Data Engineer

About Us At Red Energy, we are passionate about providing award-winning customer service to over 1.5 million of our customers across the country. Owned by the mighty Snowy Hydro, we are 100% Australian owned which our customers love us for. Our award winning team have won 16 consecutive Canstar Blue Awards for best overall customer satisfaction amongst Victorian electricity providers. Ready for a new career - come grow with us! The Role Are you a data engineer who loves solving complex backend puzzles and actually understands what happens under the hood? While many roles focus solely on surface-level cloud pipelines, this position offers the best of both worlds: architecting and optimising high-performance, on-premises enterprise systems while building the modern multi-cloud bridges that power our future. We are looking for a Mid-Level Data Engineer with a strong foundations-first mindset. The vast majority of our strategic data assets reside in our high-performance on-prem environments. Your primary focus will be managing, optimizing, and scaling these critical on-prem environments while simultaneously building and managing the pipelines that connect them to our multi-cloud ecosystems (AWS and GCP) and SaaS operational platforms (including Genesys). What you'll do: On-Premises Core Management: Optimise, maintain, and model data structures within our primary SQL Server environment where our core strategic assets live. Hybrid Pipeline Engineering: Design, build, and monitor robust ETL/ELT pipelines that securely bridge on-premises databases with AWS and GCP cloud endpoints. SaaS Integration: Build and maintain scalable ingestion pipelines to extract and transform data from external SaaS platforms using REST, SDK's into the core data ecosystem. Performance Optimisation: Diagnose and resolve performance bottlenecks, specifically focusing on advanced query tuning and indexing. Data Scheduling & Orchestration: Implement and manage unified data workflows and dependencies across both local servers and multi-cloud infrastructure using modern orchestration tools.(MS Agent) Security & Governance Compliance: Ensure all data movement across hybrid environments strictly adheres to internal network security policies, firewalls, and data compliance standards. We are looking for: At least 3+ years of professional experience in data engineering, with a heavy emphasis on enterprise on-premises environments. Deep expertise with SQL Server, including writing/tuning complex stored procedures and understanding physical database architecture. Hands-on experience working with data services within both AWS and GCP Proven experience integrating operational SaaS APIs (e.g., Genesys contact centre data) into centralised data systems. Hands on experience in SQL Server BI Stack (SQL Server Database, SSAS, SSIS, SSRS and PowerBI) Advanced proficiency in SQL and Python (or Shell scripting) for automated pipeline scripting and API consumption. Competency in working with Git based source control systems. Experience with data orchestration tools (MSAgent) and transformation frameworks configured for hybrid architectures. Understanding of local network architectures, secure file transfers (SFTP/SSH), firewalls, and data security protocols. Experience in Multi dimensional models (Kimball methodology) Why Join us We live by our values: Safety, Agility, Decency, Courage, Ownership, and Teamwork. You’ll be joining a team that values your technical aptitude as much as your ability to build a relationship. Excellent Work-Life Balance: Benefit from a hybrid work model (2 Days WFH), 30 weeks of paid parental leave, and the option to purchase up to 4 weeks of additional annual leave each year. Professional Development: Enjoy unlimited access to LinkedIn Learning to support your continuous growth and career advancement. A Great Culture: Join a vibrant, dog-friendly team in our Cremorne office that is committed to your career growth and development. Exclusive Savings & Benefits: Take advantage of a wide range of employee perks & discounts, including novated leasing, corporate rates on private health insurance, and deals on tech, travel, and more. We are assessing applications as they come through so please don't hesitate and apply now!