Senior Data Engineer

Job Reference: 21854

At Healius, we're united by a shared purpose: making a difference to the future of Australia's health. There's never been a more exciting time to join us as we transform into a stronger, more agile organisation with a focus on innovative ways of working, excellent customer and patient experiences and being a great place to work.

This is an opportunity to play a key role in shaping the future of enterprise data and analytics within one of Australia’s leading healthcare organisations. Working on enterprise-wide initiatives, you'll help build the foundations that enable smarter decision-making, operational efficiency and improved healthcare outcomes. Join a collaborative team where innovation, continuous improvement and modern technologies are driving meaningful change.

About Us

Healius is one of Australia’s leading healthcare companies, committed to supporting quality, affordable and accessible healthcare for all Australians. Through our network of state-based and specialty brands, we provide high-quality diagnostic services that support clinicians to make informed decisions and improve patient outcomes.

With more than 80 medical laboratories and approximately 2,000 patient collection centres nationwide, we process approximately one in four Medicare-funded pathology tests each year, supporting services that extend from some of Australia’s largest and most complex private and public hospitals to regional areas and remote Indigenous communities.

About The Role

Working in our Enterprise Data team, you will be responsible for designing, building and supporting scalable data platforms and infrastructure that deliver trusted data and insights across the organisation. You'll partner with technical and business stakeholders to develop modern data solutions while ensuring our platforms remain secure, reliable and fit for future growth.

Key responsibilities:

• Design, develop and maintain enterprise-scale data pipelines and ELT/ETL solutions.
• Build and optimise data platforms to ensure reliability, scalability and performance.
• Partner with business stakeholders, analysts and AI teams to deliver data and analytics solutions.
• Implement and maintain data governance, security and quality frameworks across data assets.
• Drive continuous improvement of data engineering standards, tools and practices.
• Manage and support on-premises Kubernetes environments, including upgrades, migrations and ongoing optimisation.
• Administer supporting infrastructure including Windows Server environments, Power BI Gateway and related services.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices to support continuous delivery.
• Create automation solutions using Bash/shell scripting and infrastructure tooling.
• Contribute to cloud, integration and modern architecture initiatives including event-driven and microservices-based solutions.

About You

Our ideal candidate is a senior data engineering professional with strong technical expertise and experience delivering enterprise-scale data solutions. You'll be comfortable working across data platforms, infrastructure and stakeholder groups to solve complex challenges and deliver reliable outcomes.

You’ll ideally bring:

• 10+ years' experience in senior data engineering roles.
• Advanced SQL and Python skills, with working knowledge of JSON and YAML.
• Experience delivering enterprise-scale data platforms and analytics solutions, including data warehousing, streaming and AI/ML use cases.
• Strong understanding of dimensional data modelling, data governance and data quality practices.
• Experience with Snowflake, Informatica, PostgreSQL, Kubernetes, Azure Data Services, Neo4j, SAP or similar enterprise technologies.
• Knowledge of modern architectures, including microservices, infrastructure-as-code, Medallion and event-driven patterns.
• Hands-on experience managing Kubernetes environments, including platform upgrades and migrations.
• Experience with DevOps practices, automation and scripting, including Bash/shell scripting and Windows Server environments

We believe everyone leads, no matter what role they are in. Our ways of leading are the behaviours we expect our people to embody: Customer Focused, Accountable, Collaborative, Credible and Resourceful.

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Benefits, Perks and Wellbeing

At Healius, we offer a range of benefits designed to support your wellbeing, lifestyle and career, including:

• Access to retailer discounts and perks through the Flare Benefits platform
• Health and financial benefits, including access to Fitness Passport, corporate health insurance discounts, banking benefits, novated leasing and salary packaging options
• Free and confidential wellbeing support through our Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Discounted childcare and babysitting services via Kiddo
• Access to online learning, courses and development pathways to support your career growth

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Healius is an equal opportunity employer committed to fair, inclusive and merit-based recruitment practices. We stive to build diverse teams that reflect the communities we serve, valuing people across different life stages, genders, cultural backgrounds, ages and professional experiences. All applicants are assessed equitably based on their ability to meet the requirements of the role.

Healius is part of the Commonwealth Government’s Veteran Employment Commitment (VEC) and has been recognised as a Veteran Employment Supporter. We encourage applications from veterans and candidates with Australian Defence Force (ADF) experience.

How To Apply

Please click the ‘Apply Now’ button to apply via our careers site.

Healius is committed to responding to every applicant, regardless of outcome. Timeframes may vary depending on the role and volume of applications.

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