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Graduate - Data & AI Engineer

Role overview

Qualifications

  • Recently completed or nearing completion of a degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Analytics, or a related discipline
  • Completed internships, university projects, research, or practical experience involving AI, machine learning, analytics, or data platforms
  • Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills
  • Excellent attention to detail and a quality-focused mindset

Responsibilities

  • Support activities across data and AI projects
  • Assist with validating data pipelines and reporting solutions
  • Help identify and investigate defects and data quality issues
  • Learn data engineering best practices and methodologies

Key facts

Other skills

  • Problem Solving
  • Communication
  • Collaboration
  • Detail Oriented
  • Curiosity
  • Analytical Skills

About the company

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Datacom

IT Services & IT Consulting

Customer focused values. World-class capability. The right solutions to help you navigate, wherever you are on your journey. With a breadth of offerings and depth of expertise, there isn’t a safer pair of hands to help navigate the future of your business. Datacom is Australasia's largest home-grown tech company. Drawing on the experience of over 6500 staff in 24 locations around the globe, we work with a full range of clients, from small start-ups through to government agencies and multinational corporations, to explore and extract the hidden value in their systems. We bring together over half a century of know-how, the right technology and the knowledge and creativity of our people, to deliver sustainable solutions to our customers’ greatest challenges. With our team of dedicated professionals, we work with leading partners to deliver the solutions that are right for our customers – that solve their issues and enhances their businesses. We design, build and run IT systems and processes across operations, cybersecurity, cloud, digital platforms, payroll and enterprise applications. We deliver customer care services and operate mission-critical infrastructure with best-in-class data centre facilities – Datacom delivers on the promise: practical imagination. Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Datacom Like us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/datacomcommunity Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/DatacomGroupLtd

Company details

Company typeLarge
IndustryIT Services & IT Consulting
Company size5001 - 10000

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Job description

Launch Your Career in Data and AI

Are you passionate about data and AI, and emerging technologies? Looking for an opportunity to apply your skills in a real-world environment while learning from experienced professionals?

Datacom is seeking a Graduate Data & AI Engineer to join our Application Data and Analytics team in Auckland. This is an exciting opportunity for a recent graduate who wants to build a career at the intersection of data, AI, cloud technologies, and quality engineering.

About Application Data and Analytics

At Datacom, our Application Data and Analytics team works across the full lifecycle of data and analytics solutions, from implementing new capabilities and delivering enhancements to providing ongoing managed services and operational support. We help customers build, maintain, and optimise platforms that enable data-driven decision-making while ensuring solutions remain reliable, secure, and fit for purpose. As organisations increasingly adopt AI-enabled capabilities, our team plays a key role in maintaining the quality, accuracy, and reliability of these solutions.

What You'll Be Doing

As a Graduate, you'll work alongside experienced consultants and engineers to:

  • Support activities across data and AI projects
  • Assist with validating data pipelines and reporting solutions
  • Help identify and investigate defects and data quality issues
  • Learn data engineering best practices and methodologies
  • Support the cloud-based data solutions
  • Collaborate with cloud teams, data analysts, engineers, architects, and clients
  • Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives and automation opportunities
  • Build your technical capability across modern data and AI platforms

About You

We're looking for someone who is curious, analytical, and excited by the possibilities of data and AI.

You may have:

  • Recently completed (or be nearing completion of) a degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Analytics, or a related discipline
  • Completed internships, university projects, research, or practical experience involving AI, machine learning, analytics, or data platforms
  • A genuine passion for data, technology, and problem-solving
  • Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills
  • Excellent attention to detail and a quality-focused mindset
  • The ability to learn quickly and work collaboratively within a team environment

Exposure to the following would be highly regarded

  • AWS Cloud technologies
  • AWS Glue
  • Apache Airflow
  • Azure Data Factory
  • SQL
  • Data engineering or ETL pipelines
  • Data quality concepts
  • AI and machine learning projects

Why Join Datacom?

At Datacom, you'll join a permanent team from day one. Unlike many graduate programmes, there are no rotations and no need to reapply for a role at the end of the programme. You'll build expertise in your chosen field while receiving structured support throughout your first year.

About our Early Careers Programme

As part of the Early Careers Programme you'll have the added support of our dedicated Early Careers Team. We'll be part of your journey for the first 12 months of your career. Supporting you through Induction, mentoring, events and regularly offering you extra resources and opportunities to help grow your career and connect you with your wider peer group all while you embed in your new permanent role.

Why join us here at Datacom? 

Datacom is one of Australia and New Zealand’s largest suppliers of Information Technology professional services. We have managed to maintain a dynamic, agile, small business feel that is often diluted in larger organisations of our size. It's our people that give Datacom its unique culture and energy that you can feel from the moment you meet with us. 

We care about our people and provide a range of perks such as social events, chill-out spaces, remote working, flexi-hours and professional development courses to name a few. You’ll have the opportunity to learn, develop your career, connect and bring your true self to work. You will be recognised and valued for your contributions and be able to do your work in a collegial, flat-structured environment. 

We operate at the forefront of technology to help Australia and New Zealand’s largest enterprise organisations explore possibilities and solve their greatest challenges, so you will never run out of interesting new challenges and opportunities. 

We want Datacom to be an inclusive and welcoming workplace for everyone and take pride in the steps we have taken and continue to take to make our environment fun and friendly, and our people feel supported.

Requirements

  • Located in Auckland
  • Available to start Full Time hours asap

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