BI Engineer/Data Analyst

Company Description

Drive is Nine’s brand appealing to the automotive enthusiast. Working with our industry leaders you will help us achieve our vision, to shape the future of automotive in Australia by providing authoritative reviews, detailed comparisons, and innovative commerce solutions.

Job Description

About the Role

2025 is an exciting year to join the Drive team, a business wholly owned by Australia's largest media organisation, Nine Entertainment with extensive reach across all media channels. The Data Engineer role sits at the heart of our data operations, designing systems that scale, protect data quality, and support teams with data, reporting and insights. This is a hands-on role where you will play both architect and operator, designing systems that can handle diverse data types while ensuring reliability and performance at scale. You will work collaboratively with Technology squads, ETL Engineers, and the Head of Infrastructure.

Day to day you will:

• Design and maintain flexible, scalable, and efficient data models that support reporting and analytics needs.
• Build and maintain Power BI dashboards and reports to deliver clear, actionable insights for business decision-making.
• Translate complex datasets into compelling visual stories, enabling stakeholders to make data-driven decisions.
• Develop and manage self-service reporting capabilities, empowering business users while ensuring data integrity and governance standards.
• Write advanced SQL queries and optimise datasets for reporting and visualisation performance.
• Collaborate with data engineers and technology squads to ensure reliable pipelines feed into BI reporting layers.
• Ensure high standards of data quality, accuracy, and consistency across reporting assets.
• Establish and promote best practices for BI development including version control, documentation, and performance optimisation.
• Implement role-based access controls and security measures to safeguard sensitive data within reporting environments.
• Work closely with analysts, product teams, and business leaders to understand requirements and translate them into BI solutions.
• Stay up to date with BI/visualisation trends and recommend new techniques or tools to improve insights delivery.

Qualifications

Qualifications

What you’ll bring:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in data engineering, with a strong focus on data modelling, aggregation, and business intelligence.
• Proven ability to design and build efficient data models within a data warehouse environment.
• Strong understanding of data warehousing principles and dimensional modelling.
• Expert-level SQL skills for complex data manipulation, querying, and aggregation.
• Excellent communication skills to translate business needs into technical data solutions.
• A proactive, detail-oriented mindset with a focus on data accuracy and integrity.

Nice-to-Haves:

• Experience with next-generation architectures such as Vector Databases and RAG will be a plus.
• Expertise in building and maintaining reports and dashboards with Tableau.
• Experience with data loading, transformation, and performance optimization in a modern environment such as Snowflake.

Additional Information

How we work

At Nine, our flexible work options vary by role and team. Depending on the position, this may include flexible hours, hybrid work, or part-time arrangements. We welcome discussing your flexibility needs during the hiring process - just ask the Talent Acquisition team.

More info at Nine Careers.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion:

We're committed to a safe, respectful and inclusive Nine. From day one, you'll be encouraged to bring your whole self to work and will be supported to perform at your best.

We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disabilities, and of all ages, genders, nationalities, backgrounds and cultures as we recognise the importance and value of diverse perspectives. Should you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, please advise us when you apply.

Work rights: Please note to apply for this role you must already have the right to lawfully work and live in Australia.