Metadata & Data Manager (Hybrid, Govt)

Paxus; Canberra; Hybrid; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Paxus is seeking an experienced Metadata Developer and Data Manager in Canberra to uplift business metadata and improve data discoverability, quality and consistency. The role is hands-on, researching, analyzing and documenting metadata for priority data assets and validating outcomes with business and technical stakeholders.

You will work with data stewards, engineers, analysts and project teams to create clear definitions and artefacts aligned to standards and work instructions.

Qualifications

• Experience with metadata analysis, curation and stakeholder validation.
• Ability to interpret business and technical information for metadata.
• Excellent written skills to produce precise, accessible metadata definitions.

Responsibilities

• Research, analyse and document metadata for priority data assets.
• Validate outcomes with business and technical stakeholders.
• Collaborate with data stewards, engineers, analysts and project teams to ensure alignment to standards.

Skills

Metadata standards knowledge

Research & synthesis

Clear metadata definitions

Stakeholder engagement

Data quality analysis

Organization & reporting

Independent & collaborative work

Education

Tertiary qualification in information management/data analytics/computer science or related discipline

Equivalent experience

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Data dictionaries

Data models

Metadata repositories

Job description

Paxus is seeking an experienced Metadata Developer and Data Manager in Canberra to uplift business metadata and improve data discoverability, quality and consistency. The role is hands-on, researching, analyzing and documenting metadata for priority data assets and validating outcomes with business and technical stakeholders.

You will work with data stewards, engineers, analysts and project teams to create clear definitions and artefacts aligned to standards and work instructions.