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≈ $73k – $213k per year (Estimated)
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Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Sep 29, 2026. First seen by Alion on Jul 21, 2026. Salt scores C on the Alion truth index.

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Founded in 2009, Salt is a global digital talent, recruitment, and workforce consultancy specializing in technology, creative, marketing, and sales staffing. Headquartered in London, United Kingdom - with an international network of offices spanning North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and Latin America - the agency serves fast-scaling startups, mid-market companies, and multinational enterprises. Through its permanent and contract recruitment models, recruitment process outsourcing (RPO), nearshore/offshore talent delivery (Salt: Labs), and strategic HR advisory services, it enables organizations to build, scale, and manage high-performing teams across AI, technology, and digital transformation initiatives.
6-Month Contract | Melbourne (Hybrid) | NV1 Clearance Required

Are you an experienced Data Engineer looking to work on a high-profile project within a secure and complex environment?

We’re partnering with a leading organisation delivering critical technology initiatives and are looking for a skilled Data Engineer to design, build and optimise modern data platforms that support business-critical analytics and operations. This is an exciting opportunity to work with large-scale datasets, modern cloud technologies and secure environments where your work will have a genuine impact.

What you’ll be doing:

As the Data Engineer, you’ll play a key role in designing and delivering robust, scalable data solutions. You’ll be responsible for: Designing, building and maintaining high-performance data pipelines and ETL/ELT processes.

Developing data models and structures that support reporting, analytics and operational decision-making.

Delivering data migration, transformation and integration activities across multiple systems.

Ensuring data quality, integrity and governance through validation and monitoring.

Optimising data platforms for scalability, performance and reliability.

Collaborating with technical and business stakeholders to understand requirements and deliver practical solutions.

Supporting secure data integration across multiple platforms and environments.

Producing clear documentation for data pipelines, architectures and data flows. What we’re looking for:

We’re looking for someone who brings a combination of strong engineering capability and experience working in secure, enterprise environments.

You’ll ideally have: Proven experience building and supporting enterprise data pipelines and ETL/ELT solutions.

Experience working within PSPF, DISP and/or IRAP accredited environments.

Strong data integration experience including mapping, transformation and orchestration.

Experience working with structured and unstructured data.

Knowledge of cloud data platforms such as Azure or AWS.

A solid understanding of data modelling, governance and lifecycle management.

Excellent communication skills and the ability to work closely with both technical and business stakeholders.

Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.

Experience within Telecommunications or Government environments will be highly regarded.

Current NV1 Security Clearance is essential. What’s on offer? 6-month initial contract with strong extension potential.

Hybrid working arrangement based in Melbourne.

Opportunity to work on complex, large-scale technology initiatives.

Collaborative, highly skilled project team.

Exposure to modern cloud data platforms and secure enterprise environments. If you’re a Data Engineer who enjoys solving complex data challenges and wants to contribute to projects that make a real impact, we’d love to hear from you.

Interested to explore other tech jobs in Melbourne? Connect with our team to discuss potential opportunities.

At Salt, our mission is Creating Futures by putting our clients, candidates, partners, and team members at the heart of everything we do. We extend our sincere appreciation to everyone who has contributed to our continued success.

Salt acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the lands across Australia as the continuing custodians of country and culture. We pay our respects to all First Nations Australians and their Elders past and present.

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