Engineer - Cloud Integration

• Optimise our large-scale cloud data platform 
• Design and implement scalable data pipelines 
• Adelaide/Melbourne/Sydney based

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At Origin, being useful is more than a tagline - it’s how we approach work every day. As a collective, we’re a team that thrives on finding better ways, working together, and owning our impact. From powering homes to delivering award-winning internet and helping to lead Australia’s energy transition. If you’re driven by purpose and excited to be part of something bigger, we’d love to have you on the journey.

About the Role: 

As a Cloud Integration Engineer at Origin, you’ll play a key role in evolving and optimising our large-scale cloud data platform. You'll design and implement scalable data pipelines and robust integrations across diverse systems, driving real impact across the business.This role sits within our high-performing Data & Analytics team, where we power decision-making with timely, trusted insights. With a strong focus on DataOps, automation, and continuous improvement, you’ll be hands-on in driving efficiency, reliability, and innovation across Origin’s data ecosystem.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and build scalable data pipelines and integrations across internal systems and cloud platforms, ensuring high data quality and governance.
• Champion DataOps best practices, including CI/CD, automated testing, observability, and continuous delivery of improvements.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with data, platform and product teams to understand requirements and deliver robust, future-proof solutions.
• Troubleshoot and optimise complex data workflows, ensuring reliability, performance, and security.
• Promote engineering excellence through code reviews, documentation, process improvements, and staying up to date with emerging technologies.

About You: 

You’re a skilled data engineer with a strong technical foundation and a proactive mindset. You enjoy solving complex problems, thrive in fast-paced environments, and love collaborating with cross-functional teams. You bring a strong understanding of cloud platforms (preferably AWS), DataOps principles, and modern data stack tools. You enjoy learning and have a fascination with new technologies and how they can be applied to drive continuous optimisation and innovation. 

What you’ll bring to the team:

• Proven experience in data engineering or similar roles.
• Proven expertise in data integration and developing Python programs for data processing and automation.
• Hands on experience with cloud data platforms (preferably AWS).
• Practical knowledge of CI/CD, Docker containerisation, version control (e.g. git), and monitoring and observability tools.
• Experience with orchestration tools like Apache Airflow and data ingestion frameworks like dlt or similar.
• Familiarity with SQL, relational and non-relational databases; PostgreSQL is a plus.
• Strong communication skills and a collaborative, solution-focused approach.

For more information, please contact Katrina Spence - ., quote Requisition ID 88513 or apply now.

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We are committed to fostering a diverse, gender equitable workforce, where everyone is welcome, and all applications are evaluated on merit and potential. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, people living with disabilities, culturally diverse people, any stage in life, people with intersex variations and people within LGBTQ+ communities, including trans and gender diverse. 
 

Enjoy a challenging career in an exciting industry where you can grow and explore your potential. If you think you have transferable skills, an appetite to learn and would be a great fit, we’d love to hear from you. 

Here's a little about us: https://www.originenergy.com.au/about/careers/

Background checks may be required to determine your suitability for this position as part of the recruitment process and during your employment. These checks may include police checks, AusCheck, medical assessment and/or drug and alcohol testing.

Please note unsolicited CVs from agencies will not be accepted.

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