Data Modeler - Contract - Melbourne

Hastha Solutions; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Australia Post seeks a Data Modeler to join on a 12-month contract in Melbourne. The role focuses on creating and maintaining enterprise data models, partnering with Business SMEs, and guiding solution design across domains.

Hands-on data modelling and cloud data architecture experience are required. The candidate should excel in conceptual, logical, and physical modelling, with skills in BigQuery and data governance.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in Data Modelling and Data Architecture; hands-on modelling is ideal.
• Proficiency with enterprise modelling tools.
• Experience in logical and physical data model design.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the Enterprise Data Model for Australia Post.
• Collaborate with Business SMEs to understand processes and design integrations.
• Design Conceptual, Logical and Physical Data Models aligned to enterprise strategies.
• Lead data modelling workshops and solution design discussions with stakeholders.
• Map source systems to enterprise models and maintain documentation.
• Design and optimize models for scalability, performance, data quality.

Skills

Data Modelling

Data Architecture

BigQuery

Cloud data modelling

Data Lineage

Model Governance

Enterprise modelling tools

Tools

erwin

ER/Studio

SqlDBM

Hackolade

Collibra

Job description

Urgent requirement of Data Modeler - Contract - Melbourne

Requirements

• Strong experience in Data Modelling and Data Architecture. A Data Architect with hands-on modelling expertise is considered ideal.
• Proficiency with enterprise modelling tools:
• Experience in:
• Cloud data modelling and optimization experience, specifically:
  • Google BigQuery
  • Physical model implementation and performance optimization in cloud environments
• Strong understanding of:
  • Enterprise data architecture
  • Application and integration design
  • Analytical and operational data systems

Must Have

• Strong experience in Data Modelling and Data Architecture. A Data Architect with hands-on modelling expertise is considered ideal.
• Proficiency with enterprise modelling tools:

Experience in

• Logical and Physical Data Model Design
• Metadata Management
• Data Lineage, Model Governance

Good-to-Have

• Collibra Certifications (e.g., Ranger, Data Steward, Governance) and GCP Professional Data Engineer.
• Data modeling tools (e.g., erwin, ER/Studio, SqlDBM, Hackolade).
• Experience with data quality/observability tooling (including Collibra DQ/Observability or equivalents) and Data Catalog/MDE integrations.
• Python/dbt for transformations; CI/CD for data (Git, Terraform for infra is a plus).
• Domain experience in Travel, Transportation & Hospitality (TTH) is advantageous.

Responsibility

• Develop and maintain the Enterprise Data Model for Australia Post..
• Work closely with Business SMEs to:
• Understand business processes
• Support application and integration design rather than purely data warehousing initiatives.
• Design and build:
• Conceptual Data Models
• Logical Data Models
• Physical Data Models aligned to business and enterprise data strategies
• Lead data modelling workshops and solution design discussions with business and technical stakeholders.
• Collaborate with Business Analysts and Data Architects to gather, analyse, and refine data requirements
• Define and maintain:
• Relationships
• Attributes
• Business-aligned data structures
• Map source systems to enterprise data models and maintain comprehensive documentation
• Design and optimize data models for:
• Scalability
• Performance
• Data Quality
• Operational and Analytical Platforms

Duration: 12 Months and possible extension

Eligibility: Australian/NZ Citizens/PR Holders only