Principal Data Consultant

**Location: This role is open in Melbourne or Sydney**

**About DiUS**

DiUS brings together the best of technology consulting and product development. We're a team of pioneers, thinkers, investigators, doers, collaborators and change-makers, and we love what we do.

We've built our success, partnering with our clients to build elegant bespoke solutions and uplifting capability, with a focus on technical excellence and sustainable delivery. Our clients include some of Australia's largest organisations, as well as some pretty cool start-ups.

We were the first in Australia and New Zealand to attain the AWS Machine Learning Competency, and we're continuing to invest and grow our Data and ML practice. As part of this growth, we're looking for a Principal Data Consultant to join our very talented team.

**About the Role**

This is a role for a data expert that can get to the heart of a problem and isn't afraid to roll up their sleeves. This role has 3 key focus areas: strategy, client advisory and delivery. We are looking for a passionate and experienced person who will be at the heart of our data ecosystem and ready to help nurture and grow opportunities, lead clients through their data discovery, as well as drive the delivery of solutions and mature our team capability.

Main responsibilities:

- Working with our Client Engagement team to identify and define opportunities for growth
- Working with Clients as a trusted advisor to understand their data vision and needs, and extend this into shaping and driving the approach on how to use data, develop backend systems and data models to serve the client needs, whilst being actively involved in the delivery process
- Designing, developing, testing, documenting and maintaining data models, reports and dashboards that meet business needs and requirements
- Designing, developing, testing, documenting and maintaining data pipelines across a range of technologies
- Understand and implement data governance requirements and ensure that technical risks and unknowns are addressed
- Help develop and foster a culture of data excellence across the organisation
- Mentor and coach internal developers to grow our data capability

**About You**
- Previous experience designing and delivering data solutions, ideally in a consulting environment
- Experience in varied forms of data infrastructure, including modern architectures like data mesh and data fabric
- Experience building scalable data pipelines and data models
- Experience in data visualisation and building reports
- A background in software engineering with thorough understanding of relevant tools, languages, frameworks and standards
- Awareness of big data frameworks - Spark, Hadoop, Flink
- Understanding of database architectures and approaches - OLAP/OLTP/HTAP, NoSQL, Document, RDBMS, KeyValue, wide column stores
- Experience across Google, AWS, Azure (Databricks, Confluent and Snowflake)
- Ability to discuss subtler dimensions of data - governance, compliance, discoverability, security
- Bonus points for experience in Machine Learning
- Excellent analytical and problem solving skills
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- Experience with Agile methodologies and tools
- Experience working within professional services organisations
- Very comfortable navigating through ambiguity and leading others through ambiguity

**Why work for us?**

At DiUS, we're really proud of the work we do and have an excellent track record in growing our people. We've created a place to call home for those who love emerging tech, are inspired by learning, and want to leave the world a better place than they found it. We're big fans of gaining and sharing knowledge and support our people through funding events, memberships and broader development opportunities.

We value our people and provide an inclusive environment. Being different, diverse, and having trust is important for us.

98% of our people would recommend DiUS as a Great Place To Work, which is one of the reasons why we have been ranked in the top 12 workplaces in Australia, and in Technology, over the last 2 years

At our core, we are driven by our values—always be growing, move humanity forward, seek greatness, spread change and be about the band. They reflect our passion, purpose, and beliefs.

**Some of our Benefits**:

- **$2,500 DiUS contribution **towards the laptop/PC of your choice, helping you do your best work
- **WFH** monthly allowance
- **Set Up Home Office** allowance
- **Special Interest Groups** (SIGS) and **Brown Bags** for you to lunch, learn and connect with your colleagues
- **Paid parental leave**:

- **Flexible & hybrid **working** **arrangements
- **A coaching model to help you grow in a way that works for YOU**:

- We're a tech firm, so there is every bit as much food, socials, catering and ubiquitous pizza as you would imagine The short version is **we love to learn, eat and exercise