Senior Data Analyst (Metadata Lead) – Australian Government

Contract · Up to 12 months + extension options | Senior (APS6 equivalent) | Baseline clearance
Location: capital city of QLD, ACT, VIC, SA or TAS, including Cairns and Robina · onsite for the first 6 weeks, then hybrid may be considered

A large Australian Government agency needs a Senior Data Analyst to lead business metadata uplift for its priority datasets, including data used by approved AI projects. You’ll run the metadata workstream, supervise a team of metadata developers and make sure metadata is consistent, complete and ready for registration.

What you’ll do

- Lead the metadata workstream: help set scope, governance, success measures and reporting, prioritise high-value data assets and allocate work to metadata developers.
- Track progress, quality, risks, coverage and registration status.
- Analyse and curate existing metadata, data warehouse artefacts, data dictionaries, data models, lineage and source-system documentation.
- Find gaps, duplication and inconsistent terminology, and harmonise definitions, naming and governance attributes.
- Write clear, plain-English definitions and data asset descriptions for business and technical audiences, and quality-review the team’s work.
- Work with subject matter experts, data stewards, engineers, analysts and AI project contacts to validate metadata and take it through registration.
- Coach metadata developers in ISO/IEC 11179 and agency standards, and support handover to ongoing stewardship.

What you’ll bring

- Expertise implementing ISO/IEC 11179 for metadata registries.




- Experience leading metadata development, quality assurance or related data management work.
- Knowledge of ONDC metadata attributes, National Archives of Australia requirements and DCAT, or the ability to learn them quickly.
- Data capability at DCF Level 2 in data communication, data outputs, research questions, statistical analysis and subject matter expertise, and at Level 1 in data integration and visualisation.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a Baseline security clearance before starting.
- Willingness to work at the role location for the full contract.

Nice to have

- Data governance and data management experience
- Strong research, analysis and synthesis skills
- Solid written, verbal and facilitation skills
- Advanced Microsoft Excel and project coordination
- Experience supervising or coaching staff
- Ability to learn agency programs and data landscapes quickly

Contract details

- Start: estimated 1 December 2026
- Term: up to 12 months, with extension options
- Hours: full time, up to 50 hours per week

Apply here: https://www.datamaturitysolutions.com.au/candidates/jobs/senior-data-analyst-1006

Pay: $110.00 – $150.00 per hour

Expected hours: 40.0 per week

Application Question(s):

- Are you able to obtain and maintain an Australian Government Baseline security clearance?
- Do you live within commuting distance of a capital city in QLD, ACT, VIC, SA or TAS, or Cairns or Robina?
- Can you work onsite for the first 6 weeks of the contract, then hybrid, for the full term?

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Canberra ACT 2601

📌 Senior Data Analyst (Canberra)
🏢 Data Maturity Solutions
📍 Canberra