At NCS Australia, we believe in doing technology services better. Our commitment to quality, focus on people, and willingness to challenge traditional thinking set us apart. Our team brings this belief to life by partnering with our clients and communities to make tomorrow together.
We are committed to creating an environment that prioritises innovation, collaboration, and purposeful work. Our diverse team is empowered to make a meaningful impact with curiosity, creativity and resilience to shape better outcomes. Join us and accept the challenge of creating a better tomorrow.
Job DescriptionWe are seeking an experienced Data Engineer to join our Melbourne team and play a key role in delivering modern data solutions that support analytics, reporting, and digital transformation initiatives. Working closely with data architects, business stakeholders, data modellers, and delivery teams, you will be responsible for building and maintaining scalable data pipelines, integrating data from multiple sources, and enabling high-quality data-driven decision-making across the organisation.
As a Data Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining robust data pipelines and data integration solutions to support enterprise reporting, analytics, and operational requirements. You will work with structured and unstructured data from multiple source systems, ensuring data is accurately transformed, validated, and delivered to target platforms. The role involves collaborating with architects, data modellers, analysts, and business stakeholders to understand requirements and implement scalable, high-performing data solutions. You will also contribute to data quality, governance, security, and best-practice standards while supporting cloud-based data platforms and modern data architectures.
Qualifications- Proven experience as a Data Engineer in enterprise-scale environments.
- Strong hands-on experience with SQL, Python, and data engineering best practices.
- Experience designing and developing ETL/ELT pipelines and data integration solutions.
- Strong experience with AWS or Azure cloud platforms, including relevant data and analytics services.
- Experience with modern data technologies such as Databricks, Snowflake, Redshift, Synapse Analytics, Glue, Data Factory, or similar platforms.
- Strong understanding of data warehousing, data lakes, and modern data architectures.
- Experience working with relational and non-relational databases.
- Knowledge of data governance, data quality, security, and data lineage principles.
- Experience with CI/CD practices, version control, and Agile delivery methodologies.
- Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
Preferred Skills
- Experience delivering data engineering solutions within the Banking and Financial Services sector will be highly regarded.
- Exposure to real-time data processing and streaming technologies.
- Cloud certifications in AWS or Microsoft Azure.
- Experience working in consulting or large enterprise environments.
Why join us:
NCS Australia is where you can feel at home, nurturing your talents and skills as we make tomorrow together, one day at a time. Our benefits include paid parental leave, initiatives focused on your well-being and discounted health insurance. You will also enjoy discounts on various products and services and be regularly recognised and rewarded for high performance. We are committed to your career development through our Capability Fingerprint, industry and partner training programs, special interest groups, and an AI-driven learning platform. No matter where you are in your career, we offer meaningful work and opportunities for growth.
NCS Australia is an equal-opportunity employer, and we take pride in our commitment to valuing and supporting our people and the communities we serve.We are dedicated to attracting, retaining and developing our people regardless of gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability and age. Applications are encouraged from all sectors of the community and we strongly encourage applications from the Veterans, Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander community.
At NCS Australia, we are committed to supporting adjustments throughout the recruitment and selection process, as well as during employment. We actively support and encourage people with disability to apply.
Agencies:
We’ve got this. We request that you do not contact NCS employees outside of the Talent Acquisition team. NCS exclusively accepts resumes from agencies on our preferred supplier panel through the NCS Agency Portal. Agencies that submit resumes must have a valid fee agreement and be assigned to the particular requisition by the Talent Acquisition team. Any resumes that are submitted outside of this process will become the sole property of NCS. If a candidate is hired outside of this process, no fee or payment will be given.
Work rights and background checks:
To be eligible for a position with us, applicants will need to have valid work rights for Australia and be willing to undergo a comprehensive background checking process, including probity and police checks
