Manager, Data Platform Services – EL 2
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) is an independent Commonwealth statutory authority responsible for the regulation of broadcasting, radiocommunications, telecommunications and some online content.
This work underpins our vision for a connected, informed and entertained Australia.
About the role
Are you interested in helping inform decision making and operations at all levels with data that is discoverable, useable and safe? What about working to ensure that the vision outlined in the ACMA 2024-25 Data Strategy is delivered?
As the Data Platform Services Manager, you will lead the delivery of a modern, scalable data platform to meet the analytical and operational needs of the ACMA. You will provide technical leadership ensuring that the platform is optimised to meet business requirements, taking forward a program of work so that the platform can better enable the benefits of data management, self-service analytics and data science including contemporary ML/AI workflows.
This role combines strategic leadership with technical know-how. You will drive improvements in our data analytics platform architecture and tooling, ingestion frameworks, transformation pipelines, data governance, and proactively monitor and optimise platform performance and reliability.
An important focus will be to bring together data architecture, data engineering and data administration capabilities and lead the transition from outsourced to in-house resourcing. Key to success will be your ability to partner with internal stakeholders ensuring that the data analytics platform aligns with governance, architectural, security and best-practice standards.
With a forward-looking approach, you will ensure that the ACMA’s data platform is ready to take full advantage of new technical developments and opportunities. The role is funded to lead a major transformational project to enhance the ACMA's cloud-based data analytics and reporting platform to provide contemporary data science and artificial intelligence capabilities.
Our Ideal Candidate
If you are interested in working in a dynamic collaborative work environment with a focus on building and scaling our data and analytics capability, this role is for you.
To succeed in this role, you will have 5+ years’ experience with designing, scaling and administering cloud-based data platforms, to enable effective storage, processing, management and use of data, and support development and delivery of data analytics products and solutions. Experience in managing specialist data resources such as data engineers will be highly regarded.
Our ideal candidate will have:
- Experience with cloud technologies and familiarity with cloud data services. While experience with Microsoft Azure (e.g., Azure Data Lake, Azure SQL Database, Azure Data Factory) will be highly regarded, experience with other cloud solutions such as AWS will also be considered
- Experience in data warehousing solutions and patterns
- Knowledge of data architecture, data management, data quality, solution design and data security best practice
- Demonstrated leadership experience in guiding technical teams to design, deliver, and support data and analytics cloud platforms
- Proficiency in budgeting, strategic sourcing, contract negotiation, and vendor management
- Experience with machine learning workflows (MLOps) and ML/AI services will be highly regarded
- Tertiary qualification in Information Technology or equivalent experience will be highly regarded
To be eligible for employment with ACMA, applicants must be an Australian citizen.
Technical assistance: For questions relating to the online lodgement of your application, please email HRassist@acma.gov.au before the closing date.