Senior Data Engineer

DATA ENGINEER

At RUSH, we design, build, and manage purposeful digital experiences that improve people's lives. We're hiring Data Engineers to work on complex, enterprise-scale data infrastructure — you may be focused on migration design, pipeline build, or both depending on your background.

What you'll do:

- Take technical ownership of data migration from source datasets into target systems — including ETL pipeline design using Azure Data Factory, Azure Functions, and Terraform

- Analyse and validate source data against target schemas, ensuring referential integrity and conformance to business rules

- Own the migration runbook: rollback procedures, reconciliation reports, and go-live sign-off criteria

- Collaborate with client data transformation teams on schema alignment, categorisation attributes, and load sequencing

- Build and maintain Azure-native pipelines integrating Cosmos DB event stores, PostgreSQL Flexible Server, and Azure Service Bus

- Implement webhook and file-drop integration patterns for downstream systems

- Instrument all pipelines with structured logging and alerting via Azure Monitor and Log Analytics

- Ensure all infrastructure is managed via Terraform and deployed through Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines

- Support ISO 27001:2022, NZ Privacy Act compliance, and Vanta/Wiz security assessments

What you'll bring:

- 5+ years of hands-on data engineering experience in enterprise or government environments

- Strong Azure skills: Data Factory, Functions, PostgreSQL Flexible Server, Cosmos DB, Blob Storage, Service Bus

- Demonstrated experience delivering complex ETL and data migration pipelines from legacy to modern target schemas

- DBA background (schema design, query optimisation, relational architecture) — highly regarded for migration-focused candidates

- Proficiency in SQL and Python or .NET/C#

- Experience with Terraform and Azure DevOps CI/CD

- Familiarity with Event Sourcing and CQRS patterns

- Strong communication skills across technical and non-technical stakeholders

- Exposure to DevOps or SRE practices is a bonus

Why RUSH?

You'll be working on meaningful, complex data infrastructure for collaborative work that makes a real difference. you'll work alongside a passionate team of digital specialists on projects that genuinely matter  the kind of work that challenges you and leaves a mark. If that sounds like your kind of place, we'd love to hear from you!