Data Technical Lead

**Overview**

This role provides advice and solutions for the data solutions, determining processes and procedures for how we move data around, ensuring flexibility and growth capabilities for both Empirics and its clients. This leadership role includes coaching and embedding best practice throughout the organisation.

**Key Accountabilities and main responsibilities**

Strategic Focus
- Plan, design, describe and present end-to-end data solutions to support product growth and enhancement. Consult with clients (new/potential) to discuss and provide appropriate data solutions for product delivery.
- Identify new product opportunities and areas to innovate to achieve revenue growth for Empirics. Participate in new business process where required.

Operational Management
- Design technical solutions and write technical specifications for incremental or new business requirements. Provide technical advice to Development & Architecture teams and help direct intelligent design of solutions. Work with Architecture team to assist implementing new technologies to be used within Empirics’ products and processes
- Propose appropriate solutions in the early stages of a project, estimating and scoping the effort of work involved. Review customer proposals and business cases to ensure projects can be delivered effectively and successfully transitioned to core business. Attend client meetings and workshops where required.
- Improve system performance by conducting tests, troubleshooting and integrating new elements
- Optimize new and current database systems
- Design conceptual and logical data models
- Analyse requirements and implement frameworks to enable consistent data integration implementations

People Leadership
- Mentor members of the team
- Work closely with Development team

Governance & Risk
- Adhere to all aspects of the Link Group Code of Conduct and Ethics Policy
- Follow Empirics development guidelines adhering to documentation, source control and code releases

**Experience & Personal Attributes**
- Tertiary qualification in computer science or a related discipline
- 10+ years of industry experience relating to data warehouse
- Strong development experience in Microsoft Technology Stack (e.g. Azure, SQL)
- Able to define high level solutions and system architectures and understand how various components of the architecture interact.
- Proven experience designing technical solutions in a rapidly changing environment
- Strong knowledge of public cloud technologies, services, and providers, including Microsoft Azure
- Solid written and verbal communication skills
- Experience communicating data architecture designs to both technical staff and to clients and non-technical stakeholders

Link Group is a leading fund administration and share registry specialist. We are a market leading provider of technology-enabled administration solutions, continually developing our offerings to expand with our clients' needs. Since our inception, Link Group has been entrusted by clients to handle sensitive data in a secure and confidential manner. Our core businesses of fund administration and securities registration are complemented by our expertise in digital solutions and data analytics.

Our Retirement & Superannuation Solutions division combines its proprietary technology, process and people to deliver a comprehensive financial data solution to its superannuation clients. We support clients across all superannuation fund sectors including government, industry, retail and corporate.

By accompanying our core member and employer administration with a full range of value-added services, we offer the most comprehensive superannuation administration solution on the market. The scale, adaptability and ease of use of our proprietary systems, in conjunction with our integrated analytics offering, allow us to innovate and grow with the needs of our clients.

Link Group is building a dynamic, client focused, caring and inclusive culture that is built on the foundations of an entrepreneurial spirit, effective risk management, empathy and trust, and underpinned by its core values.

We are an inclusive employer whose people work collaboratively. We encourage, support and value the various talents and perspectives of our people and promote a flexible and blended work environment where our people can thrive and their wellbeing is supported. We know that diversity drives better client outcomes, continuous improvement, and growth. Be part of the Link Group journey and together we will achieve our full potential.

We treat all individuals fairly and equitably and do not discriminate on the basis of diverse characteristics including, but not limited to gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, ethnicity, cultural background, physical abilities/disabilities, religious or political belief, marital or family status or carers responsibilities.