Senior Data Engineer
Senior Data Engineer on a 12-month government contract (extendable) with a Queensland Government department in Brisbane CBD, designing and supporting scalable data pipelines, medallion-layer lakehouses, and reusable data products using Microsoft Fabric, with data sourced from Dynamics 365, Dataverse, Power Platform, and Azure. Must be Brisbane-based with unlimited working rights.
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Central Plaza, Australia
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Senior
- Employment
- Contract
- Experience
- Not specified
- Category
- Data engineering
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Fabric (lakehouses, warehouses, OneLake, pipelines, notebooks, dataflows, SQL analytics endpoints)
- Expertise designing and building ETL/ELT pipelines and medallion-layer architecture (raw, transformed, curated)
- Experience ingesting and engineering data from Dynamics 365, Dataverse, Power Platform or comparable enterprise applications
- Strong SQL skills with experience profiling, transforming, validating and reconciling structured and semi-structured datasets
- Experience working in Agile environments with CI/CD tools like Azure DevOps
- Brisbane based with unlimited working rights
Full description
Randstad is currently working with a Queensland Government Department to find a Senior Data Engineer for an initial 12 Month Contract with potential of extension. This role is based in Brisbane CBD with WFH flexibility.
Role: Senior Data Engineer
Client: Queensland Government Department
Contract Length: 12 Months with potential of extension
Location: Brisbane CBD with WFH flexibility
Pay Rate: Open Market Rates
Submission Date: ASAP
Role Overview:
We are seeking a skilled professional to design, build, test, and support scalable data pipelines, transformations, medallion-layer structures, and reusable data products across Microsoft Fabric, Dynamics 365, Dataverse, Power Platform, and Azure-aligned delivery streams. Working within an Agile delivery team, you will collaborate closely with architects, developers, testers, and business stakeholders to turn complex data into trusted, high-value analytics assets.
What You Will Do:
- Design, build, test, and support scalable data pipelines, data transformations, lakehouses, warehouses, and reusable data products using Microsoft Fabric.
- Move data through raw, transformed, and curated medallion-layer architectures to support enterprise reporting, analytics, migration, and integration needs.
- Ingest and engineer data from Dynamics 365, Dataverse, Power Platform, and Azure services, leveraging Fabric Link for Dataverse where appropriate.
- Implement data quality controls, validation, reconciliation, logging, exception handling, and error monitoring across data processes.
- Work in Agile delivery teams using fail-fast prototyping, spikes, and proof-of-concepts to validate data patterns and resolve integration risks early.
What You Need to Apply for This Role:
- Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Fabric, including lakehouses, warehouses, OneLake, pipelines, notebooks, dataflows, and SQL analytics endpoints.
- Demonstrated expertise designing and building ETL/ELT data pipelines, medallion-layer architecture (raw, transformed, curated layers), and reusable data structures.
- Proven experience ingesting and engineering data from Dynamics 365, Dataverse, Power Platform, or comparable enterprise applications.
- Strong SQL skills with extensive experience profiling, transforming, validating, and reconciling structured and semi-structured datasets.
- Experience working in Agile environments with CI/CD tools like Azure DevOps, focusing on data quality, security, and release readiness.