Lead Data Analyst - Data Governance & Cloud Pipelines

Softtest Pays Pty; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Softtest Pays Pty is seeking an EL1 Lead Data Analyst (Labour Hire) to drive data discovery, profiling and delivery across ICT programs.

You will translate business needs into data requirements, manage data contracts, mappings and validation, and work with data engineers, testers and stakeholders to ensure end-to-end data integrity.

The role demands strong SQL skills, governance awareness, and the ability to produce dashboards and written guidance for diverse audiences.

Qualifications

• Experience with SQL and data analysis tools
• Knowledge of data governance and security principles
• Ability to translate business needs into technical data requirements

Responsibilities

• Lead data discovery and profiling across complex datasets
• Define data requirements and data contracts with stakeholders
• Develop and maintain source-to-target mappings and data dictionaries
• Analyse data to identify quality issues and anomalies
• Define cleansing and transformation options for data reconciliation
• Collaborate with engineers to implement ingestion and transformation logic
• Support data pipelines across cloud and on-prem environments
• Prepare reusable datasets, SQL queries and analytical artefacts
• Validate data against mappings and contracts, investigate defects
• Create dashboards, reports and visualisations for diverse audiences
• Identify data risks and provide evidence-based recommendations
• Apply data governance and privacy requirements throughout work
• Contribute to continuous improvement of data standards and processes

Skills

Test Scenarios

Records Management

Reports

Production Support

Data Governance

Cloud Support

Data Quality

SQL

Analytics

Data Analysis

Security

Data

Design

Management

Job description

Softtest Pays Pty is seeking an EL1 Lead Data Analyst (Labour Hire) to drive data discovery, profiling and delivery across ICT programs.

You will translate business needs into data requirements, manage data contracts, mappings and validation, and work with data engineers, testers and stakeholders to ensure end-to-end data integrity.

The role demands strong SQL skills, governance awareness, and the ability to produce dashboards and written guidance for diverse audiences.