Senior Data Engineer: Databricks on Azure Platform Lead
Summary
Senior Data Engineer at the University of Waikato building and operating a new enterprise data platform on Azure Databricks — designing production data pipelines, managing ingestion, and leading integration/migration projects while mentoring engineers and supporting security, testing and governance.
The University of Waikato in Hamilton is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to build and operate our new enterprise data platform on Azure Databricks. You will design production data pipelines, manage data ingestion, and lead complex integration and migration projects.
You will mentor engineers, apply modern data engineering practices, and contribute to security, testing and governance. This full-time role offers collaboration across ITS and the wider university to enable analytics and AI