
• Industry leading parental leave and family care policy
• Family Health Care
• Flexible working arrangements
• Exclusive employee discounts including health insurance, technology, and travel.

Location

This role will be based at our office in the heart of the Perth CBD. We understand and value the benefits flexibility brings and operate a hybrid work model (in the office and from home)
 

Our culture 

At South32, our people are fundamental to our success. We’re focused on creating an inclusive workplace, with the right people in the right roles, who are engaged, empowered and appropriately rewarded.
We aspire to be an inclusive organisation, where our workforce reflects the broader demographic of the countries and communities where we operate.
South32 embraces diversity and encourages applications from people of all backgrounds.

Applications close 22nd March 2023