Senior Workforce Data Engineer
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Nov 13, 2026. First seen by Alion on Nov 13, 2026. Australian Unity scores B on the Alion truth index.
Senior Workforce Data Engineer - People & Culture
Australian Unity
About us
Established in 1840, we are Australia’s first wellbeing company, delivering health, wealth and care services for our members and the community.
As a social enterprise, we’re motivated by our purpose to positively impact the wellbeing of millions. We reinvest profits to deliver products and services sustainably that matter most to our members, customers and the Australian community.
For us, Real Wellbeing encompasses the whole experience of life. It’s about feeling supported in your health, connected with your community and empowered to live life on your terms.
The Opportunity
Join our Workforce Data & Analytics team within People & Culture, where data directly shapes how we support thousands of employees across Health, Wealth and Care.
The Senior Workforce Data Engineer is a hands-on role for an engineer who enjoys ownership. You'll take on business-critical workforce data solutions, automate data flows from our core workforce platforms, and build the curated data models that power our reporting and analytics.
This is a chance to make a visible impact. You'll replace manual processes with reliable, automated solutions, strengthen how sensitive people data is governed and secured, and help shape the future of our data platform.
We are highly flexible and work in a hybrid operating rhythm in office 3 days per week.
Key Responsibilities
- Critical Workforce Solutions: Take ownership of business-critical Python-based data processes, stabilising and rebuilding them where needed so outputs are tested, reconciled and documented.
- Data Integration and Automation: Build automated data ingestion from platforms including SuccessFactors, Donesafe and injury management systems, partnering with Technology, and automate manual data preparation and reporting.
- Data Modelling: Design layered data models and curated, Tableau-ready data sources, including history, snapshots and incremental loads.
- Data Quality and Governance: Cleanse and standardise workforce data, build automated quality checks, and establish role-based permissions, lineage and audit controls for sensitive data.
- Engineering Standards: Maintain code in Git (Bitbucket) with peer review, testing and controlled deployment, with monitoring and runbooks for critical pipelines.
- Collaboration: Work with Analytics and Reporting, People Systems, Safety and Technology, and share knowledge with the team to build cross-coverage.
Applications Close: November 27th, 2027
You will bring:
- 5+ years of hands-on data engineering experience, including ownership of production pipelines or data products.
- Advanced SQL and data modelling skills, including dimensional and historical modelling, in SQL Server environments.
- Advanced Python for production-grade data processing, automation and calculation logic.
- Experience integrating data from source systems.
- Hands-on experience with dbt Core and Dagster, or comparable tools.
- Sound engineering practices, including Git, testing, CI/CD and code review.
- Experience building analytics-ready data for Tableau, Power BI or similar tools.
- Strong understanding of data governance, privacy and access control for sensitive data.
- Clear communication with non-technical stakeholders.
- Highly regarded: experience with HRIS or workforce platforms (e.g. SuccessFactors, Donesafe) or cloud data warehouse migration.
Why Join Us?
At Australian Unity, we provide a supportive, flexible and purpose-driven environment where you can make a meaningful impact.
You will enjoy:
- Competitive salary + bonus program
- Additional wellbeing and community leave days
- 14-week paid parental leave (equal for all parents)
- Hybrid working model
- Employee Assistance Program
- Flare / Maxxia Rewards - discounted retail, travel, entertainment
- Discounts on Australian Unity products including Health, General Insurance and more
- Access to LinkedIn Learning and professional development programs
If you're an engineer who wants real ownership and the chance to turn workforce data into something people can trust and use, we'd love to hear from you. Apply now and join us in shaping better outcomes for our people, members and community.
For further benefits visit: https://www.australianunity.com.au/careers/culture
Australian Unity is an Equal Opportunity employer and we encourage applications from all members of the community, including people of Aboriginal and Torres strait Islander descent, culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and, mature aged people.
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