Senior Data Analyst

The APS6 Data Analyst is expected to undertake complex, technical work under limited direction that is compliant with agency policies, procedures, standards, methodologies

The position is not a team leadership position, but as an experienced team member the role is required to coach and guide junior staff and contribute strongly to problem solving and the delivery of high quality outcomes in a multi-disciplinary team environment.

Citizenship:

As part of the eligibility and suitability requirement, NDIA seeks Labour Hire Workers who are Australian citizens only. Successful candidates will be required to furnish valid evidence of citizenship during the Pre-engagement Check.

Labour Hire Licence:

Applicable for ACT, VIC and QLD: Labour hire licences are required in the state that specified personnel are being contracted.

Key duties and responsibilities

• Active participation in small, multi-disciplinary teams, in the design, build, deployment and maintenance of data assets and data products in the NDIAs cloud data platform.
• Presentation of complex technical options, decisions and results tailored to audiences with different levels of technical and data literacy.
• Data wrangling, profiling and quality assessment of new or changed data sources and new data integrations
• Translation of business rules and requirements into coded transformations
• Design and prototype development of new data attributes and products
• Data validation testing including defect and anomaly remediation
• Shared accountability for data products that are robust and error free
• Maintaining code base and documentation standards, and sharing knowledge across analyst teams

About the organisation

The National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) is an independent statutory agency that is responsible for implementing the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), which will support a better life for hundreds of thousands of Australians with a significant and permanent disability and their families and carers. The NDIA values a positive contemporary attitude to disability.

As a Federal Agency, we work within a legislative and regulatory environment. We adhere to the Australian Public Service Code of Conduct as set out in section 13 of the Public Service Act 1999.

Our work is driven by the Corporate Plan which provides strategic direction to achieve our purpose of making a difference so that people with disability can choose and achieve their goals.

The NDIA Values are:

- We value people – We put participants at the heart of everything we do.

- We grow together – We work together to deliver quality outcomes.

- We aim higher – We are resilient and always have the courage to do better.

- We take care – We own what we do and we do the right thing.

Our values reflect our passion and commitment to building a positive, participant-centred culture.

Criteria

The buyer has specified that each candidate must provide a one page pitch to address all criteria specified. This is equal to 5000 characters.

Essential criteria

1. Extensive data analysis experience with a strong ability to prototype high quality solutions from complex disparate datasets.
2. Advanced programming expertise (6+ years) across SQL, SAS, R, and/or Python.
3. Proven ability to work independently with a clear purpose and deliver high-quality outcomes with limited supervision under tight deadlines.
4. Ability to work as part of a team with active collaboration, sharing of skills and capacity, and shared accountability for team outcomes
5. Experience working within an industrialised Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW) environment and understanding of data pipelines, modelling and data and reporting platform architectures
6. Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills, including the ability to translate business discussions into data flows and process documentation while collaborating effectively in team settings.

Desirable criteria

1. Experience with Snowflake, or other cloud data platforms and SAS Viya platforms.
2. Familiarity with Fabric Power BI reporting platform
3. Adaptability and willingness to learn new analytics platforms and tools as required.


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