Senior Data Engineer

About Us

Fortescue is both a proud West Australian company and a global green solutions business. We are recognised for our culture, innovation and industry-leading development of infrastructure, mining assets and green energy initiatives.

Our Opportunity

Work Location: Perth Office - Fortescue's Perth office is located on the traditional lands of the Whadjuk people.

Roster: Monday to Friday

The Senior Data Engineer will be responsible for designing, developing and maintaining efficient business-critical data pipelines and transformations enabling Power BI Reporting. The candidate will juggle multiple tasks while delivering in a fast-paced, agile work environment against tight deadlines.

The team is responsible for reporting on the progress and performance of our decarbonisation projects as well as other major capital and operational projects.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable and robust data pipelines using tools like Celery, Prefect, Python, SQL Server and Snowflake
• Establish and manage cloud infrastructure for data ingestion and processing (AWS, Azure, DevOps)
• Optimise queries and design schemas that support reporting and analytics
• Develop efficient data models for use in reporting tools such as Power BI
• Ensure data integrity, quality, and security across systems
• Collaborate with stakeholders to gather and define data requirements
• Create and maintain technical documentation (Confluence)
• Manage code using version control systems (Git).

Qualifications and Experience

• 5+ years of experience in data engineering
• Tertiary qualifications in Data Engineering, Analytics, Software Engineering, Computer Science, or related fields
• Experience with database and data lake technologies such as SQL Server, PostgreSQL, and Snowflake
• Solid understanding of APIs, including REST and SOAP
• Proficiency in programming languages such as Python and SQL
• Strong grasp of data engineering principles: data modelling, pipelines, security, warehousing, and data structures
• Experience with DevOps tools and practices (CI/CD, infrastructure as code, terraform)
• Familiarity with development tools such as Git, Jira, Confluence, and Visual Studio
• Previous experience with project reporting on cost and schedule is highly desirable
• Strong skills in stakeholder engagement and requirements gathering.

Our Commitment

Fortescue is deeply committed to providing a safe culture that builds respect, fosters inclusiveness, and values diversity. We celebrate individual strengths and team members from all backgrounds are encouraged to bring their whole selves to work. Our global workforce drives and promotes an inclusive culture, both within our organisation and throughout the communities we interact with across the world. Diverse backgrounds include First Nations Peoples, people with differing abilities, LGBTIQ+ community, gender, neurodiverse, cultural diversity, all age groups, and those with an intersectional or multiple diverse characteristics. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply.

https://fortescue.com/careers 

Internal Candidates / Current Contractors please apply via Success Factors Careers Portal. For further information on how to apply please visit the Fortescue Hub. 

Fortescue reserves the right to close applications early should a suitable pool of candidates be identified. Fortescue will never contact you to ask for payment of any kind, whether directly or through a third party.