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Why Work With Us
Every child and young person deserves a great education.
Department for Education
Job reference: 678173
Location: 5000 - ADELAIDE
Job status: Ongoing
Eligibility: Open to Everyone
Why Work With Us
Every child and young person deserves a great education.
We have a strategy that aims to unlock every child's potential now and into the future, one that in partnership with learners, students, parents and the wider South Australian community will build a world-leading public education system. One that is equitable and prioritises learning and wellbeing.
Together we will make our education system the best it can be.
When our children and young people thrive, so do our communities and our state.
About The Role
The Data Engineer contributes to data engineering projects, through building a strong data infrastructure and operations and pipeline development. They help ensure data quality, efficiency, and reliability in support of data-driven decision-making and analytics within a Microsoft cloud environment alongside Databricks.
This role involves collaborating with data analysts, data scientists, and stakeholders to deliver scalable solutions and optimize data workflows for performance.
About The Division
The purpose of the System Performance Division is to leverage data as a strategic asset to improve educational outcomes. We do this by effectively curating, managing, and analysing data, providing advice and insight to support evidence-informed practices, and fostering a data literate culture.
System Performance is responsible for providing data analytics and business intelligence services to the Department for Education and leads data governance.
The Data Operations and Service directorate is responsible for ingesting, storing, organising, and managing data held in the Department's data warehouses/repositories. It is the engine room of System Performance, ensuring that data is clean, high quality, usable and available. The team is also responsible for liaising with customers to assess and prioritise their requirements, and leading data governance operations for the Department. Data Operations and Service manages the full range of data life cycle functions, including business analysis, data engineering, product development, and testing.
Qualifications
Essential: A tertiary qualification in IT, Computer Science, Data Science or related field or equivalent experience
Desirable: Microsoft Certifications in Microsoft Azure SQL, SQL Synapse, Databricks, Snowflake, and other cloud data tools/providers
Special Conditions
The successful applicant is required to gain a Department for Human Services (DHS) working with children check (WWCC) prior to being employed which is required to be renewed every five years before expiry. The incumbent will be required to undertake RRHAN –EC (Responding to Risks of Harm, Abuse and Neglect - Education Care) Facilitator Lead (Masterclass) extended course or the online (Fundamentals) course which will be required to be updated every three years.
For all other Special Conditions please refer to the attached Position Description.
Remuneration
* ASO4 $76,561 - $80,256 per annum (1.0 FTE) + superannuation (11.5%) and leave loading
Enquiries
Enquiries can be directed to David Costie, Director, Data Operations and Service via email: David.Costie@sa.gov.au
Application Instructions
Applications should be made through the IWorkForSA website.
Applicants are required to submit a CV, the Application Cover Sheet, Employment Declaration, and a cover letter of no more than two pages addressing the key competencies in the attached position description.
People of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent and/or those who have a disability are strongly encouraged to apply.
Additional Note
This is a full-time (1.0 FTE) ongoing role.
Applications close: 02/07/2025 11:30 PM
Flexibility Statement
The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.
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