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Senior Data Engineer opportunity

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We’re on the hunt for a Senior Data Engineer to join an established and supportive team at the Electricity Authority.

We’re inviting applications by Sunday 15 October. The right candidate will assist and facilitate data scientists, analysts and business intelligence specialists. A key focus will be to enhance and maintain our Azure Delta Lakehouse, build data and analytics pipelines and provide analytics.

It’s an exciting time to join the electricity sector. New Zealand has committed to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Electricity has a key role to play in achieving New Zealand’s climate ambitions and the Authority is committed to supporting the transition to a low-emissions energy system.

Our work is varied and diverse, with opportunities to drive change across the electricity sector to improve the lives of New Zealanders.

If this sounds like an exciting path to take your career to the next level, find out more and apply today.

Please note we consider applications as they are received, so we encourage you to apply early.

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