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Data Engineering Manager - Energy MarketsThe future of energy is digitised, decarbonised, and localised. At SmartestEnergy Australia, we need revolutionary thinkers to help our customers make the most of this new landscape, thinking differently to find smart solutions to complex problems. Formed in 2020, were an agile business driven by entrepreneurial thinking. As a subsidiary of the Marubeni Corporation and SmartestEnergy Limited UK, we also have strong investment and infrastructure behind us.We have our corporate office in Sydney CBD and another office in Melbourne. Further expansion is planned for 2025 and beyond which means global career opportunities for you, with plenty of potential to explore new markets.Flexibility is vital to success in our business and many of our staff work flexibly in many ways, including part-time, remotely or a mix of remote/office. Please talk to us about what flexibility means to you and dont let anything stop you from applying. When you join our Team, you will have the opportunity to contribute and make an impact every single day.This role is based in our Melbourne office with Hybrid working arrangement.Role PurposeThe RoleSolution Architecture - Leads the design and development of software/data solution for an Energy Retailer covering Retail, Risk, Trading and Finance functionsPeople & Project Leadership - leads a team of 4 developers, designing, estimating and developing solutions for projectsTechnology Leadership Provides technology leadership on Azure, identifies new technologies, engages across the Smartest group, and cloud computing costsKey Responsibilities:Leads the design and development of software/data solution for each functional domain in the business:Retail - Progressive Purchasing, Demand Response, integration with Tally Billing and bespoke Pricing solutionsRisk - Price forecasting, Price Curves, Credit management, Green Certificate, VaR, StoplossTrading Pricing of Retail contracts, position reporting for electricity and certificatesFinance Contract valuations, Workday integrationMarket Interfaces - integrations to external parties (AEMO, Meter Data Agents) for meter data capture and market data (AEMO MMS & MSATS)Leads a growing team, currently 4 developers, based in Melbourne including interviewing, hiring, training, mentoring, and performance management.Participates in projects, attends Steering Committees, accountable for design, development estimates, developer adherence to timelines, code qualityAs a member of the global architecture forum engages with across UK and USA ensuring solutions align to global standardsManages team capacity across multiple projects, small changes and production supportBuilds relationships and works with external suppliers / consultancies / recruiters to deliver projects and / or augment capacity as appropriateBuild effective relations to VP levelsTechnology LeadershipProvides technology leadership on Azure with key strengths inSystem integration & data flow orchestrationData and Software enterprise architectureIdentifies new technologies, product enhancements, product market places and identifies opportunities for implementation at Smartest includingData warehousing Azure Synapse, Fabric, PowerBiWorkforce Productivity - GenAi / CopIlotRetail Billing - TallyERP - Workday and Workday Marketplace.ETRM - Energy One TradingEngages across the Smartest group ensuring adherence to group standards by participating in the group architecture forumIdentifies and proactively manages technical debt by effectively balancing project needs to go live while ensuring any tech debt is resolved as part of the project. Raising IT projects to get system refactoring prioritized where needed.Manages cloud computing costs and identifying opportunities to minimize spendPerformance Indicators:Technical staff are high performing, having both the technical skills and business acumen to work directly with business functions including Trading, Risk, Finance & RetailCritical systems are operational as per agreed SLAsProjects and small change are delivered on time, to scope and to acceptable qualityThe technology ecosystem remains robust and secureCloud cost remains in budgetSolutions re approved by Global architecture forumExperience:3+ years of Energy Markets domain knowledge3+ years of experience in IT leadership roles, focusing on software development5+ years'' experience in designing, estimating and developing enterprise scale data and software solutions5+ years working on Azure platform components including Data Lake, Data Factory, Azure SQL, Synapse/DWH, Azure Functions, Azure App Services5+ years experience in programming languages such as, C#, Java, Python5+ years experience in data platforms and query languages such as TSQL, Spark SQL, PostgreSQL, MySQLAzure DevOps, including code repository management and CI/CD pipeline.Knowledge:Energy Markets, market operations, market data and power trading & retailingCertifications in Azure data and software engineeringQualifications in Data Engineering, Software Engineering, Computer Science, Data Science, or related disciplineWhat we offer:A genuine commitment to smarter working we recognise your work/life balance mattersCompetitive base salary & yearly bonusesLeave Benefits - Paid Parental, Service, Wellbeing & Birthday leaveEmployee Assistance Program - SONDEREmployee Health and Wellbeing Platform - WHEREFITPersonal development and coaching opportunities.EV Salary Packaging BenefitsDiversityWe know that for our business to thrive we need diverse talent with a range of backgrounds, skills and capabilities in each of the countries in which we operate. We view diversity as one of the key enablers that helps our business to grow.Celebrating our inclusive and diverse culture is core to what we do. We value everybody irrespective of background, disability, religion, gender identity, sexuality or ethnicity.We''re committed to making the application process easy and comfortable. Let us know how we can help you with any reasonable adjustments that can be tailored to your needs. At the bottom of each of our adverts you can find one of our recruitment teams'' contact details. Please reach out so we can discuss with you further. #J-18808-Ljbffr