- Permanent role
- Can be based in Melbourne or Sydney.
Are you looking for an awesome place to work, where you can proudly be your authentic self, and be part of #oneteam?
We are looking for a passionate team player who aligns with our values and culture, takes pride in their unique contributions, and can challenge the status quo with disruptive thinking. If this sounds like you, come and join us!
We are seeking a skilled and proactive Data Engineer to join Vocus Data Platform team and contribute to the development, execution and maintenance of our end-to-end data pipelines.
In this role, you will collaborate with stakeholders and senior team members to implement scalable architectures across AWS and Databricks. You will focus on building robust ETL/ELT process, optimising existing pipelines and ensuring reliable data delivery across the organisation.
Key Responsibilities
- Designing, building and supporting enterprise-scale data platforms and data integration solutions in Databricks
- Advanced SQL development skills and strong proficiency in Python, PySpark, and modern data engineering frameworks
- Designing and implementing reusable, metadata-driven ingestion frameworks, as well as establishing engineering standards, reusable patterns, and platform accelerators
- Working with cloud-based data platforms including AWS and Databricks, with hands-on experience in technologies such as Redshift, Databricks, Delta Lake, S3, Glue, Lambda, and MWAA
- Dimensional modelling, data warehousing concepts, and supporting analytical data structures (such as Medallion architecture)
- Designing and implementing data quality frameworks, automated validation controls, and data observability practice
- Develop and maintain reliable batch, near real-time, and real-time ingestion pipelines leveraging metadata-driven frameworks in Databricks
- Manage workflow orchestration using AWS Airflow (MWAA), implement efficient serverless AWS Lambda and Job pipelines in Databricks.
Skills & Experience
- 5+ years of hands-on Data Engineering (Databricks Preferred)
- Strong core experience with AWS Services
- Solid hands-on experience in building job pipelines, streaming, and managing cluster configurations within the Databricks ecosystem
- Strong production-grade Python and PySpark skills
- Advanced SQL for complex querying, data manipulation, and expertise in modern data warehouse/lakehouse data modelling techniques
- Good knowledge and practical experience with CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code using Terraform.
What We Offer
Working at Vocus will give you rewarding experiences and the opportunity to do extraordinary work. You will enjoy:
- Diverse and dynamic teams with a supportive and inclusive culture.
- Supportive career development plans with comprehensive ongoing training, support, and development opportunities.
- Generous discounts to over 400 retailers.
- Competitive leave options, including anniversary leave, purchased leave, parental leave, volunteering leave, study leave, and 5 extra days of Vocus leave each year, plus more.
- Study assistance programs to excel your personal growth, learning and development.
- Health and wellness offerings, including access to our wellbeing initiatives that can help you from a financial, psychological, and physical perspective.
Working at Vocus is never just a job – it’s personal. We’re crazy about our customers and believe our people are the difference. Our wonderfully diverse team and a vibrant culture define us. We care about the impact we have on our people, our customers, and our communities and are committed to operating as a responsible, ethical business.
We pride ourselves on setting audacious and ambitious goals and believe that we can play our part in changing the Australian telecommunications landscape and make a fundamental difference to people’s lives.
With us, you’ll have the opportunity to lead and inspire teams, work on projects that are shaping the future of telecommunications and become part of a culture that thrives on creativity, encourages new ideas, and provides a collaborative and inclusive environment.
About Us
As Australia’s specialist fibre and network solutions provider, we own and operate 25,000km of secure, high-capacity fibre connecting people, businesses, governments, and communities across Australia to the world. Through our well-known retail brands, we deliver simple and affordable broadband, mobile, voice and energy services with the purpose of Building Critical Connections. Enabling Better Possibilities.
Ready to take the next step?
If you like the sound of this role and think you’d do a great job, but are worried you don’t tick every box, we encourage you to back yourself – we know that diverse groups are less-likely to apply for roles they’re not 100% qualified for, but just as likely to succeed at them!
We are a proud equal opportunity employer committed to providing a safe, diverse, and inclusive working environment where all our team members feel like they belong. We know diversity makes us stronger and we encourage applications irrespective of background, age, origin, gender, sexual orientation, identity, or ability.
If you feel comfortable, please let us know if you have any accessibility requirements upon application, so we can make any adjustments required to support you throughout our recruitment process.
