Business Intelligence Developer

Open Universities Australia; City of Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

An educational organization in Melbourne is seeking a BI/Data Analytics professional to rebuild their analytics platform. The role involves developing reporting dashboards and collaborating with stakeholders to provide actionable insights. The ideal candidate will have strong SQL skills and experience with AWS data tools. This position offers a hybrid working model and various benefits, including not-for-profit salary packaging and flexible leave policies.

Benefits

Not-for-profit salary packaging benefits

Discounted gym memberships

Learning and training opportunities

Subsidised study opportunities

Paid subscription to Calm

Workation leave

Qualifications

• Proven experience implementing or rebuilding cloud-based BI platforms.
• Ability to design dimensional models for scalable reporting.
• Strong analytical skills to uncover insights and present them clearly.

Responsibilities

• Lead the rebuild of OUA’s GoodData Cloud platform.
• Design, develop, test, and deploy reporting dashboards.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to define KPIs and validate outputs.

Skills

Strong SQL skills

BI platforms experience

AWS data tools knowledge

Analytical skills

Experience gathering requirements

Tools

Redshift

Glue

DBT

Job description

At Open Universities Australia (OUA), we believe that quality education should be accessible to everyone, regardless of where they are or their prior educational experiences. When we excel at our jobs, we change lives every day. Our values are the compass guiding our journey: we act for our customers, take care of each other, and we work to continuously improve.

Job Description

• 12 month maximum term contract
• Hybrid working (3 days from home)
• Create impact in a purpose-led organisation

This role will play a key part in evolving OUA’s analytics capability, creating a modern, intuitive, and self-service reporting experience. You will help create a seamless, consistent, and engaging reporting experience that empowers our partners and stakeholders to access the insights they need.

The focus is on rebuilding and enhancing our analytics platform so that it delivers greater access, consistency, and self-service. By leveraging modern data models, enriched metadata, and best-practice design, you will enable a beautiful user experience where people can easily interrogate the data, explore insights, and follow their curiosity with confidence.

• Lead the rebuild of OUA’s GoodData Cloud platform, ensuring it is future-ready for AI-enabled search and reporting.
• Work closely with the Data team to enrich and expand data models, including leveraging metadata across the data landscape to enable future AI capabilities.
• Design, develop, test and deploy reporting dashboards that empower stakeholders with accurate, actionable insights.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to define KPIs, validate outputs, and iterate on solutions through feedback and prototyping.
• Apply best-practice BI approaches, including automation of repeatable processes, documenting standards, and building scalable reporting frameworks.

Qualifications

• A track record in BI, data engineering or development, with strong SQL skills
• Proven experience implementing or rebuilding cloud-based BI platforms
• Hands-on knowledge of AWS data tools (Redshift, Glue, AppFlow) and modern data stack (e.g. DBT)
• Ability to design dimensional models and enrich metadata for scalable reporting and AI enablement
• Strong analytical skills, able to uncover insights and present them clearly
• Experience gathering requirements, translating them into solutions, and validating with stakeholders

We’re also looking for someone who is:

• Curious, adaptable, and eager to explore new ideas
• Self-directed, resilient, and focused on delivering quality outcomes
• Collaborative, sharing knowledge and co-creating solutions
• Able to connect data, technology, and business needs into cohesive solutions

What do we offer?

• Not-for-profit salary packaging benefits, including novated leasing
• Discounted gym memberships and health insurance
• Learning and training opportunities
• Subsidised study opportunities
• Paid subscription to Calm as part of our commitment to health and wellbeing
• Inclusive leave policy to swap and recognise significant events that fall outside of our public holidays
• Workation leave – work anywhere for 10 days of the year

OUA is committed to building and fostering an inclusive, diverse workplace. Our marketplace is for everyone, so is our workplace. Come and share your personal experiences, your perspectives, and your background with us as we continue to help students transform their lives.

We strongly encourage candidates of all backgrounds to get in touch, even if you don’t meet all the requirements of the advertised position. It’s highly likely you’ll bring something to the workplace that we haven’t thought of yet, and we would love to hear from you.