AddressComcare has two Ongoing/Non-ongoing, Full-time or Part-time Vacancies for APS Level 6, Data Engineer in the Office of the Chief Data and Analytics Officer Team, either in Canberra ACT, Melbourne VIC or Launceston, TAS.
A merit pool will be created and may be used to fill similar Ongoing and Non-Ongoing vacancies.
Overview of Team and Role
The Office of the Chief Data and Analytics Officer (OCDAO) team is part of the Scheme Management Group and is responsible for ensuring that Comcare takes a mature and sophisticated approach to the management and use of data.
To achieve that, the OCDAO works across Comcare to:
- Improve enterprise data governance.
- Foster a data driven organisational culture.
- Deliver better insights through new platforms and capability uplift.
- Ensure data architecture and data models cater for versatile reporting and analytics needs.
- Delineate impacts within our data environment to facilitate a better understanding and implementation of effective controls.
- Create a framework that helps people understand their responsibilities when it comes to data.
- Embed continuous improvement in process and quality of data captures.
- Ensure consistency in the description of common data terms.
- Ensure data is leveraged effectively to solve business problems.
- Enable data capability gaps to be identified and addressed across Comcare so that Groups can be more self-sufficient in working with data.
The OCDAO has a dynamic culture that values purposeful work, making a positive impact and integrity. As part of this, it promotes a culture of valuing others, commitment, wellbeing, opportunity and celebrating achievements.
Reporting to the Director, Data Architecture and Engineering, the Data Engineer will support the delivery of Comcare’s Data Strategy through the development of technical solutions aligned with Comcare’s target state data architecture. The Data Engineer will design, development and testing of key technology solutions including ETL data pipelines and semantic layers for use in business analytics and data science applications.
This role will work closely with the other members of the Office of the Chief Data and Analytics Officer team, ICT Engineers and business areas to develop reusable data solutions in a cloud-based Microsoft Azure environment. The Data Engineer brings a combination of strong technical and communication skills to work effectively across various technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Qualifications/Experience
Mandatory
- Recent and relevant experience (2 years +) in a Data Engineering role.
Desirable
- Experience as a Data Engineer and/or data modeller in the context of data analytics and data warehousing.
- Experience working within an Azure cloud data environment, including Azure SQL Database, Azure Data Factory and Azure DevOps.
- Experience working with the Databricks data intelligence platform.
- Expertise in SQL. Proficiency in Python, PowerShell and R.
Security Clearance
- Ability to obtain and maintain a Baseline Security Clearance.
How to apply
The job information pack including how to apply can be obtained from our website https://www.comcare.gov.au/about/careers/current-vacancies.
Closing date: Sunday, 19 May 2024, 11:59pm (AEST)
