Senior Data Platform Engineer

Summary

Join HSO/Aware as a Senior Data Platform Engineer and contribute to exciting data projects for diverse clients. You will work within the professional services team, leveraging your expertise in modern cloud data platforms like Azure. The role demands experience in data engineering, ETL processes, and building cloud systems. Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work with clients are essential. HSO/Aware offers a supportive and collaborative environment with numerous benefits, including flexible working arrangements, professional development opportunities, and a commitment to work-life balance.

Requirements

• Demonstrated experience in Data Engineering, particularly in modern cloud data platforms like Azure Purview, Azure Databricks, Azure Data Factory, Azure Synapse Analytics, Power BI or their equivalents
• Experience in building cloud systems that collect and wrangle raw data to surface information to downstream reporting or AI workloads
• Experience in building ETL data integration using tools such as Spark, Python or equivalent
• Demonstrated ability to work at pace with multiple priorities
• Good interpersonal skills and the confidence to work directly with clients to understand and meet their needs
• Strong learning agility with the ability to reason and problem-solve across a range of data domains
• Ability to contribute towards transforming business ideas into technical architecture and data platform solutions, and to explain those to non-technical audiences
• Previous experience working as a consultant demonstrating advanced business acumen, emotional intelligence, communication, technical leadership, learning agility and complex problem-solving skills

Responsibilities

• Work within the professional services team delivering exciting data projects for customers
• Build cloud systems that collect and wrangle raw data to surface information to downstream reporting or AI workloads
• Build ETL data integration using tools such as Spark, Python or equivalent
• Work directly with clients to understand and meet their needs
• Contribute towards transforming business ideas into technical architecture and data platform solutions, and to explain those to non-technical audiences
• Lead our customers and fellow team members to success and contribute to our business in an informal leadership capacity

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in a consulting environment with demonstrated ability to manage multiple deadlines at once
• Ideally, you've worked in a consulting environment previously to show this
• An eagerness to expand your understanding into other areas of emerging tech including Machine Learning, Software, Infrastructure, and IoT

Benefits

• Awesome and exciting work (AKA ongoing learning opportunities)
• Commitment to your development. Each team member gets 2 hours dedicated per week, access to our in-house career advisor, and a support crew to coach them along the way
• Trust and honesty. We upskill our leaders in things like emotional intelligence, empathy, and courageous conversations
• Flexible working. You are the master of your own calendar; make it work to achieve both your personal and professional outcomes. Whether you want to work from the office or work from home we're up for it
• Awesome tech to play with. We get to work with lots of advanced robotics and toys that most people won't get to see for years
• Health insurance to help you take care of yourself (and discounts for your family)
• Access to a gym in the Wellington CBD to keep you fit and full of energy!
• We're serious about work-life balance. We don’t really like people working overtime, but if you do, we track time-in-lieu to ensure you’re paid for every hour you work
• Fuel for productive brains. Think snack drawers, espresso machines, team lunches, and being treated to home baking possibly too often
• All the standard niceties you expect from a shiny modern office space - ergo desks, great tech set up for each team member, cool demos to show off and some greenery to keep it zen