Lead Data Analyst

Duration: 12 months, with a 12-month extension option

Location: Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne or Canberra

Work Arrangements: Flexible Work Arrangements

Company Overview

BLACKROC is partnering with a major Federal Government agency to recruit a Lead Data Analyst.

Role Purpose

This is a senior, hands-on role leading and delivering complex technical work under limited direction. You'll lead, coach and guide a small group of Data Analysts within a strategic change program delivering important data assets and capabilities. The work demands highly developed technical skills, genuine curiosity and critical thinking to diagnose and solve problems and deliver high-quality outcomes in a multi-disciplinary team environment.

Key Responsibilities

- Active participation in small, multi-disciplinary teams in the design, build, deployment and maintenance of data assets and data products in a cloud data platform
- Presenting 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
- Translating 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

Required Skills & Experience





- Extensive data analysis experience with a strong ability to prototype high-quality solutions from complex, disparate datasets
- Advanced programming expertise (8+ years) across SQL, SAS, R and/or Python
- Proven ability to work independently with explicit purpose, delivering high-quality outcomes with limited supervision under tight deadlines
- Ability to work as part of a team with active collaboration, sharing of skills and capacity, and shared accountability for team outcomes
- Experience working within an industrialised Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW) environment, with an understanding of data pipelines, modelling, and data and reporting platform architectures
- Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills, including the ability to translate business discussions into data flows and process documentation
- Australian citizenship, and the ability to obtain a Baseline security clearance

Preferred Skills & Qualifications

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

Please click the 'Apply' button to submit your resume. For more information please contact Usama at [email protected] or on 0414 330 211. At BLACKROC Recruitment, we are committed to fostering diversity, equity, and inclusion. We welcome applications from individuals of diverse backgrounds, including those with lived experiences. If you require any adjustments during the recruitment process, please don't hesitate to reach out to the above-mentioned BLACKROC Consultant.

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