Python Job: Data Engineers, Competitive Intelligence and Analy

• Join an organisation that's ranked in the top 2% of universities worldwide!
• Remuneration Package: $126,502 to $140,431p.a.
• Full-Time, Fixed-Term and Ongoing positions, Penrith Campus

About Western

Western Sydney University is a modern, forward-thinking, research-led university in the heart of Australia’s fastest-growing, economically significant region. The University has 12 campuses, over 200,000 alumni, almost 50,000 students and approximately 3,500 staff.

Our Schools teach an array of programs and degrees carefully structured to meet future industry demands.

The University is ranked in the top two per cent of universities worldwide, with over 85 per cent of its assessed research rated at ‘World Standard’ or above.

In 2022, the University was ranked 1st worldwide in Australia for its commitment to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals in The Higher Education (THE) University Impact Rankings.

About Competitive Intelligence and Analytics (CIA)

A cross-functional, energetic and highly engaged team, CIA is responsible for the design, production and continuous improvement of the University’s machine learning models, which forecast and report the University’s performance for:

About the Role

CIA has become a single source of truth for the University’s data assets, capturing data from different systems and engineering the data into a view that accurately reflects the business process lifecycle.

This focus on the operations and the business rules differentiates CIA’s data engineering with the output more meaningful for decision-making. CIA’s Data Engineers practice technology-enabled, automated data management.

Benefits

Western Sydney University has long been identified as a University of the people. We value the contributions made by our staff and recognise that they underpin the enablement of our mission and values. We offer the following:

• Flex leave for professional staff
• 17% super contributions
• Professional development opportunities
• Flexible working practices, including hybrid work options
• Inclusive culture

About You

A proactive relationship manager who sees value in developing and investing in positive relationships with a wide range of stakeholders to understand the requirements of the business.

A demonstrated ability to transform those requirements into meaningful data which communicates effectively and in an engaging way.

Demonstrated extensive experience in working in SQL, Alteryx and/or Python to design and develop efficient Extract, Transform, Load (ETL) with well-structured, optimised and documented code.

And most of all, you value working in a supportive, collaborative team environment.

We welcome your application!

The opportunities

CIA has six (6) Data Engineer positions available. Four in the Tertiary Collection of Student Information (TCSI) team, who will maintain the University’s core dataset, and two in the Views and Features team, which provides an information layer to the Government, Data Scientists, Visualisation Specialists and other end users.

Data Engineer (TCSI)

• 2x Fixed term roles (end date 31 December 2024)
• 2x Permanent ongoing roles

Data Engineer (Views and Features)

• 2x Permanent ongoing roles

Please refer to the position description for further information.

If this sounds like an opportunity you are interested in, please apply, ensuring you carefully address each of the selection criteria in your application.

Interviews for this position will be held on Thursday 16 March 2023 at Kingswood campus.

Remuneration Package: Higher Education Worker Level 8 - $126,502 to $140,431p.a. (comprising base salary of $106,896 to $126,502 p.a., plus 17% Superannuation and Leave Loading)

Position Enquiries: Mr Terry Gozzard via [email protected]

Closing Date: 8:30pm, Sunday 12 March 2023