Senior Technical Data Specislist

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The ASX team brings together talented people from a diverse range of disciplines. 

We run critical market infrastructure, with 1 in 3 people employed within technology.  Yet we have a unique complexity of roles across a range of disciplines such as operations, program delivery, financial products, investor engagement, risk and compliance.

We’re proud of the diversity of our organisation and the culture of inclusion that all our people help to build every day. Our employee-led groups are known for celebrating cultural and religious events, championing LGBTIQ+ inclusion (recently achieving AWEI Bronze), inspiring giving and volunteering, promoting gender equality, and wellbeing.  We are an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality (WGEA) and a member of the Champions of Change Coalition for the advancement of gender equality in Australia. 

An opportunity exists for the position of a Senior Technical Data Specialist/Technical Data Business Analyst to join the Data & Reporting delivery team of a key transformational project at ASX.

The role is responsible for understanding the data requirements and data of a key legacy and transformed system, analysing a modern and contemporary data solution for the replacement system, and overseeing the associated Data flows and solution.

What you’ll do:

• Live the ASX Values; to BE Open, Trustworthy, Original and The Example
• Adhere to ASX processes, methodologies, standards and policies in relation to delivery
• Work closely and build relationships with Enterprise and Solution Architects, Technical Leads, Engineering teams across the program to facilitate continuous collaboration that achieves the best delivery outcomes.
• Engage with senior business stakeholders to validate requirements and align on project objectives
• Translate business and functional requirements into technical requirements and specifications including data model analysis, table-level mapping and logic decoding
• Define and document business rules and logic to support data and reporting needs.
• Produce detailed, high-quality documentation including functional and technical specification documents to support design, engineering build and testing
• Provide Business context for transformations, clarify business rules and ensures edge cases are addressed
• Oversee the validation of data ingestion, ensuring alignment with business rules and project deliverables.
• Collaborate with technical teams to design robust, scalable data solutions, including data models, ETL pipelines, and reporting frameworks
• Write the pseudo code, review results and validate the requirements. Flag gaps or assumptions in logic to ensure downstream alignment
• Act as a mentor to junior team members to support an inclusive team culture

What you’ve done – Skills & Experience:

• 10+ years in a data focused role with senior level experience as a Technical BA or Data Analyst
• Expert in SQL for advanced data analysis and querying.
• Proven experience in data delivery projects, including data ingestion into warehouses, ETL processes, and reporting.
• Demonstrated experience implementing data quality governance and stewardship workflows.
• Understanding of data modelling and STTM
• Proven ability to engage with and influence senior stakeholders
• Demonstrate high level analytical capabilities, applied to complex programs of work
• Experience in performing complex data migrations within large scale transformation projects
• Experience working in the full software development life cycle using traditional and agile methodologies
• Expertise in creating detailed and comprehensive business and technical documentation
• Significant experience in overseeing data testing and validation activities
• Demonstrated ability to work both independently and as part of a high-functioning team, with a continuous improvement mindset
• Demonstrated strong communication, facilitation and analysis skills, with the ability to view and explain technology from a customer perspective
• B.S. in Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent background

What you need to enjoy and be good at for this role:

• Analytical thinker – can evaluate information and seek a solution
• Team player – support other team members to achieve desired goals, working cross-functionally if required
• Results orientated – understands what is needed to deliver in a tightly regulated but changing project-based environment
• Great communicator – able to get the message across in the best way
• Naturally inquisitive – asks questions to ensure understanding
• Collaboration – can work with multiple stakeholders to deliver a common goal
• Enjoy – working in a fast-paced, challenging and often changing environment
• View – ability to look at the big picture and at the same time, ensure attention to detail and quality

We make hiring decisions based on your skills, capabilities and experience, and how you’ll help us to live our values. We encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet all the criteria of this role. If you need any adjustments during the application or interview process to help you present your best self, please let us know.

At ASX Group, our diverse workforce is essential to build and maintain a fair and dynamic marketplace. We support flexible working and offer hybrid working options. Even if our roles are advertised as full-time, we encourage you to apply if you are interested in part-time or other flexible working arrangements.

We will arrange for successful candidates to have background checks, including reference and police checks completed as part of the on-boarding process.