Enterprise Data Modeller: Shape Trusted Information

Ministry of Social Development; Wellington; On-site; NZD 138,000 - 172,000; Full time

Job summary

The Ministry of Social Development is seeking a Data Modeller to help build a shared understanding of the information underpinning services, decisions, and operations. You will work with business experts, architects, and analysts to discover and document key concepts, relationships, lifecycles, and rules, contributing to the Enterprise Data Model.

You will develop conceptual and logical models, document metadata and data lineage, and identify opportunities to improve information management

Qualifications

• Relevant tertiary qualification or equivalent experience in information management, information systems, computer science, data science, analytics, statistics, mathematics, or a related field.
• Experience developing and documenting conceptual, logical, and physical data models.
• Experience creating relationship diagrams, information maps, and other artefacts that communicate business information structures to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Proven ability to engage with business stakeholders to understand processes, information needs and requirements, and translate into data models.
• Experience facilitating workshops and engaging subject matter experts to develop a shared understanding of business information and processes.
• Experience documenting metadata, business definitions, business rules, and data lineage.
• Knowledge of conceptual, logical, relational, and analytical modelling approaches and when to apply each.
• Understanding of data governance, master data, reference data, and authoritative data sources.
• Experience working with enterprise data platforms and data modelling tools.

Responsibilities

• Discover, define, and document key business concepts, relationships, lifecycles, and business rules.
• Develop conceptual and logical models as part of MSD's Enterprise Data Model.
• Carry out data discovery, modelling data structures, documenting definitions, metadata, and lineage.
• Identify opportunities to improve how information is organised and used.
• Work with business and technical teams to translate requirements into practical data solutions.

Skills

Data modelling

SQL

Stakeholder comms

Analytical thinking

Data governance

Enterprise data platforms

Education

Tertiary qualification in information management or related field

Tools

Data modelling tools

Job description

The Ministry of Social Development is seeking a Data Modeller to help build a shared understanding of the information underpinning services, decisions, and operations. You will work with business experts, architects, and analysts to discover and document key concepts, relationships, lifecycles, and rules, contributing to the Enterprise Data Model.

You will develop conceptual and logical models, document metadata and data lineage, and identify opportunities to improve information management