Consultant data engineer embedded in a public-sector data team in Singapore, building and maintaining data pipelines, BI dashboards, and CI/CD for enterprise data platforms on a 4-year contract. Core stack includes SQL, Python, QuickSight/Tableau, AWS, Terraform and DevOps tooling.
About Rhino Partners Rhino Partners helps organisations become Data & AI Ready. We design, build and scale modern data platforms, AI-powered applications, and enterprise software solutions for government and enterprise clients.
We are looking for a
Data Engineer (Consultant)
to join a public-sector data team, supporting the development, operation and continuous improvement of enterprise data products and platforms.
You will work across data engineering, business intelligence, data architecture and platform operations, helping business teams leverage trusted data for strategy, policy and decision-making.
What You'll Do
Data Engineering & Platform Operations
Build, maintain and optimise data pipelines that integrate data from multiple sources
Monitor production data jobs and pipelines, investigate failures and perform recovery where required
Troubleshoot technical issues including connectivity failures, API timeouts and service failures
Test data pipelines and develop unit tests and mock datasets to support reliable releases
Optimise pipeline performance, reliability and scalability
Review pipelines to ensure compliance with data management standards, policies and procedures
Business Intelligence & Analytics
Integrate, transform and structure data for analytics and reporting use cases
Develop interactive dashboards and reports to support operational and strategic decision-making
Work with Data Scientists to source, prepare and operationalise data for analytical models
Develop reporting to monitor platform usage, performance and security events
Apply good dashboard UX and data visualisation practices to make insights clear and actionable
Cloud, DevOps & Infrastructure
Set up and maintain CI/CD and DevOps pipelines for data products
Support cloud transformation and modernisation initiatives
Collaborate with infrastructure teams on platform, connectivity and environment requirements
Review and implement remediation for identified security vulnerabilities
Support infrastructure and administration activities across data platforms where required
Architecture, Governance & Technical Support
Contribute to scalable data architecture for analytics and reporting requirements
Research, propose and document technical requirements and solution approaches
Maintain technical documentation covering data sources, pipelines, accounts and configuration changes
Support data quality, governance and security requirements
Provide technical support and consultancy to business users and product teams
What We're Looking For
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or a related discipline
3–5 years of relevant experience in Data Engineering, Data Science, Software Engineering or IT Infrastructure
Strong hands-on experience with SQL for analysing, transforming and integrating data
Strong proficiency in Python
Experience developing dashboards using Amazon QuickSight, Tableau or similar BI tools
Good understanding of dashboard UX, data visualisation and reporting principles
Experience building, maintaining and troubleshooting production data pipelines
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with good attention to detail
Ability to work independently and manage changing priorities in a delivery-focused environment
Singapore Citizens and Permanent Residents preferred
Good to Have
Experience with AWS or other cloud platforms
Experience with DevOps tooling and CI/CD, including SHIP-HATS or equivalent
Experience with Terraform or other Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) tools
Experience with PowerShell
Exposure to IT infrastructure including server, database or network administration
Experience administering Tableau Server, Talend, Microsoft SQL Server or SAS Viya
Relevant certifications in any of the above platforms or technologies
Experience working in Agile or other rapid application development environments
Previous experience delivering data solutions within government, public-sector or regulated environments