Data Engineering Jobs in Australia

There are 1,697 open Data Engineering jobs in Australia on freehire right now. 606 of them were posted recently. The skills employers ask for most often are data-pipelines, cloud and analytics.

Salary

CurrencyPeriod25thMedian75thPostings
AUDyearA$131,693A$150,000A$170,00049
AUDdayA$856A$1,000A$1,07016

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 263 · 15%
  • Onsite 31 · 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
1,697 jobs
Accenture
4 weeks ago

Data Engineer

Open 26d APACFull-time
Australia

Builds and maintains scalable data pipelines and warehouses using SQL, Python, dbt, PySpark or cloud tools to feed analytics and ML workloads.

acceptance-criteria ai analytics api automation +21 skills
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Pepperstone
4 weeks ago

Data Governance & Enablement Lead

Open 15d HybridAPACLead
Australia

Lead Pepperstone’s data governance and enablement efforts to build trust in data, establish frameworks for quality and lineage, and coach a small global team while balancing governance with innovation in a regulated fintech.

agile aws cloud data-governance data-quality +3 skills
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Cognizant
4 weeks ago

Data Governance Consultant

Open 23d APAC
Australia

Data Governance Consultant at Cognizant helps clients implement data governance frameworks and policies to ensure compliance and data integrity.
Compare the Market
4 weeks ago

AI Data Engineer

Open 19d APAC
Australia

Build and optimize scalable data pipelines and AI-ready systems, including RAG, vector search, and embeddings, to enable generative AI solutions for fintech comparison platforms.
L3Harris Technologies
4 weeks ago

Principal Data Engineer

Open 23d HybridAPAC, North AmericaFull-timePrincipal H-1B sponsor history — This employer has had H-1B petitions approved by USCIS in the last five fiscal years, per the USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub. The approval belongs to the employer and is not a commitment to sponsor this role.

Designs and oversees enterprise-scale data pipelines and ontology in Palantir Foundry to power analytics and AI workflows for national-security missions.

ai analytics azure azure-data-factory data-analytics +23 skills
153 000 – 284 000 $
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L3Harris Technologies
4 weeks ago

Senior Specialist, Data Governance

Open 23d HybridAPAC, North AmericaFull-timeSenior H-1B sponsor history — This employer has had H-1B petitions approved by USCIS in the last five fiscal years, per the USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub. The approval belongs to the employer and is not a commitment to sponsor this role.

Leads enterprise-wide data governance programs, establishing policies and standards to ensure data accuracy, security, and compliance across business domains for a defense-tech company.

agile aws azure cloud cybersecurity +12 skills
84 000 – 178 000 $
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ncsaustralia
4 weeks ago

Solution Designer / Lead Data Engineer

Open 27d HybridAPACFull-timeSenior
Australia

Design and lead the modernization of a multi-cloud enterprise data ingestion framework, building scalable pipelines and governance controls across GCP, AWS, and Azure.

ai airflow api automation aws +33 skills
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reagroup
4 weeks ago

Data Engineer

Open 27d APACFull-timeMiddle
Australia

Build and maintain data pipelines and customer datasets in BigQuery using Airflow and dbt, consolidating legacy systems into a unified customer profile platform for AI-driven personalization.

ai airflow aws bigquery cloud +11 skills
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Milestone IT
4 weeks ago

Senior Data Engineer - Microsoft Fabric and Microsoft Foundry

Open 23d APACContractSenior
Australia

Build and maintain data pipelines in Microsoft Fabric and Azure to feed analytics, AI, and agent-based solutions via Microsoft Foundry for a contract role with potential to convert to permanent.

analytics azure
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ElectraNet
4 weeks ago

Data Engineer

Open 23d APAC
Australia

Designs and maintains data pipelines to support ElectraNet’s high-voltage grid operations and clean energy initiatives.
Safewill
4 weeks ago

Data Engineer

Open 23d APAC
Australia

Build and maintain data pipelines and infrastructure to support Safewill’s estate-planning platform, ensuring reliable data flows for analytics and product decisions.
EY
4 weeks ago

GIS Data Engineer

Open 22d APAC
Australia

Design and build scalable cloud-based GIS data platforms for advanced analytics and geospatial solutions, supporting EY’s climate and sustainability initiatives.

analytics cloud gis
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Hays
last month

Lead Data Engineer

Open 23d APACLead
Australia

Lead CRM data migrations, ETL pipelines, and analytics solutions for a large-scale digital transformation program.

analytics crm data-analytics etl
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Cognizant
last month

Senior GCP Data Engineer

Open 23d APACSenior
Australia

Design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines on Google Cloud Platform to support analytics and AI initiatives for enterprise clients.
Hays
last month

Senior Data Engineer

Open 21d APACSenior
Australia

Build and maintain enterprise analytics in Microsoft Fabric, creating ETL pipelines, Power BI dashboards, and governance frameworks to drive data-driven decisions in a regulated environment.

analytics cloud microsoft-fabric
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Leaders
last month

Data Engineer

Open 23d APACContract
Australia

Build and optimize cloud data pipelines in Snowflake using dbt and Python to support enterprise analytics and platform innovation.

cloud dbt python snowflake
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Elysium Digital
last month

Azure Data Engineer

Open 22d APACSenior
Australia

Lead the design and delivery of enterprise data platforms using Azure services, guiding integration, migration, and analytics initiatives.

analytics data-engineering
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Verse
last month

Data Engineer

Open 22d APAC
Australia

Builds a new enterprise-grade data platform using Data Vault, DBT Core, and cloud tech from scratch rather than maintaining legacy ETL pipelines.

cloud data-engineering dbt etl vault
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PERSOL
last month

Data Engineer (Junior)

Open 23d APACJunior
Australia

Build and maintain data pipelines and dbt models in Snowflake to power mine-planning and technical-services applications for a global mining client.

data-pipelines dbt snowflake
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DRD Group
last month

Data Engineer

Open 23d APACContract
Australia

Designs, builds, and optimizes scalable data pipelines and platforms to support mine planning and technical services in the mining sector.

up to 70 AUD / hr

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