Senior Data Engineer - Sydney CBD

Senior Data Engineer

 

Location – Sydney CBD

Employment type – Ongoing, Full Time  

Salary – $120,859,032.00- $133,183.00 PA, Plus Employers Contribution to Superannuation and Leave Loading

 

 

Your role

 

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Data Engineer to join the Data and Analytics Unit within the Courts, Tribunals and Services Delivery division.  You will perform a range of advanced data engineering functions within the division for the achievement of business objectives and strategic goals.

 

This is a hands-on role that requires significant technical expertise to ingest, transform, store, and manage data from multiple source systems to enable reporting and analysis. The role will also lead process simplification work for efficiency improvements.

 

You will work closely with other business units and must have the ability to communicate effectively and tailor clear and concise communication to the audience.

 

About you

 

We are looking for someone who has an extensive background in software and data engineering and relevant tertiary qualifications or demonstrated currency of knowledge in the areas of data products.

 

What you’ll do

 

• Provides expert advice to stakeholders, recommending and implementing ways to improve data efficiency and reliability, ensuring associated risks with deployment are documented and understood.
• Uses agreed standards and tools to design, develop, test, correct and document moderate to complex programs and scripts from agreed specifications and subsequent iterations to meet service delivery outcomes.
• Make complex and technical information and language simple and accessible for non-technical audiences, facilitating difficult discussions within the team or with diverse senior stakeholders and assisting with management of collaborative processes across the organisation to support the delivery of services to stakeholders and clients.
• Monitor data quality and take appropriate action for the remediation of data quality issues detected.
• Prepare written communications such as emails, minutes, briefs and technical documents to maintain good working relationships with internal and external stakeholders and to facilitate better understanding of data and its use in decision making.

 

What we’re looking for

• The successful candidate will demonstrate the following:
• Appropriate tertiary qualifications and/or demonstrated relevant equivalent professional experience.
• Demonstrated experience in contemporary analytics tools (Oracle, Tableau, Alteryx preferable)
• Experience in programming languages (SQL preferable)
• Experience in writing architectural documentation
• Understanding of processes to identify data quality issues

 

Download the role description.

 

 

To apply directly via the DCJ Careers site click here. Search for the job and click the ‘Apply now’ button.

 

We focus on hiring people who share our commitment and goals of inclusion, collaboration, adaptability, courage and integrity. If you meet the essential requirements and the role resonates with you, please apply – you do not need to meet every desired requirement for us to want to talk to you.

 

What We Offer

 

We offer a variety of benefits, including:

 

• A challenging and rewarding career
• Flexible, autonomous work environment
• Competitive pay and conditions
• Training and development opportunities to build and maintain capabilities
• Health & Wellbeing and Employee Assistance Programs.

 

Want more information?  Visit our website to see more information on Working for us.

 

We do work that really matters

 

Working for the Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ) provides lots of opportunities to make a real difference. We collaborate with other agencies and community partners, to improve lives and realise the potential of children, adults, families and communities. We're focused on breaking, rather than managing, disadvantage. It’s work that really matters.

 

Apply now and join Australia’s top public sector employer where we will support you and provide an exciting and flexible working environment!

 

Are you ready to join us?

 

Click apply, attach a cover letter (maximum 2 pages) outlining how you meet the requirements of the role as well as an up-to-date résumé (maximum 5 pages).

 

Or

 

Click apply, attach an up-to-date résumé (maximum 5 pages) and a cover letter (maximum 3 pages) addressing the 2 targeted questions below with a brief outline on how you meet the requirements of the role:

 

• Can you provide an example of where you have simplified a complex data process. Outline the situation, what you did and the result.

 

• Can you provide a sample of an architectural document you have prepared (deidentified as appropriate). Please include a summary of the audience and context.

 

Applications close 08/12/2024 at 11:59pm AEST.

 

Got a question?

 

For more information about the role or what it’s like to work for DCJ, please contact the hiring manager Vince Ciccone via Vince Ciccone@DCJ.nsw.gov.au.  

 

If you’ve got a question about applying or would benefit from an adjustment in the recruitment process to help you perform at your best (including an alternate method submission of the application), please call Matthew Oakley via Matthew.Oakley@dcj.nsw.gov.au.  

 

Visit Recruitment adjustments on the DCJ website to learn more.

 

Inclusion and Diversity lies at the heart of how we recruit

 

We continue to hire great people with a wide variety of skills, experience and backgrounds. This includes people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, women, people identifying as LGBTIQ+, culturally and linguistically diverse people, carers and other diversity groups.

 

To find out what DCJ are doing to build an inclusive and diverse workforce, visit Inclusion and diversity on the DCJ website.

 

Other Information

 

A talent pool may be created for future ongoing and temporary roles and is valid for a period of up to 18 months.

 

For more information visit Your recruitment journey on the DCJ website.

 

 

Thank you for your interest in this role. We look forward to receiving your application.

 

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