We are seeking two Data Engineers for a 12-month FTC to strengthen our data platform through reliable operations, BAU support, and automation. The role focuses on optimising pipelines, improving workflows, and building automation to enhance stability while reducing manual effort.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain data solutions that meet business and technical requirements.
- Apply strong hands-on experience to implement business use cases using modern data platforms and engineering best practices.
- Take technical ownership of datasets and data pipelines, ensuring alignment with data governance, security, and architectural standards.
- Collaborate closely with other data engineers and internal teams to capture data requirements and deliver high quality solutions.
- Own day to day operations of the data platform and manage environment health.
- Address issues related to data cleansing, data quality, and data security (including masking and encryption).
- Perform data quality checks, maintain ingestion workflows, and support overall platform operations.
- Contribute to continuous improvement and enhancement of the data platform's capabilities and performance.
- Prioritise and manage multiple BAU activities and project-related tasks effectively.
- Assist with data platform upgrades, migrations, and environment modernisation initiatives.
- Comply with WHS policies, procedures and safe work practices
Essential Skills
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, Engineering or a related discipline
- 5+ years of commercial experience in Data Engineering, ETL development, and Data Warehouse engineering.
- Experience of Snowflake, AWS ecosystem- EC2, EMR, S3, Spark, Aurora, etc. is required.
- Must have hands-on experience with DevOps practices and tools for CI/CD, infrastructure automation, and deployment within data environments.
- Fundamental knowledge of ETL/ELT and data warehousing concepts.
- Must have advanced SQL experience, including fluency with PL/SQL procedures
- Intermediate knowledge of data modelling principles, with exposure to Data Vault methodology.
- Practical experience in performance tuning and cost optimisation across Snowflake and AWS environments.
- Good understanding of Business Intelligence and Data Management concepts
- Experience in data platform management, including operational support and lifecycle maintenance.
Desirable (Atleast 2)
- Experience within the insurance domain is an advantage.
- Experience designing and developing data reconciliation frameworks and metadata-driven processing solutions.
- Exposure to GenAI/LLM technologies and their application within data platforms.
- Knowledge in Python for scripting, automation, and data engineering tasks.
- Familiarity with data observability concepts and tooling
About HCF
At HCF, our purpose is to bring our human touch to healthcare. Since 1932 we’ve been putting our members and their health first. As Australia’s largest not-for-profit health fund, we cover 2 million members with health, life, travel and pet insurance and our vision is to make healthcare understandable, affordable, high quality and member centric.
We want to be true health partners to our members, easily guiding the healthcare choices that are right for them. At HCF, our values are the way we do things and create the necessary culture to help us realise our purpose and deliver our Strategy. Living our values in action we step forward, walk in their shoes, stay human, make it better and get there together.
Culture & Benefits
Purpose-driven passion
We’re united by a common purpose: to make healthcare affordable, understandable, high quality and member-focused.
Wellness and work-life balance
We’ll empower you with the necessary skills and tools to support your personal wellbeing journey, ensuring you perform at your best. Our offerings include:
Flexible working arrangements
50% subsidy on HCF hospital and/or extras cover
Family-friendly certified employer
18 weeks of parental leave for all new parents
Mental health and wellbeing programs, including workshops, fitness classes, flu vaccinations, skin checks and more
Discounts on HCF’s products, including life, pet and travel Insurance, as well as discounts at Fitness First gyms and on our eyecare products.
Collaboration and inclusivity
We embrace diversity as our strength and are committed to maintaining an inclusive and collaborative work environment. Our workplace is welcoming and safe for all our employees, irrespective of their unique characteristics including age, ethnicity, cultural or spiritual background, gender identity, disability, education and socio-economic status.
Continuous learning and growth
We believe in lifelong learning. HCF provides opportunities for personal and professional development. From workshops to mentorship programs, we encourage your growth and curiosity.
Next steps
If you require any adjustments to assist you in making your application or during the recruitment or onboarding process, please reach out to Talent Acquisition – [email protected] to discuss.
We encourage applicants to submit their applications at their earliest convenience, as at HCF, we review applications as they are submitted, and may have filled the role prior to the job closing date.
