Data Engineer - Contract

Contract Type:

Location:

Sydney - NSW 

Industry:

IT

Category:

Data Engineer

Contact Name:

Greg Perl

Contact Email:

greg.perl@pra.com.au

Date Published:

20-Feb-2026

We’re engaged on a critical data transformation initiative and are seeking a highly capable Senior Data Engineer to lead the extraction and modernisation of enterprise data into cloud platforms.

You’ll play a key role in programmatically extracting data from JD Edwards (JDE) and other relational databases, building scalable pipelines, and delivering clean, structured datasets into Azure Data Lakes and/or Google BigQuery (GBQ).

This is a hands-on contract role suited to engineers who thrive in complex enterprise environments.

Key Responsibilities
  • Design and build robust ETL/ELT pipelines from JDE and related systems
  • Extract and integrate data from multiple orbiting enterprise platforms
  • Load, transform, and optimise data in Azure Data Lake and/or GBQ
  • Ensure performance, reliability, and data integrity
  • Support downstream reporting and analytics requirements
  • Optimise datasets for Power BI consumption (data modelling & performance tuning)
Essential Experience
  • Strong experience extracting and engineering data from JD Edwards (JDE)
  • Advanced SQL and relational database expertise
  • Proven experience building scalable data pipelines
  • Hands-on experience with Azure Data Lake and/or Google BigQuery
  • Strong understanding of data warehousing and modelling best practices
  • Power BI knowledge from a Data Engineering perspective
Contract Details
  • 6–12 month initial term
  • Competitive daily rate
  • Enterprise program of work
  • Immediate or short-notice start preferred
  • Western Sydney location
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