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Silverchain Group is one of Australia's leading home care specialists, providing health and aged care services to 140,000 clients a year. We have been trusted by Australians to deliver care that is differentiated by quality and safety for over 130 years.

Silverchain provides home care services in all states of Australia, and the ACT in partnership with our clients, as well as governments, health networks, hospitals, retirement communities, and private companies. We employ nurses, doctors, allied health, care workers, and a dedicated research and innovation division

Reporting to the Data & AI Lead, the role communicates with various business unit managers and projects to refine requirements, as well as liaising with staff members to provide ad-hoc data requests that may arise in relation to current or future business needs or in support of ‘self-service’ business intelligence.  In addition, the Data Engineer will also engage internally and externally to Digital Services to share information, manage expectations and ensure that the Data, Analytics and Reporting team, and Digital Services more broadly, is seen to be a high achieving, customer focused, service delivery organisation.

This is a unique opportunity to contribute to a major transformation initiative. Working alongside a high-performing team of Data Engineers, Analysts and AI Developers, you will design and deliver modern data solutions that support the integration of data into Silverchain's enterprise data platform, enabling trusted reporting, analytics & AI and decision-making across the organisation.

What's on offer

• Fixed-term 14-month position, Monday–Friday 76 hours per fortnight.
• Hybrid role based in WA, SA, VIC, QLD or NSW.
• Working for a non-profit organisation, you can salary package up to $18,500 tax free. 

• Everyday discounts, including vouchers for Coles, Woolworths, Amazon, Myer, The Good Guys and more. 
• Comprehensive health and wellbeing resources and support.

The role 

As a Data Engineer you will:

• Support a security first approach on data in all databases and data provisioning methods, as well as considering security design in all new implementations.
• Responsible for the maintenance, development, data modelling and maintenance of the on-premise data warehouse and cloud-based data warehouse.
• Develop and maintain data validation routines to ensure the quality and integrity of data.
• Develop and maintain tabular mode cubes and other reporting product.
• Develop solutions to Extract, Transform and Load data from Cloud to On-Premise and vice versa.
• Take part in and contribute to team planning sessions and work-piece analysis.
• Contribute to development standards and work practices, data modelling and data architecture.
• Create and maintain technical documentation, code comments and metadata.
• Liaise with Data Platform and Database Administrators and other support staff as required.

What we're looking for 

• Tertiary qualification in a relevant discipline.
• Proven experience designing, building and supporting complex enterprise-scale data pipelines
• Significant experience in Cloud ETL development using (Data Factory, Py Spark, Spark SQL, and Notebooks.)
• Significant experience in Data Modelling in a Data Warehouse / Lakehouse environment
• Experience in Agile development practices using GitHub and Dev-Ops
• A passion for delivering reliable, high-quality data solutions
• Experience working with clinical or healthcare data is highly regarded
• Exposure to AI and MLOPS pipelines desirable 

Why choose Silverchain 

Everyone at Silverchain, from our care teams to leadership, plays a vital role in delivering Best Care. It's a team effort. Best Care is care that is safe, personal, connected and effective. We are proudly one of the few Australian home care providers accredited in both national health and aged care standards. This means the quality of care we provide is expected to meet the same standards as a hospital or residential aged care facility. As a not-for-profit organisation, our ambition is to create a better home care system for all Australians and we develop innovative models of care to set the industry benchmark. We'll also provide you with opportunities to help you develop and grow in your career, with training and education programs to help you achieve your goals. 

How to apply 

To submit your application, click ‘Apply'. 

At Silverchain, we recognise the positive contribution that a diverse workforce makes to our organisation where individuals can be authentic, respected and celebrated. We strongly encourage applications from Indigenous Australians, people of all ages, gender, abilities, and cultural backgrounds.