Data Engineer

Office of the National Rail Safety Regulator – Melbourne VIC

The Office of the National Rail Safety Regulator (ONRSR) is looking for an experienced Data Engineer with a proven track record in designing, building and maintaining core data platforms and pipelines that will underpin regulatory insight, intelligence and decision-making.

Reporting to the Senior Manager, Data Management and Platform, this role will focus on ensuring that the data collected, integrated and stored by ONRSR is reliable, secure, scalable and fit-for-purpose in the safety regulation context. In this newly created role, you will have the opportunity to meaningfully contribute to a new, strategic operating model where data is key to regulatory decisions and outcomes. With strong relationships across the Safety and Regulatory Insights team, as well as other stakeholders, you will effectively translate regulatory and operational requirements into robust technical solutions that enable evidence-based regulation and safety improvement.

As the only organisation in Australia with a complete view of national rail safety performance, ONRSR is uniquely placed to provide safety insights. Leveraging your strengths and unique skillset, combined with your values-led approach to working and producing outcomes, the Data Engineer is responsible for ensuring reliability, availability and performance of data platforms supporting the enterprise data warehouse and advanced analytics use cases. You will apply a continuous improvement mindset, optimising data structures and performance to support analytics, reporting and intelligence.

If you are passionate about the transformative ability of data, information and insights while looking to have an impact on rail safety, this may be the role for you.

About you – your impact and contribution

In this role, you will translate complex regulatory and operational requirements into practical, scalable data solutions within a modern Microsoft Fabric environment, while taking ownership of data pipelines and platform components to ensure reliability, performance and maintainability. You will work closely with analysts and stakeholders to deliver data that is usable, trusted and well understood, leveraging Fabric capabilities to enable seamless data integration, modelling and access. You will also contribute to improving how data is structured, governed and consumed across the organisation, with a continuous focus on simplifying, optimising and modernising the data ecosystem.

Keys to success in this role include:

• Excellent communication and facilitation skills, demonstrating the capacity to effectively connect and communicate with a range of technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• A minimum of 5 years hands on Data Engineering experience.
• Drive for, and skills to, building meaningful and effective relationships across the organisation.
• Demonstrated experience in data engineering, including data pipelines, databases and integration technologies.
• A constructive approach to design solutions in complex, multi-source data environments.
• Understanding the importance of information security, privacy and risk considerations in government or regulated settings, including relevant governance obligations.
• A tertiary qualification in a relevant field (Data Engineering, Data Science, Computer Science or similar)
• Experience in Microsoft Fabric, ETL/ELT engineering, Python and SQL and dimensional modelling

Our Organisation and Culture

The Office of the National Rail Safety Regulator (ONRSR) has the responsibility for regulatory oversight of rail safety throughout Australia. As an independent regulatory authority, ONRSR pursues safe railways for Australia by encouraging safe rail operations, enforcing national compliance with the Rail Safety National Law and promoting and improving rail safety across the country.

Be part of a values-led organisation with a strong commitment to its Culture Blueprint - the foundation for our purposeful, diverse and inclusive workplace and a key contributor to how we achieve our vision of Safe Railways for all Australians.

We are passionate about supporting Our People

At ONRSR we work together to deliver exceptional outcomes for Rail Safety for all Australians. Our colleagues have an impact far beyond work, and you’ll be part of a team that is contributing to enhancing safety outcomes.

• You will be part of a $26 billion industry employing over 142,000 people that is at the forefront of innovation, productivity, and world’s best practice.
• We invest in building the capability of our people through customised learning and development programs and by growing your curiosity and experience.
• Employee Assistance Program and Peer Support Network.
• Mentoring for your own development and the opportunity to mentor others.
• Extra 3 days leave with Christmas closedown for all colleagues.
• Salary packaging of car.

We support healthy work life balance, encourage ongoing learning and growth, and offer flexible work options to help our people succeed both professionally and personally. Whether you’re building new skills or deepening your expertise, you’ll find a team environment that’s focused on connection, contribution, and continuous improvement. Further details on the benefits of working at ONRSR can be found at https://www.onrsr.com.au/about-onrsr/working-at-onrsr

The application process

Not sure you meet all the requirements? That’s okay — we’re interested in people who may not tick all the boxes. If this sounds like a place you’d thrive, we’d love to hear from you.

As part of the recruitment and selection process, shortlisted candidates will be required to undertake a national criminal history check. Please note that the outcome of this check will be considered in context and does not automatically disqualify applicants from progressing.

We also commit to responding to every applicant.

Enquiries to:

People & Capability Team - ***********@onrsr.com.au

At ONRSR, we’re committed to building a diverse, inclusive and respectful workplace where everyone feels valued. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, including those of diverse gender identities, sexual orientations, cultures, religions, ages, abilities and neurodiversity.

If there’s anything we can do to make the recruitment process more accessible or comfortable for you, please let us know – we’re here to support you.

NOTE:

• You must be an Australian citizen, permanent resident or hold a valid work permit or visa, as we are unable to provide sponsorship.
• Applications are sought from direct candidates only. No agencies please.
• Application closing dates are at the discretion of ONRSR and may change without notice.