At Cerebral Palsy Alliance, we value diversity, foster an inclusive culture and champion equitable opportunities. We strongly encourage applications from candidates with a diverse range of backgrounds and lived experiences including people with disability, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, and the LGBTQIA+ community.

Join us and make a positive difference to the lives of people with disabilities, and to grow your career as part of our alliance of great minds. Our shared values are Passionate, Respectful, Ethical, Curious and Courageous.

About the role

We have an exciting opportunity for a skilled Data Engineer to join our IT Services support team to primarily support the Data Team and other shared Technology initiatives.

Required skills

• 3+ years' experience working in complex environments.
• Relevant tertiary degree and/or post graduate qualifications in Data Engineering, Computer Science, or a related discipline and/or experience working with large volume databases.
• Understanding and knowledge of business intelligence, data warehousing and data lake concepts.
• Experience in developing data ingestion, data processing and analytical pipelines for relational databases and/or data warehouse solutions.
• Modern cloud data experience in Microsoft SQL Server BI Stack, ELT/ETL development processes.
• Experience with Azure Data Factory, GIT, SQL.
• Outstanding levels of customer service.
• Strong communication skills with experience in presenting and translating business needs into technical solutions and producing informative technical and nontechnical documentation as well as the ability to communicate, support and train non-IT staff.
• Experience conducting process mapping exercises and business process optimisation.
• Able to collaboration with Technology teams, Data Analysts and BI Developers to model, curate and prepare data for analytics and insights.
• Highly independent, with the ability to work constructively with teams and senior management.
• Demonstrated experience in documenting System Architecture.

Desirable skills

• Microsoft Azure familiarity include Synapse, Data Factory or Google Cloud and Big Query
• Development experience with Python
• Hands on engineering of solutions and data pipelines utilising CI/CD and automation
• Microsoft Power BI, Looker Studio, Tableau data visualisation skills
• Salesforce Sales Cloud experience
• Experience with SSIS, SSRS, SSAS
• Knowledge of FIA Code of Conduct/Standards of Fundraising
• Agile project experience and knowledge of Jira and Confluence will be highly regarded.
• Experience with business analysis
• Experience with change management and liaising with business change management practices
• Relevant tertiary qualifications in Information Technology / computing
• Understanding of data and/or CRM transformation
• Previous experience in the Not-for-Profit fundraising space
• Previous experience with ThankQ

Responsibilities include:

• Work with the Manager, Data and Architecture to setup the data architecture and the Data Lake.
• Assemble large, complex data sets that meet functional / non-functional business requirements.
• Undertake development activities across the full end-to end development cycle, from initial analysis to design, development, testing, implementation of data processing (ETL) packages, documentation, and post-delivery maintenance and support using agreed practices consistent with maturing data quality assurance.
• Support planning and building the platform required for optimal extraction, transformation, and loading of data from a wide variety of data sources using SQL/.Net and Azure/SaaS 'big data' technologies.
• Work with internal stakeholders to resolve data-related technical issues and support their data infrastructure needs.
• Create and facilitate data tools for analytics and BI developers. Assist them in building and optimising our data lake.
• Support in the development of reporting, dashboards and analytics using systems and tools as required.
• Lead the data engineering function and support team members to build accurate dashboards and reports.
• Assist in the gathering of requirements from business stakeholders, internal and external clients.
• Document and contribute to the design of solutions that align with the overall data architecture for the business.
• Create test scenarios and lead the testing and reconciliation of data/processes for signoff by stakeholders.
• Become a subject matter expert on the data domain.
• Deliver solutions that ensure projects are delivered on-time, on-budget and to CPA quality standards.

Working for CPA offers you exceptional remuneration & benefits

• Access to a tax-free meal, entertainment & venue benefit card valued at $2,650 per year
• Flexible ways of working - compressed hours, working from home options, flexibility surrounding hours
• 12 weeks paid parental leave and 2 weeks paid partner leave
• 2 additional leave days each year
• $100 per year well-being allowance that you can use to enhance your wellbeing (eg: purchase sports equipment, have a massage, take a meditation class, the choice is yours)
• Discounted gym membership for you and your family, using Fitness Passport
• Employee Assistance Program
• Paid Employee Referral Bonus Program, where you can be generously rewarded for referring a friend that joins CPA.

Important information

At CPA the safety of our staff and clients is of paramount importance. We have assessed this role type as requiring a low level of physical functionality with some inherent requirements. Please let us know if you have any pre-existing injuries or illnesses which you are currently seeking, or have sought, medical treatment for which you think may impact your ability to fulfil the inherent requirements of this role. CPA is committed to supporting an inclusive work environment and engaging workers with diverse lived experience. We will happily consider and accommodate reasonable adjustments that may be required to support candidates throughout the recruitment process, and to be successful and safe employees of CPA.Cerebral Palsy Alliance is committed to the safety and wellbeing of our clients and staff. As such all employees at CPA must be triple vaccinated against COVID-19, prior to their start date. Cerebral Palsy Alliance is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Cerebral Palsy Alliance upholds, advocates for, and protects the  rights, wellbeing and safety of people with a disability. We are a child safe organisation and all workers are responsible to adhere to the NDIS Worker Code of Conduct.

CPA is a smoke free workplace including in, on and around CPA sites and vehicles.