Senior BI Developer - Temporary 12-month opportunity (Sydney)

Department of Customer Service

Reference number: req52913

Occupation: Information and Communications Technology

Work type: Full time

Location: Sydney City

Salary: AU$133,348 - AU$146,945 plus superannuation

Closing date: 31 July 2026 at 10:00 AM

A senior BI developer who leads the delivery of insights that drive policy and service delivery for NSW. The role is full-time, 12-month temporary (with option to extend). The compensation aligns with Clerk grade 9/10 and includes leave loading.

About the team

The analytics team is high-performing and trusted by executive leadership. The team develops high-value analytics use cases, provides advisory expertise, maintains critical reporting solutions and focuses on creating value and business outcomes.

Responsibilities

- Define and lead the production of reports, visualisations, and recommendations to address business problems.
- Extract and transform data, build semantic models, set up data warehouses and design data systems.
- Identify, interpret and analyse data using statistical techniques to answer business problems.
- Raise, scope and implement process improvement opportunities.
- Provide subject-matter expertise and recommend improvements to enhance data products and service reliability.
- Oversee operational support for BI solutions, including monitoring, data refresh, reconciliation, troubleshooting, and defect resolution.
- Lead business- requirement gathering and stakeholder management for new and existing analytics solutions; maintain design documentation.
- Collaborate with and mentor junior developers, ensuring best practice.

Qualifications

- Demonstrated experience leading data visualisation, data science, or advanced analytics projects.




- Experience designing, developing and deploying reporting solutions in Power BI, Tableau, Qlik or similar.
- Deep understanding of analytics best practices, data governance and reporting applications.
- Experience mentoring junior team members and working in cross-functional teams.
- Strong stakeholder management and workshop facilitation skills; ability to present insights clearly.
- Capacity to translate technical challenges into simple solutions and milestones.
- Relevant tertiary qualification in Statistics, Mathematics, Data Science, Computer Science, Information Technology, Econometrics or related field.

Technical Skills

- Advanced Power BI data visualisation and reporting.
- Familiarity with Microsoft Fabric and cloud-based data platforms.
- Experience with version control and CI/CD pipelines for data workflows.
- Intermediate SQL expertise (advanced queries, performance tuning).
- Intermediate Tableau and/or Qlik visualisation skills.
- Strong understanding of data modelling and visualisation principles.
- Experience with SAP Business Warehouse and SAP data structures.
- Knowledge of data governance, data quality, and security best practices.

Equal Employment Opportunity

We provide adjustments to the recruitment process for candidates, including individuals with disability. If you require an adjustment during the recruitment process, including alternate formats or have questions about the support available, please contact Talent Operations at .

Diversity and Inclusion

The strength of our workforce lies in its diversity and embracing difference. The Department is committed to building an inclusive workplace and welcomes diverse candidates.

We also support work-life balance and offer flexible work arrangements for eligible employees.

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