Data Engineer

About the role

As a Data Engineer, you’ll bring a well-rounded understanding of data-driven practices to support senior team members and stakeholders in enhancing regulatory processes. From uncovering insights through data profiling and analytics to building robust models and engineering solutions, you’ll play a key role in how data is governed, interpreted, and transformed into actionable intelligence.

Key responsibilities of this role are:

• Participate and collaborate in a high performing SCRUM team to deliver on key BAU activities and milestones from the Project Roadmap, and Data Science and Analytics Strategy.
• Demonstrate excellent judgement skills at interpreting business requirements, estimating workloads, prioritizing tasks, and managing time in the delivery of quality solutions to meet deadlines.
• Develop highly performant, efficiently administered, cost considerate, and fully secure data pipeline solutions.
• Support, maintain, and upgrade existing data workflows, deployment pipelines, and infrastructure environments through all stages of application life cycle management.
• Participate in rotating incident management duties which includes troubleshooting and resolving incidents, performing RCAs, configuring monitoring, and writing troubleshooting guides.
• Operate using modern CI/CD methods with automated testing, code reviews, and CAB approved releases.
• Proactively remediate and document operational incidents, project risks, and impediments where possible or otherwise surface these items as appropriate to project managers and senior team members.

NHVR’s Data & Technology teams are currently undertaking growth and considerable transformation, and this is an exciting time to join the organisation.

To learn more, the position description can be found on the NHVR Careers site - https://careers.nhvr.gov.au/jobs/search

About You

To be successful in this role you will have a minimum of four years Data Engineering experience with proven skills using analytic software, ideally possess a bachelor’s degree in relevant field and be experienced with Agile Scrum, SDLC and data lifecycle processed.

Your toolkit for success:

• Demonstrated experience with ETL/ELT packages, pipelines, or integrations.
• Proven skills with RMDBS systems and concepts including normalization, data modelling, schemas, etc.
• Proven skills with object-oriented programming, design patterns, unit testing, CI/CD, and debugging.
• Demonstrated knowledge of Microsoft BI Stack, SQL Server, Integration Services, Analysis Services, Azure Data Factory, Databricks, DevOps.
• Demonstrated knowledge of Java, Python, R, Power Query M, or DAX languages.
• Demonstrated knowledge of Big Data concepts: structure, unstructured, streaming, data lake, governance, lineage, etc.

Ideally you will have:

• Accredited Professional or Associate Databricks Data Engineer.
• Accredited Azure Certification.
• Knowledge of data visualization tools such as Microsoft PowerBI, Tableau.
• Knowledge of machine learning tools, platforms, and processes.

Why join us?

The National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR) commenced operations in 2013 as the national entity responsible for regulating all vehicles in Australia over 4.5 tonnes gross vehicle mass. The NHVR minimises the compliance burden on the heavy vehicle transport industry, reduces duplication and inconsistences across state and territory borders, and ultimately for the heavy vehicle business with government in Australia.

We are headquartered in Brisbane and employ more than 1000 people across the ACT, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria.

We offer-

• Salary package of $109,640.95 + superannuation
• Monthly RDO and paid leave over Christmas closure.
• Hybrid working environment – up to 2 days from home.
• Up to15.25% superannuation through a co-contribution scheme
• Leave loading 17.5%
• Wellbeing programs – discounted fitness through Fitness Passport, Discount health insurance, flu vaccine, financial programs including discounted banking products, finance information sessions.
• Salary packaging options including novated lease.
• Discounted IT products including Microsoft and free family password security plan.
• Ongoing training and professional development support
• Professional membership

Application Process

Please apply with your CV and cover letter addressing the essential requirements of the role.

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact the NHVR recruitment team on recruitment@nhvr.gov.au.

Successful applicants will be required to complete standard pre-employment checks including a national police and work rights check.

Please Note: We will not require any support from Recruitment Agencies at this time and kindly request no contact is made. Only direct applications will be considered.

We are committed to being an inclusive, diverse and flexible workplace where differences are valued. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, experience and abilities.