Senior Data Engineer

• Permanent, full-time position based in Auckland.
• Help shape the future of data, analytics, and insights across New Zealand's largest health organisation.
• A technically challenging and impactful role where your expertise will support smarter decision-making and innovation across healthcare services.

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is the country's largest employer, delivering universal public healthcare to 5 million New Zealanders.

We provide essential hospital, specialist, and community health services across 80+ locations — from large urban centres to rural towns and remote communities.

Our goal is to improve health outcomes for all New Zealanders by delivering equitable, accessible and innovative care.

About the Role

As a Senior Data Engineer, you'll play a key role in the strategic management and ongoing development of the FPIM Data Platform, ensuring data remains secure, reliable, and accessible for analytics and decision-making across Finance, Procurement, and Supply Chain functions. Working within the Data Analytics and Insights team, you'll help design and maintain a scalable data infrastructure that supports operational excellence and innovation across Health New Zealand.

This is a hands-on technical role where you'll build and maintain data pipelines, manage Snowflake environments, optimise data models, and support cloud-based data solutions using AWS technologies. You'll monitor platform performance, troubleshoot issues, and implement data governance frameworks that strengthen data integrity, compliance, and security. Alongside this, you'll collaborate with technical and non-technical stakeholders, contribute to continuous improvement initiatives, and provide leadership and expertise across analytics and insights opportunities. Your work will directly support better business intelligence and more informed decision-making across the organisation.

About you

As an experienced Senior Data Engineer, you'll bring strong technical expertise, a problem-solving mindset, and the ability to work collaboratively across complex environments. You will also have:

• A bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, computer engineering, or a related field.
• Strong experience with Snowflake, including architecture, SQL optimisation, data modelling, and security features.
• Hands-on experience with dbt, Python, Java, and cloud-based data platforms such as AWS.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capability, with the ability to troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to work effectively with both technical and non-technical audiences.

Working at Health New Zealand 

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is dedicated to ensuring excellent healthcare for the people of New Zealand. We embrace a workforce that is diverse and inclusive so that we are better positioned to understand and service our community. We welcome applications from our diverse Māori, Pacific, disabled, and rainbow communities.   

How to Apply 

To apply, please click “apply now.”  All applications must be submitted through our online careers portal by 11:59PM Sunday 7 June 2026. For further information, please contact Nicole Rickard on Nicole.Rickard@TeWhatuOra.govt.nz.

The full position description is available on the Health New Zealand Careers site.

Whilst Health New Zealand is undergoing change, affected kaimahi will be given preference and priority for this position.

We will review applications as received and may proceed with the recruitment process before the closing date of this advert.