About us:

We are NCS Australia! We have brought together Australia’s best tech talent, working as one to harness technology and advance our communities, to make the extraordinary happen.

We're proud of our rich history of partnering with our clients to develop end to end digital technology solutions to accelerate their transformation and innovation journey. For over 40+ years our diverse global teams have delivered large-scale, mission-critical, multi-platform projects to governments and enterprises.

This is an exciting opportunity to join our talented Data & AI team as a Data Engineer, where you'll play a pivotal role in delivering cutting-edge data solutions for our diverse range of clients. You'll be immersed in the dynamic world of cloud data, primarily focusing on designing, developing, and managing robust end-to-end data migration strategies within the Microsoft Azure ecosystem. Your work will directly contribute to our clients' success by ensuring their data is accessible, reliable, and ready for analysis.

Working collaboratively within supportive, cross-functional project teams, you will leverage your expertise in Azure Data Factory (ADF) to build and optimise sophisticated data pipelines. This includes implementing both full and incremental data loads, handling complex scheduling, and ensuring seamless execution with proactive monitoring. A key part of your role involves guaranteeing the highest standards of data quality through meticulous transformation, cleansing, and validation processes, developing efficient ETL logic, and implementing checks to safeguard data integrity.

You'll be a technical problem-solver, adept at implementing resilient error-handling and troubleshooting data flow issues related to processing or connectivity. Your deep understanding of SQL Server within Azure will be crucial as you develop complex queries and stored procedures, optimise database models, and support data warehousing initiatives. Furthermore, you'll manage large datasets effectively using Azure Storage solutions like Blob and ADLS Gen2, always ensuring secure and efficient data handling. Partnering closely with business analysts, architects, QA teams, and client stakeholders, you'll ensure solutions meet requirements, conduct thorough testing, maintain clear documentation, and champion data engineering best practices.

• Experience: Hands-on experience specifically in data engineering, focusing on data migration, ETL development, and data warehousing.
• Azure Data Factory (ADF): Deep, practical expertise including pipeline design, dynamic data loads (full/incremental), performance tuning, monitoring, and robust exception handling.
• SQL Server / Azure SQL: High proficiency, including database design, writing complex stored procedures/functions, and query optimisation.
• Azure Storage: Hands-on experience working with solutions like Blob Storage and ADLS Gen2 for managing varied datasets.
• Microsoft Fabric: Experience using Fabric for modern data integration and processing tasks.
• ETL Frameworks: Solid grasp of ETL frameworks and best practices for data transformation and cleansing.
• Collaboration: Ability to excel at collaborating effectively within diverse teams.
• Communication: Strong ability to communicate complex technical ideas clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Problem-Solving & Analytical Skills: Natural problem-solver with strong analytical abilities to diagnose issues in large datasets and optimise data workflows.
• Documentation: Meticulous approach to documentation and understanding its importance.
• Client Focus & Enthusiasm: Enthusiasm for data quality and delivering high-impact, reliable data solutions for clients.
• Adaptability & Learning: Ability to thrive in a dynamic environment and commitment to continuous learning and professional growth.
  
  

Why join us:

NCS Australia is where you can feel at home, nurturing your talents and skills as we make tomorrow together, one day at a time. Our benefits include paid parental leave, initiatives focused on your well-being and discounted health insurance. You will also enjoy discounts on various products and services and be regularly recognised and rewarded for high performance. We are committed to your career development through our Capability Fingerprint, industry and partner training programs, special interest groups, and an AI-driven learning platform. No matter where you are in your career, we offer meaningful work and opportunities for growth.

NCS Australia is an equal-opportunity employer, and we take pride in our commitment to valuing and supporting our people and the communities we serve.We are dedicated to attracting, retaining and developing our people regardless of gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability and age. Applications are encouraged from all sectors of the community and we strongly encourage applications from the Veterans, Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander community.

At NCS Australia, we are committed to supporting adjustments throughout the recruitment and selection process, as well as during employment. We actively support and encourage people with disability to apply.

Agencies:

We’ve got this. We request that you do not contact NCS employees outside of the Talent Acquisition team. NCS exclusively accepts resumes from agencies on our preferred supplier panel through the NCS Agency Portal. Agencies that submit resumes must have a valid fee agreement and be assigned to the particular requisition by the Talent Acquisition team. Any resumes that are submitted outside of this process will become the sole property of NCS. If a candidate is hired outside of this process, no fee or payment will be given.

Work rights and background checks:

To be eligible for a position with us, applicants will need to have valid work rights for Australia and be willing to undergo a comprehensive background checking process, including probity and police checks