Principal Data Engineer

3 weeks ago

Christchurch, New Zealand University of Canterbury Full time

Ratonga Matihiko | Digital Services

Located in Ōtautahi | Christchurch, Aotearoa | New Zealand
- Full-time 37.5 hours per week (1.0 FTE)
- Continuing (permanent) position
- Generous annual leave provisions and professional development opportunities

**Āu Mahi | What You Will Do**

As Principal Data Engineer/Architect at the University of Canterbury (UC) you will be pivotal in optimising and enhancing our data layer to enable advanced data solutions, analytics, visualisations, and self-service capabilities across the university.

You will:

- design and implement scalable data architectures and solutions that enable advanced analytics
- ensure data integrity, quality, and accessibility while leading strategic initiatives across the organization
- model data from source systems, external data files, and services into the data warehouse, ensuring consistency in naming, rules, semantics, and security while meeting the needs of data consumers
- lead the entire development lifecycle of analytics solutions—including analysis, design, build, testing, and rollout—while collaborating with cross-functional teams to drive strategic data initiatives that align with UC goals.

This role combines advanced technical expertise with strategic vision to deliver robust, maintainable data solutions, enhancing the user experience for staff and students.

**Mōu | Who You Are**

You will be an experienced Data Engineer/Architect with at least 8 years' in an IT or related fields, with at least 5 years focused on data architecture and advanced analytics platforms (data warehouse/data lake), as well as have:

- Hold a Bachelor's Degree (NZQA Level 7) in Computer Science or equivalent or a Tertiary qualification (relevant to the industry)
- Proven experience with Snowflake for data warehousing, including architecture design, performance tuning, and best practices.
- Extensive use of DBT for building and managing data transformation workflows.
- Experience with Standard reporting and visualisation tools such as Power BI and cloud environments.
- Strong knowledge of data analytics techniques, methodologies, and frameworks, with a focus on data governance and compliance.
- Advanced working SQL knowledge and experience working with relational databases, query authoring (SQL) as well as working familiarity with a variety of databases.
- Programming Languages like: SQL | NoSQL, Python, R, JavaScript, Scala, Julia
- Designing and delivering On-prem and Cloud analytical solutions
- Data discovery and data structures
- Knowledge of Frameworks such as: AWS, AZURE, Amazon S3 Storage, Apache Hadoop, and
- Experience in leading cross-functional teams, driving data strategy, and mentoring junior data professionals.
- An alignment with our organisation's values and culture, promoting a positive and inclusive work environment.

**Mahi Ngātahi | Who You Will Work With**

Building world-class digital capability is crucial to the University of Canterbury's ongoing success. Digital strive to provide a dynamic foundation from which the University (UC) can explore new business models and ways of working. Digital will transform how we work, behave, and the expectations of the communities we service.

**Ngā Painga o UC | Why UC**

Ngā Uara | Our Values of manaakitanga, whanaungatanga and tiakitanga guide our decisions and behaviour and provide a roadmap for how we do things at UC, affirming our commitment to pastoral care and support for our ākonga and staff. They challenge and inspire us to be the best we can, and make UC a great place to work and study. For more info on Ngā Uara | Our Values visit us here.

We are committed to accessible higher education, service to the community and the encouragement of talent without barriers of distance, wealth, class, gender or ethnicity. The University explicitly aims to produce graduates and support staff who are engaged with their communities, empowered to act for good and determined to make a difference in the world.

**The closing date for this position is: 17 November 2024 (midnight, NZ time)**:
**Pēhea te tono mai | How You Apply**

Applications for this position must be submitted via our careers website and should include a cover letter and resume.

You must have Aotearoa New Zealand or Australian citizenship/permanent residency to be considered for this role. If you hold a valid work visa and are physically present in New Zealand, then you may also be considered.

**Job Details**:

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22922- Posted on
08 Nov 2024- Closes on
17 Nov 2024 23:59- Location(s)
Christchurch- Expertise
Engineering- Job level(s)
Experienced- Work type(s)
Continuing (Permanent) full-time

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