Data Engineer

Company Description

Nine is Australia’s largest locally owned media company – the home of Australia’s most trusted and loved brands spanning News, Sport, Lifestyle, and Entertainment. We pride ourselves on creating the best content, accessed by consumers when and how they want – across Publishing, Broadcasting and Digital.

Nine’s assets include the 9Network, major mastheads such as The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and The Australian Financial Review, radio stations 2GB, 3AW, 4BC and 6PR, digital properties such as nine.com.au, 9Now, 9Honey, Pedestrian.TV, Drive, subscription video platform Stan and a majority investment in Domain Group.

Our Purpose: We shape culture by sparking conversations, challenging perspectives, and entertaining our communities.

We bring people together by celebrating the big occasions and connecting the everyday moments. Australia belongs here. We bring our purpose to life via three shared values: We walk the talk, turn over every stone and keep it human.

Job Description

Nine is hiring a Data Engineer to join its Data team to continue to make data a competitive advantage. As a Data Engineer, you will work with key stakeholders to build high-performing data products and reduce the complexity in our data systems and data models. You will partner with our Product function to enable the use of data to create innovative solutions for our business, focusing in the data commercialization space. 

Responsibilites 

• Designing and implementing data pipelines and data processing frameworks at petabyte scale in Google Cloud, Apache Airflow, DBT, BigQuery and other cutting edge tools.

• Craft solutions that directly enable reporting specialists, analysts and super-users by exposing consumption focused dimensional data models and data products / visualisations.

• Work across the Data Engineering teams, Vendors and Business Stakeholders to contribute to the continuous improvement of data products, processes and systems.

• Provide data on industry trends, emerging technologies, and new tool sets - we aren't afraid to experiment!

• Keep up ­to ­date with media and technology industry changes and stimulate discussion.

• Ensure deliveries are up to date with the latest technologies.

Qualifications

• Experience in Data Engineering role with strong knowledge and application of SQL and Python used on Cloud; preferably Google Cloud Platform.

• Experience on designing data processing frameworks in Airflow and setting up DAGs

• Experience with data analytics and reporting tools like Tableau and Looker Studio

• Experience working in agile development & delivery processes

• Experience in solution design, best practices and implementation

• A commitment to quality in your work

• Solid understanding of database structures, theories, principles & practices

• Solid understanding of Terraform, CI/CD, Version Control like Github or Bitbucket

• A strong commercial and customer focus, with a commitment to delivering outcomes for both

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills

To work with a passionate team of data professionals that loves actively helping shape business strategy through data driven techniques, apply now!

Additional Information

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion:

At Nine, we are committed to fostering a workforce that embraces all aspects of diversity and inclusion and where practices are equitable to ensure our people experience a sense of belonging. From day one, you'll be encouraged to bring your whole self to work and will be supported to perform at your best. Should you require any adjustments to the recruitment process in order to equitably participate, we encourage you to advise us at the time of application.

We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disabilities, and of all ages, nationalities, backgrounds and cultures.

Disclaimer: We do not accept unsolicited agency resumes and are not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.