Data Scientist

Location : Sydney, Canberra.
Duration : 12-month contract with 1x12 month extension.
Eligibility : Australian citizenship with NV1 Security Clearance required.
In office and working from home arrangements can be discussed.

The Role:

Seeking a Data Scientist for a contract opportunity, where you will work with one or more multi-disciplinary teams to deliver digital services within the department.

The successful candidate will bring an inquisitive and collaborative mindset to the team, building understanding of technical concepts in our non-technical team members, and taking an open and pragmatic approach to solving problems.

Key duties:

• Aid teams in maximizing existing data and exploring new data sources.
• Identify suitable data sources for user requirements and integrate them into user-centric digital product features using various techniques like analysis, visualization, predictive modeling, and machine learning.
• Help teams grasp the strategic aspects of data usage, encompassing privacy, security, and regulatory compliance.

Requirements:

• Proven experience as a Data Scientist or Data Analyst.
• Extensive experience in large scale transformations.
• Demonstrable experience in solving complex problems with data not opinion.
• Strong track record working in agile and multi-disciplinary teams.
• Understanding of machine-learning and operations research.
• Knowledge of R, SQL and Python.
• Experience using Azure business intelligence tools such as Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure Databricks, Microsoft Power BI.