Analyst Developer - Data Engineer | Kaiwhakawhanake Tātari | Christchurch
Join an organisation contributing to meaningful outcomes, About Aotearoa, for Aotearoa - data that improves lives today and for generations to come.
Technical role in a fun, tightknit and collaborative team
Provide expert development and consultancy services to business
Where attitude is as critical as technical ability
Work flexibly - including family-friendly hours
Christchurch based
About Us | Ko mātou
Stats NZ | Tatauranga Aotearoa is a Central Government employer of 1200+ people across Aotearoa. We provide data and statistics to support the decisions of Government, Māori and Iwi organisations, businesses, NGOs, and New Zealanders. Our work is About Aotearoa, for Aotearoa - data that improves lives today and for generations to come. We welcome every gender, ethnicity, ability, religion, age, and background and encourage all our people to be their authentic selves.
What's in it for you? | Ngā hua ka riro ki a koe
We encourage you to go to our careers site to learn more about the Way We Work at Stats NZ and also check out our benefits. We want working for us… to work for you!!
Starting salary $ 94,122- $ 102,000 negotiable + KiwiSaver
Other benefits of joining our Stats whānau include:
Develop and grow your career (coaching, training, study support, secondments)
An environment where we can all be leaders, where your ideas and input are encouraged
Contribute to meaningful work that makes a difference to all people in Aotearoa
3 extra annual leave days (taken during Christmas office closure)
City based office that cater to a variety of working styles and needs
The role | Te tūnga
This is a permanent role based in Christchurch. The role is a key part of the Processing Service Line within Technology Services as we embark on our journey toward the modern data platform (Databricks).
Reporting to a Technology Delivery Manager, you will collaborate with business stakeholders, including product owners and other technical subject matter specialists, to support the development and enhancement of our data services. This will involve using advanced data processing tools and platforms, including Databricks and data warehousing solutions.
You will work closely with multi-disciplinary technology teams to help deliver the solutions that are consistent with the Stats NZ ICT architecture guidance.
This role would suit someone who can show:
1-3 years of experience as a Data Engineer with proven expertise in data engineering patterns including ingestion, processing, quality and storage.
Recent expertise in Databricks Lakehouse Platform including Delta Lake, Notebooks, SQL/PySQL, Python/PySpark, Unity Catalog and pipeline orchestration.
Proficient in ETL/ELT pipeline design, data modelling, and data partitioning optimisation against a Medallion architecture.
Proficient in Python, PySpark, and SQL for building and optimizing data pipelines.
Skilled in orchestration (Databricks Workflows), pipeline monitoring and optimizing Spark jobs/Databricks clusters.
Experience in working with Data Warehousing solutions (Azure SQL DB, Redshift, Snowflake, BigQuery, Azure Synapse).
Skilled in BI Tools (Tableau, Power BI).
Skilled in CI/CD (Azure DevOps, GitLab, Github).
Experienced in Agile, cross-team collaboration, documentation.
We understand transferable skills can come from experience gained from outside of work. We encourage you to be you in your application. Tell us about yourself in your cover letter, tell us what attracted you to this role, and tell us what you would bring to Tatauranga Aotearoa Stats NZ.
What you bring | Nōu te rourou
We understand transferable skills can come from experience gained from outside of work. We encourage you to be you in your application.
We are committed to diversity, equity, inclusion and lifting our cultural capability. You don't need to be knowledgeable in all these areas already, but you do need to be on board with learning and have a genuine interest and willingness to grow on this journey with us.
Tell us about yourself in your cover letter, what attracted you to this role, and what you would bring to Stats NZ.
How to apply | Me pēhea te tuku tono
If this sounds like you, click on the Apply now button to be redirect to the application page on our careers site. The position description is located on the right-hand side of the page.
We are truly committed to diversity, equity, inclusion and lifting our cultural capability. You don't need to be knowledgeable in all these areas already, but you do need to be on board with learning and have a genuine interest and willingness to grow on this journey with us.
We will be screening applications as we receive them to move swiftly to interview shortly after the advert closes. You may be asked to complete a pre-interview screen via phone or video. Please let us know in your application if we need to make any specific accommodations during our process.
Please reach out to recruitment@stats.govt.nz if you have any questions.
You must have the right to live and work in Aotearoa New Zealand. Background and various pre-employment checks are part of our recruitment process.
