Senior Solution Engineer

Senior Solution Engineer
Location: Melbourne VIC (with travel to project sites as required)
Employment Type: Full-time permanent

1. Position Purpose

The Senior Solution Engineer is responsible for the ongoing design development and operation of core data and custom-built application platforms with primary ownership of the Microsoft Fabric data platform the Morpheus labour cost intelligence application and other system-to-system integrations. This is a hands-on technically deep role spanning data engineering cloud infrastructure system integration and full-stack application development and is central to the organisations ability to automate business processes and turn operational and workforce data into decision-ready insight.

2. Key Responsibilities

2.1 Data Platform (Microsoft Fabric)

Design build and maintain data ingestion pipelines from source systems such as Microsoft Entra SharePoint Lists Excel workbooks and third-party SaaS platforms e.g. Premier Construction Cloud SafetyCulture Employment Hero Neo Intelligence Visibuild etc.

Implement and maintain appropriate security and access controls across Fabric SQL and Power BI to ensure fit-for-purpose data governance.

Troubleshoot and optimise data pipelines for reliability performance and cost.

2.2 Morpheus Product Ownership

Own the ongoing development of Morpheus a labour cost intelligence and scenario modelling platform built on a React/Vite frontend Python Azure Functions backend and Azure SQL / Fabric SQL DB.

Maintain and extend appropriate security controls for the application.

Design and deliver new features in line with the product roadmap co-created with business stakeholders.

Manage Azure infrastructure supporting Morpheus monitoring cost performance and reliability.

Maintain CI/CD practices (e.g. branching environment promotion) for the codebase.

2.3 Architecture and Design

Partner with the CIO to make key architecture and design decisions in relation to Fabric Morpheus and system integration in general.

Produce clear technical documentation architecture and design decisions to support governance and stakeholder decision-making.

2.4 Stakeholder Engagement

Act as the key technical point of contact for data platform and Morpheus-related matters across the business.

Translate business and operational requirements into technical solutions balancing pragmatism with long-term platform sustainability.

Support and upskill other staff engaging with the platforms including light mentoring where appropriate.

3. Key Relationships

3.1 Internal

Business unit and project leaders gathering requirements and driving adoption of Fabric and Morpheus to create value for the business.

Finance payroll and admin teams coordination of data input / ingestion and reporting requirements.

3.2 External

Microsoft and related managed services provider platform relationship covering Azure Fabric and Entra.

Software vendors (e.g. SafetyCulture Employment Hero Premier Construction Cloud) initial integration and ongoing maintenance.

Specialist vendors engaged from time to time to support delivery of specific technical initiatives.

4. Key Selection Criteria

4.1 Essential

Demonstrated experience with Microsoft Fabric or equivalent modern data platform technologies including lakehouse/medallion architecture.

Strong hands-on experience with Azure cloud services including Azure Functions Azure SQL and Infrastructure-as-Code (Bicep or Terraform).

Full-stack development experience ideally including React and Python.

Application integration experience using API OData streaming services etc.

Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions or equivalent).

Proficiency in AI-assisted / agentic software engineering (e.g. using Claude Code).

Proficiency in secure application development and user access controls.

Excellent stakeholder communication skills with the ability to work directly with senior leadership.

4.2 Desirable

Experience in the construction contracting or industrial/data centre sectors.

Understanding of Australian compliance frameworks relevant to IT and data (e.g. Privacy Act ISO 27001).

5. What Success Looks Like

The Fabric data platform is reliable well-governed and continues to expand to bring new operational data sources online to enable Morpheus and other reporting / analytics systems such as Power BI data science etc.

Morpheus continues to evolve as a trusted source of labour cost intelligence construction project productivity and other performance metrics for the business with a healthy feature roadmap and stable operations.

The CIO has a capable technical partner who can own delivery end-to-end and provide sound advice on data application and integration decisions.