Data Engineer

Discover a career with purpose at MBIE

• Work in a dynamic environment and play a key role in delivering transformational change
• Maintain and optimize the JTA risk analytics environment
• Manage the ingestion of new data into the risk analytics environment
• Engage with MBIE Central Data team to support continuous improvement in data management and governance
• Manage own workload and ensure your time is being used effectively and efficiently, in alignment with agreed strategy and plans and escalate issues when necessary.
• Permanent full-time opportunity – Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch
• Salary range: $101,911 - $121,196 + KiwiSaver & Wellness Benefits

About the Role - Tēnei tūranga:

The Our Future Services programme will deliver a more cost-effective immigration system that is more productive, more effective at managing immigration risk, and provides a better experience for our customers and staff.

The programme will be delivered through multiple workstreams working in parallel, with each workstream implementing key initiatives with set milestone dates.

The Data Engineer is a technical position in the Joint Targeting and Analytics team within the Immigration Risk and Border (IRB) branch of Immigration New Zealand (INZ). The IRB branch works to collaboratively identify and mitigate risk early and to reduce harm to the integrity of the immigration system, system users, and New Zealand.

The Joint Targeting and Analytics (JTA) team offers specialist expertise in the analysis of data and information to identify and target immigration risk. Services provided by the team include the delivery and management of the Visa Triage process, risk identification and targeting at the NZ border, and the provision of risk models and analytics.

The Data Engineer supports the JTA team by managing and optimizing the risk analytics environment in Snowflake, managing the JTA raw data environment, and supporting JTA data scientists and data analysts in delivering analytical solutions to business problems and queries This may include ingestion of new data sources using Informatica, building and optimizing ETL processes, researching and answering questions about how to access and interpret data, and providing coaching to JTA and the wider network about how to write efficient and sustainable SQL queries.

The role actively engages with the data warehouse team and keeps up to date with the latest developments within data engineering to ensure INZ uses the most appropriate tools and methods and incorporates these to existing processes within INZ.

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Skills and Experience Required

• Demonstrable experience of data warehousing, business intelligence and analytics solutions in a complex data environment.
• A demonstrable competency in the use of SQL programming.
• Strong development experience within cloud environments, preferably Azure/Snowflake.
• Experience ingesting data into cloud environments, preferably with Informatica.
• Strong experience with developing and deploying efficient workflows at enterprise scale.
• A track record of understanding how real-world business processes is manifested in enterprise data.
• A strong view on SQL development best practice, data modelling and database design.
• Strong commitment to documenting analytical projects and outputs.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to develop solid working relationships.
• Sound knowledge of architectural and design techniques, industry standards and practices.
• Good understanding of data governance principles in a public sector environment and the ability to apply and operate within the relevant legislative framework.
• Very process oriented and detail minded and able to work with and understand security, privacy and ethical requirements.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  

Qualifications:

• A relevant tertiary qualification, preferably in software engineering or a similar discipline. 
• Can gain and maintain a national security clearance as required.

You must be a New Zealand citizen or Permanent Resident visa holder.

About MBIE - Ētahi kōrero mō MBIE:

MBIE's goal is to create a resilient and high-performing economy that delivers real and ongoing quality of life for all New Zealanders.

We do this by working with others to create an environment that supports businesses to be more productive and internationally competitive, enables all New Zealanders to participate in the economy through improved job opportunities and by working to ensure quality housing is more affordable.

People are at the heart of our mahi, our way of working is guided by our values which shape our behaviours.

• Mahi Tahi – Better Together
• Māia – Bold and brave
• Pae Kahurangi – Build our Future
• Pono Me Te Tika – Own It

Our aspirations are echoed in our Māori identity – Hīkina Whakatutuki – which broadly means ‘lifting to make successful'.

MBIE recognises the partnership founded under Te Tiriti o Waitangi between Māori and the Crown and is committed to giving effect to Te Tiriti o Waitangi. We will do this through enduring, meaningful and effective partnerships with iwi, Māori, other Māori groups/organisations and the Crown, as this is critical to enable economic and social development, both for Māori and for wider Aotearoa New Zealand. We are committed to continuing to partner with iwi in order to find new sustainable solutions to address long standing systemic and cross-cutting issues facing Māori and wider Aotearoa New Zealand and we are also committed to identifying opportunities for iwi to lead and creating an enabling environment for iwi to leverage these opportunities.

E mōhio ana a Hīkina Whakatutuki i puea ake te kōtuinga I waenganui i a ngāi Māori me te Karauna i Te Tiriti o Waitangi, ā, kei te whai ia ki te whakaū ake i Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Mā te whai kiko o ngā kōtuinga ahunga roa o ngā iwi, o ngāi Māori, me ētahi atu rōpū Māori ki te Karauna, ka tutuki tēnei. He āhuatanga nui tēnei e āhei ai ngā mahi whanaketanga ā-ohanga, ā-pāpori hoki ki a ngāi Māori me Aotearoa whānui. E whai tonu ana mātou ki te kōtui atu ki ngā iwi mō te rapu huarahi hou ki te whakaara i ngā kaupapa kua roa nei e tāmi ana i a ngāi Māori me Aotearoa whānui, ā, e whai ana hoki ki te tautohu i ngā āheinga kōkiritanga mā ngā iwi, me te tautoko i ngā iwi kia whai mana ake ai ēnei āheinga.

How to Apply - Me pēhea te tono:

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When you are ready to apply please send a CV and cover letter telling us why you're the perfect fit for this role. All applications must be submitted via our online process.

We can't wait to hear from you! Email Nik Sharma at nikhil.sharma@mbie.govt.nz quoting ref MBIE/19897 if you have any further questions.

Applications close on Thursday, 13 July 2026