On 1 July 2025, the QAS transitioned to a Statutory Body, guided by our values and focused on developing fit-for-purpose governance and corporate arrangements that support our vision of Inspiring Extraordinary Sporting Success.

We are seeking talented, motivated individuals whose values and behaviours align with our team and culture.

If you are passionate about high performance, committed to continuous improvement, and want to be part of something transformational, we invite you to join us on this exciting journey.

Job details

The Queensland Academy of Sport (QAS) is on a bold journey towards Brisbane 2032 and beyond. Following the extraordinary success of Queensland athletes at the recent Olympic and Paralympic Games, we are now focused on delivering even more medal-winning moments through to Los Angeles 2028 and our home Games in 2032. Our ambitious high-performance strategy for the 2032 Games is to create more medal-winning moments for Queensland athletes that inspire their state and nation. While our strategy guides our performance, our culture truly delivers it. Given our vision, our culture is vitally important to us.

The Data Engineer will contribute to designing, operating, and scaling the QAS Performance Data Platform to support high-performance sport. This role will contribute to the end-to-end data infrastructure, ensuring reliable ingestion, storage, transformation, and access to data across QAS.

Working closely with performance support staff, corporate services, and technology partners, the Data Engineer ensures data systems are robust, secure, and fit for purpose - enabling timely, high-quality insights that directly support athlete development, coaching decisions, and strategic performance outcomes. The role plays a critical part in evolving the platform to meet growing data demands and unlocking a sustainable, data-informed competitive advantage for QAS.

A degree in data, computer science, IT or related field is a mandatory requirement. 

Some of your responsibilities will include:

• Provide technical advice to QAS leadership, staff, coaches, athletes, and system partners on data architecture, pipelines, and platform capabilities that enable reliable, high-quality decision-making.
• Contribute to the delivery, operation, and continuous improvement of the QAS Data Platform, translating performance and business needs into scalable data engineering solutions.
• Support the design, build, and maintenance of robust data pipelines, integrations, and storage layers to support the ingestion and processing of performance, training, and operational data.
• Support the evaluation and implementation of emerging data engineering, cloud, and AI-enabling technologies, balancing innovation with reliability, security, and cost control.
• Ensure data quality, consistency, observability, and availability across the platform to enable trustworthy downstream analytics, reporting, and modelling.
• Assist in establishing and enforcing data engineering standards, platform governance, and security controls, embedding best practices in data privacy, access management, and compliance.
• Collaborate with internal and external providers to scale platform capability and uplift data maturity within the business.

The QAS is committed to ensuring the safety and wellbeing of all athletes, children and young people that are involved in QAS supported sport programs.

We are committed to an environment where athletes from any background are heard, treated fairly and free from abuse.

More information regarding the QAS Safeguarding Statement of Commitment can be found on our website (https://www.qasport.qld.gov.au/about-qas/sport-integrity).

The role description will outline any qualifications, licences and specific requirements of the role. If you are interested in this job we encourage you to read the attached role description and talk to the contact officer.

• Applications will remain current for a period of up to 12 months and may be considered for other vacancies (identical or similar).
• Appointments are subject to criminal history checks in accordance with section 52 of the Public Sector Act 2022.
• Prior to appointment, current and previous public sector employees are required to disclose any history of serious disciplinary action in accordance with section 71 of the Public Sector Act 2022.
• All employees are required to disclose any interest/s that conflict, may conflict or may be perceived to conflict with the discharge of their duties in accordance with section 182 of the Public Sector Act 2022.

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Further information

We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.

Documents

Before applying for this vacancy please ensure you read the documents below.

• QAS Applicant Kit (PDF, 477KB)
  Application Kit
  
  QAS688746 Data Engineer - RD (PDF, 477KB)
  Role Description