Data Engineer

Company Description

Welcome to TAL. As a leading life insurer, we’ve been protecting Australians for over 150 years. Backed by Daiichi Life, we're driven by big ambitions and empower to create better products and services.

Together with our Partners, we’re helping millions of Australians live a life filled with choices, options, and freedoms. See the direct impact you make delivering support and financial security with care and expertise. Grow beyond expectations with diverse roles, global connections, and exclusive learning opportunities.

Work with passionate, bright and capable colleagues. Feel inspired by supportive leaders. Collaborate with heart, where flexibility, wellbeing and inclusivity is valued. Together, we're reimagining insurance.

Bring your curiosity, ambition and unique perspective, and help us continue reimagining insurance through innovative thinking, digital capability and a commitment to better outcomes for the people who depend on us.

• Job Description
• As part of the Actuarial Systems team, this role is responsible for developing, testing, and supporting data solutions that enable actuarial modelling, reporting, and downstream business processes. Working across Microsoft SQL Server and Azure platforms, you will design and build production-ready data integration solutions, develop reconciliation and validation reporting, maintain database environments, and provide operational support for critical production processes. This position is suited to a highly skilled technical specialist who can manage competing priorities and deliver high-quality outcomes with minimal supervision. In addition to hands-on development and support work, you will help shape development standards and best practices, contributing to a culture of continuous improvement while collaborating closely with team members across project and operational delivery.

• In this role you will:
• •Design, build, test and implement Actuarial data systems and processes, integrating primarily with the TAL Data Platform, Prophet Enterprise platform and TAL Finance Platform.
• •Assist with implementation of accounting standards AASB17, business planning solution changes and Finance reporting platform.
• •Ensure that delivered products are secure, reliable, usable, efficient, effective and, where required, highly available and scalable.
• •Develop technical designs for step-changes in the products.
• •Ensure quality of code and adherence to platform frameworks and guidelines through code reviews and peer education.

• Qualifications
• •Experience in developing data pipelines in both traditional and cloud base environments using ETL methodologies.
• •Strong technical background, ideally having worked as a developer for 5+ years, including experience with the Microsoft stack SQL Server, database, T-SQL, SSIS, Views and Stored Procedures as well as MS Azure technology stack in particular ADF, Azure SQL and a working understanding of Azure Develops Any other Azure related knowledge or experience in the following areas: Azure Synapse and Notebooks.
• •Desirable: Broad knowledge of application development tools, techniques and languages including C#, ASP.NET, IIS, JQuery, Azure DevOps, GIT, Python, R, XML, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Azure Databricks, Azure Event Hub and Cosmos DB.
• •5+ years working experience, preferably in life insurance.
• •Experience with Atlassian software workflow and documentation tools – JIRA and Confluence.
• Benefits

At TAL, we're committed to helping our people thrive both professionally and personally. Depending on your role and eligibility, benefits may include:

• •Flexible and blended ways of working that support your work and personal commitments.
• •Access to learning, leadership development programs, LinkedIn Learning and global career opportunities through the Daiichi Life Group.
• •TAL-funded Life, Income Protection and Total & Permanent Disability insurance, plus employee insurance discounts.
• •Wellbeing support including Employee Assistance Program services, wellbeing resources, annual flu vaccinations and health initiatives.
• •Additional leave benefits including paid parental leave, wellbeing leave, community leave and purchased leave options.
• •Access to TAL Rewards Plus, offering discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and services.

Our Commitment to Inclusion

We're proud to be recognised as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality and maintain partnerships with organisations including Diversity Council Australia, Australian Disability Network and Pride in Diversity . Through our Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan , we're also committed to building meaningful relationships, creating opportunities and contributing to positive outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

We welcome applications from people with diverse experiences, perspectives and backgrounds and are committed to providing an inclusive recruitment experience for all candidates. Need adjustments during the recruitment process? Let our team know by getting in touch with us here we’re here to support you.

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