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Senior Data Engineer

Date:  25 Mar 2026
Location: 

AU

  • Seeking a Senior Data Engineer to join our Data and Analytics team. 

  • $190,026 base salary plus superannuation 

  • Permanent FT | Haymarket. Grow your career with us today.   

  • Technology: Microsoft Azure | Databricks | AI & MLOps 

 

   

About Ausgrid – we’re wired for good  

We’re the largest distributer of electricity on Australia’s east coast, which means over two million homes and businesses rely on our good work. We’re here at the heart of the energy transition, and we’re driven by a powerful purpose to make electricity accessible for all. It’s an exciting new chapter for our company with each day bringing a renewed energy to how we deliver, store and use electricity. As we continue to grow, we’re in search of exceptional talent to help us achieve our goals.   

Everyone’s job is important here. Our customers come from all walks of life, and so do we. We’re committed to fostering a diverse, respectful, and inclusive workplace, and encourage applications from all backgrounds.  

   

See yourself working here  

We’re looking for a Senior Data Engineer to play a key role in building, operating and continuously improving Ausgrid’s Enterprise Data Platform on Microsoft Azure. 

In this role, you’ll design and deliver scalable data pipelines and lakehouse solutions, support AI and MLOps capabilities, and ensure our data platform is secure, reliable and cost effective. You’ll work closely with architects, data scientists and business stakeholders to translate complex requirements into robust, production ready solutions. 

This is a hands on senior role with genuine influence over platform design, performance and operational excellence.  This is a permanent full- time position, located at Haymarket and reports to Manager Data Services & Platforms, you will join a collaborative culture with experienced data architecture and engineering peers. 

  

Key responsibilities  

  • Design, build and maintain batch and streaming data pipelines using Azure Data Factory and Databricks (PySpark/Spark SQL)  

  • Implement Lakehouse data models (Bronze/Silver/Gold) using Delta Lake  

  • Support and enable AI model deployment using established MLOps / LLMOps practices  

  • Monitor and optimise platform performance, reliability and cost  

  • Apply security, governance and data privacy controls across the Azure environment  

  • Contribute to CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as Code using Bicep and Azure DevOps  

  • Support production workloads, including participation in a rotating 24×7 oncall roster  

  • Partner with stakeholders to translate business needs into scalable technical solutions  

  • Produce highquality technical documentation, runbooks and data dictionaries 

  

What you’ll bring   

Our hiring decisions are not only based on your experience and skills, but your passion, attitude, and alignment to our core values.   

Essential experience and skills  

  • Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems or similar  

  • Strong handson experience with Azure Data Factory, Databricks and Delta Lake  

  • Advanced SQL and Python / PySpark skills  

  • Experience working with AI models in an MLOps or similar environment  

  • Proven experience delivering solutions across the full development lifecycle  

  • Strong background supporting enterprise data platforms in production  

  • Experience with performance optimisation (partitioning, Zordering, caching, indexing)  

  • Knowledge of Azure security and governance (RBAC, Key Vault, network controls)  

  • Experience with DevOps practices, Git and CI/CD pipelines  

  • Strong stakeholder engagement skills and the ability to translate requirements into technical designs  

  • Comfortable participating in oncall support and incident response 

   

Life at Ausgrid   

At Ausgrid, we go beyond just a competitive salary to offer an exciting range of benefits. From salary sacrificing electric vehicles and novated leasing, to discounted corporate health insurance and access to Fitness Passport, our benefits support your work here, and your life out there.   

Celebrate success every day with our employee recognition program to bring out each other’s best. Looking to grow professionally? We’ve got you covered with study assistance, secondments, training and mentors, whose advice you’ll keep wherever you go.  We’re proud to offer gender-neutral parental leave to balance work when growing your family. And if you’re caring for elderly parents, our aged care support services offer expert guidance to help you access care for your loved ones. At Ausgrid, it's all about supporting you in every aspect of life.  

  

If you require support with your application/reasonable adjustments for the interview process, please reach out to our dedicated Talent Team recruitment@ausgrid.com.au.  

   

Application close date: Friday 17th April 2026 (please note, this date is subject to early closure) 

Applicants must have full Australian work rights to apply.  

 

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