Senior Fabric Data Engineer

Mō tēnei tūranga - About the role

As a Senior Fabric Data Engineer, you’ll architect and deliver advanced data solutions that unlock strategic insight and lift health outcomes. You’ll build resilient Microsoft Fabric pipelines and API integrations to unify data from multiple systems, automate workflows, and enable timely, data‑driven decisions. Partnering with clinical and business stakeholders, you’ll lead technical design, translate requirements into scalable solutions, and embed clinical quality indicators and system metrics into our analytics. You’ll champion data governance and ethics, drive continuous improvement, and set the foundation for trusted, actionable reporting.

Mōu ake - About you

Ngā haepapa matua - Key responsibilities

You’ll be at the heart of transforming data into impact. Building powerful Microsoft Fabric pipelines, crafting seamless API integrations, and delivering dynamic dashboards that tell a story. You’ll lead design sessions that turn ideas into solutions, champion smarter processes, and ensure every project meets the highest standards of governance and cultural integrity. This is your chance to shape data that drives better decisions and healthier outcomes.

Qualifications

Ōu wheako ōu mātauranga hoki - Qualifications and experience

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Statistics, Data Science, Health Science or a related field.
• 8+ years of experience in a data-focused role, ideally within the health sector or equivalent complex environment.
• Demonstrated expertise in designing data architectures, pipelines, and integrations, with a focus on supporting health outcomes and process improvement.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Fabric pipelines, API integration development, Power BI, Power Automate, and related analytics platforms.
• Experience with programming languages and tools such as PySpark, SQL, and automation scripts.
• Strong understanding of data governance, ethics, and privacy regulations including the Health Information Privacy Code.
• Track record of successfully drawing actionable insights from diverse datasets and driving continuous improvement in both operational and clinical contexts.
• Experience in leading technical design meetings and translating business and clinical requirements into technical solutions.
• Excellent communication and facilitation skills, able to engage with technical, clinical, and non-technical audiences.

Ōu āheitanga ōu pūkenga hoki - Skills and competence

• High proficiency with Excel and modern reporting/analytics platforms (e.g. Power BI, Fabric, Google Analytics, Snowflake, Databricks).
• Hands-on experience with PySpark, SQL, RESTful APIs, KQL and automation tools such as Power Automate.
• Deep technical understanding of ETL/ELT processes, API architecture, and pipeline orchestration.
• Ability to critically assess data quality and validity of reports, with strong data intuition.
• Excellent problem-solving capabilities, with a focus on innovative and actionable solutions.
• Comfortable working under pressure, managing competing priorities, and adapting in dynamic environments.
• Outstanding communication and facilitation skills, able to engage with technical and non-technical audiences and lead design meetings.
• Demonstrates sound judgement, ethical integrity, and a commitment to continuous professional growth.

If you're excited about this role and think you have what it takes, but your experience doesn't align 100%, we still want to hear from you and would encourage you to apply.

Additional Information

Ō mātou uara - Our values

E kimi ana mātou i ētahi tangata e kaha whakanui i ēnei uara - We are looking for people who align naturally with these values and will champion them

• Mahia te mea tika / Do the right thing
• Hihiri e te kounga / Motivated by quality
• Ngākau nui ki te pai ake / Passion for better
• Pokohiwi ki Pokohiwi / Shoulder to shoulder

About the Company

To tatou tikanga | Our Culture

Our staff are passionate people, each driven to contribute to better health outcomes, with a focus on high priority populations. We are focused on hiring kaimahi who live and work in the communities they serve.

Whakarongorau Aotearoa’s commitment to understanding and improving mana taurite (equal status) starts with the understanding of self and how we, as health professionals, think and behave each minute of each day to serve the health needs for Aotearoa.

We are committed to ensuring our workforce reflects the community we support.

Ko wai mātou | About us

Whakarongorau Aotearoa has the privilege of running free to the public, virtual health, mental health, and social services for the people of Aotearoa.

Our 12 clinical teams and support services are based across contact centres in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, and from their homes across Aotearoa.

We want to give everyone in Aotearoa the opportunity for wellness. We focus on the connected world of digital care, where we can help join all the dots, and select the right services, advice, support and help for the right need.

Through our 35+ services we connected with over 1.6 million individual people (1 in 3 people in Aotearoa) in the 12 months to 30 June 2023.

We use our healthy imagination to solve big problems by understanding the tiny ways that people are blocked from getting the care they deserve. Our imagination comes from our people and our partners and their drive to never give up.