Data Engineering Jobs in Australia
There are 1,697 open Data Engineering jobs in Australia on freehire right now. 605 of them were posted recently. The skills employers ask for most often are data-pipelines, cloud and analytics.
Salary
| Currency | Period | 25th | Median | 75th | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUD | year | A$131,693 | A$150,000 | A$170,000 | 49 |
| AUD | day | A$856 | A$1,000 | A$1,070 | 16 |
From postings that disclose pay. Currencies are counted separately, never converted.
Most requested skills
- data-pipelines 46%
- cloud 45%
- analytics 44%
- sql 42%
- data-engineering 41%
- python 34%
- azure 31%
- data-quality 29%
How the work is done
- Hybrid 262 · 15%
- Onsite 32 · 2%
- Remote 19 · 1%
Visa sponsorship offered in 14% of the 93 postings that state a position on it.
Seniority
- Senior 561
- Lead 231
- Principal 39
- Staff 35
- Middle 27
- C-level 13
Who is hiring
- 1000+ employees 185
- 501-1000 employees 97
- 51-200 employees 35
- 11-50 employees 16
- 201-500 employees 5
- 1-10 employees 3
Staff AI & Data Engineer
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Data Governance Analyst | Senior Associate
Support data governance initiatives by maintaining an enterprise data catalog (preferably Collibra), curating data assets with metadata and lineage, coordinating governance assessments, and working with Data Owners and Stewards across business and technology teams.
Senior Data Engineer - Microsoft Fabric, Power BI, Azure
Senior Data Engineer on a 12-month contract building and enhancing enterprise data and analytics solutions using Microsoft Fabric, Power BI, and Azure lakehouse architecture for a global investment management firm.
Head of Data Governance
Leads data governance, information management and records policies for a healthcare NGO, ensuring compliance and improving data maturity across clinical and sensitive personal records.
Staff Data Engineer
Staff Data Engineer – Customer Channels & Data Business Banking Technology Shape the future of customer engagement through data, AI and intelligent decisioning. Influence data architecture, engineering standards…
Geospatial Data Engineer – Hybrid Contract
Build and maintain geospatial applications for a federal climate and energy program, ensuring data quality and security in a hybrid Canberra office.
Data Engineering & Analytics Lead
Leads ARENA’s data platform and analytics, driving technical direction for enterprise data engineering and trusted data products to support renewable energy strategy and reporting.
Geospatial Data Engineer
The Geospatial Data Engineer will design, develop, and maintain geospatial data pipelines and databases for the Federal Government. The role involves managing spatial datasets, supporting analytics, and collaborating with stakeholders to deliver geospatial solutions.
Data Engineer
Builds and maintains scalable data pipelines for healthcare data, ensuring reliability, security, and performance to support clinical and operational decisions using AWS, Python, SQL, and healthcare-specific standards like HL7/DICOM.
Healthcare Data Engineer — AWS, Python, Pipelines
Designs and maintains scalable data pipelines for healthcare data access, ensuring reliability, security, and governance in a clinical/operational IT environment.
Senior Data Engineer
Vivanti Consulting is seeking a Senior Data Architect to design enterprise-scale data solutions and bridge the gap between business strategy and technical engineering. The role involves working with cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, and GCP to build modern data architectures and implement data governance frameworks.
Data Engineer
Builds and maintains SQL Server and Microsoft Fabric ETL pipelines, semantic models, and Power BI reports for a government client in Brisbane.
Data Engineer – AI
Builds AI-driven data pipelines and predictive models to optimize retail operations like demand forecasting, inventory allocation, and marketing attribution using Google Cloud (BigQuery, Vertex AI).
Junior Data Governance Analyst
Supports data governance by managing catalogs, metadata, and quality monitoring while collaborating with stakeholders to improve enterprise data trust and usability.