Senior Data Engineer

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Company Description We’re Jetstar. You may know us for our famous low fares, but did you also know that we’ve flown more than 400 million customers since we launched in Australia in 2004? In fact, each week we operate around 3,000 flights to nearly 40 destinations across Australia, New Zealand, Asia and the Pacific. We also operate a fleet of more than 80 aircraft, including state-of-the-art Airbus A320/21 NEO aircraft and the Airbus A320 family and Boeing 787-8s. Every day we enable more people to takeoff to more places, more often. Impressive numbers? What's even more impressive is the team of extraordinary people taking off together day in day out, flight after flight. Our people are the real jet stars! Job Description Shape how the organisation thinks, learns, and makes decisions. Challenge yourself to shape, scale, and operate a next‑generation cloud data platform at enterprise scale. 12 Month initial Fixed-Term Contract role based at Jetstar HQ in Melbourne, with flexible hybrid working and Travel Benefit from Day one! Jetstar thrives on innovation! We are always looking to employ ambitious and proactive professionals to help our business work smarter and more efficiently. You will be encouraged to think innovatively whilst developing and maintaining best practice. We’re searching for a Senior Data Engineer who wants to be more than a builder - someone who wants to shape how the organisation thinks, learns, and makes decisions . Our efforts are a key strategic enabler of a new way of working, one founded on experimentation, rapid iteration, and evidence‑based thinking. You’ll help evolve our Snowflake‑centric cloud data platform, building the reliable, secure, and observable foundations and advancements that allow teams to safely test assumptions, learn fast, and move with confidence. By creating platforms designed for speed, feedback, and trust, you’ll directly enable decision science at scale and accelerate how insights turn into action across the business. What you’ll do: Design, build, and maintain scalable, high-performance data pipelines – maturing our Enterprise Data Availability and enabling our innovation pipeline. Drive and evolve Data Engineering/DataOps practices to improve data quality, delivery speed, and reliability across the data engineering lifecycle. Own data architecture and design decisions that balance performance, scalability, maintainability, and cost efficiency. Define data quality standards and ensures data assets are trustworthy, well-documented, and support confident decision-making. Ensure data governance, security, and compliance requirements are embedded by design while enabling fast, safe delivery. Act as a senior technical authority, influencing data platform direction and uplifting engineering capability. You’ll bring: Tertiary qualification in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Data Science, or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience Relevant cloud and data platform certifications at a professional or advanced level are highly desirable, such as: Snowflake SnowPro Core / Advanced Architect, AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional / Data Analytics - Specialty Formal training or certifications in Data Engineering, Data Architecture, or Cloud Data Platforms are advantageous Demonstrated experience as a Senior Data Engineer or similar role within enterprise-scale or regulated environments Experience building data platforms, analytics workloads, or data-intensive systems in cloud environments Proven track record of influencing data architecture, standards, and engineering practices beyond immediate delivery tasks Demonstrated ability to lead technical initiatives, mentor peers, and work well with business stakeholders. Deep expertise in cloud-native data architectures and distributed systems, ideally within large-scale analytics environments Strong hands-on experience with modern data platforms (Snowflake preferred) including a strong understanding of data warehousing, data lakes, and lakehouse architectures Proven capability designing and building data pipelines using ELT/ETL tools and orchestration frameworks (e.g. Snowflake, Fivetran, Apache Airflow) Experience with other data ingestion solutions (Apache NiFi Advantageous) Strong proficiency in SQL and Python for data transformation, pipeline development, and automation Experience implementing data quality frameworks, testing strategies, and observability across data pipelines Solid understanding of data modeling techniques (dimensional modeling) and schema design patterns Working knowledge of data governance principles, including data lineage, cataloging, and metadata management Experience with DataOps practices, including version control (Git), CI/CD for data pipelines, and deployment automation Understanding of cloud data services and architectures - AWS preferred, including S3, Lambda, VPC, IAM, Private Networking and Airflow (MWAA) Collaborate with data consumers to understand requirements and deliver fit-for-purpose data solutions. Apply DataOps principles to automate testing, deployment, and monitoring of data pipelines. Document data lineage, definitions, and technical specifications to support data discovery and governance. Ensure adherence to data security, privacy, and compliance requirements in all data engineering work. Support and maintain our role-based access control (RBAC/UBAC) security model to ensure secure access control to data. Tertiary qualification in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Data Science, or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience Relevant cloud and data platform certifications at a professional or advanced level are highly desirable, such as: Snowflake SnowPro Core / Advanced Architect, AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional / Data Analytics - Specialty Formal training or certifications in Data Engineering, Data Architecture, or Cloud Data Platforms are advantageous Your life at Jetstar is unlike any other Live the travel dream: You and your nominated travel companions can takeoff more with our famous Qantas Group Staff Travel discount. Make work feel like a holiday: Join a fun, driven team where work feels like a holiday. Our people take every opportunity to takeoff together and find ways to help their teammates soar. There’s a place for everyone at Jetstar: For us, travel and meeting new people go hand in hand. We invite our people to get involved in various Employee Network Groups that play an important role in creating our inclusive and supportive culture that we are fiercely proud of. We believe that teams with a diversity of ideas and experiences are more creative, innovative and solve problems quickly. We welcome applications from anyone who wants to takeoff with us. If you have support or access requirements, just reach out and let us know what you need. We’re Jetstar. Let’s take off together We can’t wait to hear from you. Applications will close on the 11th of June 2026 - Apply at the earliest to be considered! Qualifications Additional Information