Senior Data Engineer

• Location: Sydney

• Full time role; Permanent Opportunity

• Gain exposure to the latest enterprise AI solutions.

• Desirable: Azure certifications or hands-on experience with Databricks.

Serco is a place where you can grow

Your impact makes a meaningful difference, and we're committed to supporting your professional and personal goals.

You’ll also have access to flexible benefits designed to support your wellbeing and growth, including:

• Hybrid working that supports work-life balance

• Career development and professional certification support

• Opportunities to work with modern cloud and data technologies

• Inclusive and collaborative team culture

• Long-term career opportunities across Serco's global business

Make an impact at Serco

As a Data Engineer, you'll play a key role in designing and delivering the data platforms that enable better decisions across Serco's Australian and Asia Pacific operations. Working within our DTS Products & Digital Capability team, you'll build scalable, secure and high-performing data solutions that support critical government services. You'll collaborate with architects, product managers and engineering teams to modernise our data ecosystem while mentoring others and driving engineering excellence.

As a Data Engineer in the DTS Products & Digital Capability team, you’ll make a positive impact by:

• Developing and maintaining scalable, resilient ETL/ELT pipelines using modern cloud technologies

• Designing and implementing secure, high-performing data platforms and APIs

• Leading end-to-end delivery of enterprise data solutions from design through deployment

• Improving data quality, monitoring, automation and platform reliability across the data landscape

• Mentoring engineers while promoting engineering standards and continuous improvement

• Driving optimisation of cloud infrastructure, CI/CD practices and data platform performance

Serco is a place for you

You could be a great fit if you have:

• Extensive experience designing and delivering enterprise-scale data engineering solutions

• Strong expertise in Python, SQL and distributed data processing frameworks

• Experience with cloud data platforms, DataOps practices and Infrastructure as Code

• The ability to collaborate with architects, product managers and technical stakeholders to solve complex problems

• A passion for mentoring others and driving engineering best practice

• A bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, Data Science or a related discipline, with relevant cloud certifications highly regarded.

• A collaborative team player who is supportive, engaged, and contributes positively to the team.

• A curiosity to expand data solutions for Enterprise AI solutions

Preference for Australian Citizens to support current and future business requirements.

Are you ready to do important work that really matters?

At Serco, we bring together the right people, the right technology, and the right partners to create impactful solutions that address some of the world’s most urgent and complex challenges.

We serve governments across Australia and New Zealand across Health, Defence, Maritime, Justice, and Community Services.

We seek and celebrate diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds and cultures. By joining Serco, you’ll have access to Employee Networks led by colleagues who are passionate about diversity, inclusion and belonging.

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Impact a better future at Serco.