Senior Data Engineer

Posted 28/05/2026 Job Number 62472 Work type Fixed Term - Part Time Posting End Date 03/07/2026

At Bupa, purpose meets possible. Join us and help shape a future where healthcare is more connected, more personal and more human.

We’re a global healthcare leader trusted by millions and committed to helping people to live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. Healthcare is changing, and so are we.

We’re investing in more clinics, better systems and smarter, more connected ways to help our customers. As we continue to our services and invest in innovation, you’ll help create a healthcare system that meets people where they are, responds to what they need and leaves them better than before.

Here, your work has purpose, your voice matters and your future is full of possibility.

Just imagine the impact you could make.

The purpose of this job is….. A 12-Month Maternity Leave Contract Part-time, 22.8 hours per week!

The ADFHSC Data & Analytics Team is a centralised technology team of specialist skills which enables Bupa ADFHS to execute on its data strategy. Collectively, we are working to build the future state of Bupa’s data platforms on Microsoft Azure services, and to enable the business to work strategically with data to maximise competitive performance. Our Data Engineers contribute to the evolution of Bupa’s data estate via project and business partnering approaches.

The Senior Data Engineer designs and delivers solutions aligned to our various data services across a range of technologies. They also play an important contributing role in the definition of standards and guidelines. They are also a key contributor towards the engineering practices of the team.

As a senior member of the team, you are expected to provide technical mentorship to other team members, lead workshops, coach on engineering practices, and play a role in Engineering governance aspects.

Responsibilities include:

Support the Head of Data & Analytics in providing thought leadership and consulting to business stakeholders around the use of data and data technology

Work directly with the business in understanding detailed data requirements and translating the requirements into the form of Epics, Features, and Stories, that technical deliver teams can understand and build from

Lead and produce estimation of effort for the delivery of stories

Lead team level design and code review processes

Produce detailed design deliverables based on established architectures and design standards

Identify and contribute to the evolution of data design standards, guidelines, frameworks, and practices • Engineering of data pipelines from data acquisition and ingestion though the data lake, various means of consumption including, reports, dashboards, applications, models, and API’s

Engineering of data features in support of advanced analytical processes and data science teams

Engineering of advanced analytical solutions including ML and ML ops processes

Engineering of CI/CD processes and execution of releases

Primary responsibility for: o source code control, and release process within team o tracking and addressing technical debt within a product domain o ensuring secure development practices are used o documentation of outputs

Document and implement data quality and integrity checks across key data sets

Evaluate and Spike new technologies and approaches, and recommend pathways to adoption within the team

What you’ll need to make it possible

This is a Security Cleared Position. The occupant must be an Australian Citizen and must be eligible to obtain and uphold a Baseline Security Clearance

Educated to minimum of degree level in engineering, computer science or related technology discipline

5 to 10 years’ experience as a software or data engineer

Cloud Data Platform experience in AZURE preferred, but AWS & GCP also considered

Expert level SQL server

DataBricks & Spark background

Expert level SQL/TSQL, Python

Advanced CI/CD experience

Advanced engineering practices

Experience running code reviews

Experience mentoring engineers for skill development

Strong knowledge of Agile frameworks

Strong project management skills

Why you’ll love it?

We support our people to be the healthiest and happiest versions of themselves.

Here at Bupa your wellbeing, identity, and personal story are respected and valued. We are committed to building diverse teams that are reflective of the communities we serve and fostering a fair and inclusive workplace free from discrimination, bullying and harassment. We encourage applicants from all backgrounds and experiences, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, veterans, people with disabilities, and LGBTQIA+ applicants and are dedicated to removing barriers to participation.

We are dedicated to removing barriers to participation. If you need any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, or if you’d like to discuss how this role can be flexible for you, please let us know so we can support your participation on an equitable basis.

If this sounds exciting, we’d love to hear from you. Let’s shape the future of healthcare, together.