📌 Vacancy Fact Sheet
- Reference Number: VN-0769783
- Agency: Australian Centre for Disease Control
- Job Title: Data Engineer
- Position Number: 26CDC-DEAB-10053
- Classification: APS Level 6
- Closing Date: Sunday 31 May 2026
- Job Type: Full-Time, Non-Ongoing
- Location: Various locations – NSW NSW, Various locations –
- Future Merit Locations: Various locations – NSW, Various locations – ACT,
- Salary: $101,679 – $114,709
- Office Arrangement: Hybrid (Hybrid working arrangements can be negotiated)
About Australian Centre for Disease Control
The independent Australian Centre for Disease Control (Australian CDC) is at the frontline of improving Australia’s ability to prepare
for, and respond to, public health challenges, including pandemics. The Australian CDC is an independent technical advisory
agency on public health matters and a leader in disease control, preparedness, response, and prevention. The Australian CDC
collaborates with national and international health bodies to strengthen Australia’s public health infrastructure.
Duties
- Planning, building and implementing future state surveillance data architecture, including
- automated, reliable pipelines and tools across ingestion, transformation, lineage and
- monitoring, underpinned by ontology/knowledge graph (KRR) approaches for NPHSS
- Planning, designing and building data quality validation and standardisation (metadata,
- validation rules, schema management) mechanisms in alignment with Australian national
- and CDC policies and standards, and resolve data defects/issues promptly.
- Drive semantic interoperability and scalable integration through the application of ontology
- and knowledge graph techniques within the emerging NPHSS.
- Support managing BAU NNDSS operations, including end to end data management, quality
- assurance, standards compliance and timely operational/executive reporting.
- Collaborate and clearly communicate with internal and external stakeholders (ICT/ITD, data
- stewards, analysts, jurisdictions) to understand requirements and ensure solutions are fit for
- purpose.
- Contribute to section priorities as required, providing flexible support to meet operational
- needs and emerging public health demands.
Eligibility / Notes
- To be eligible for employment with the Australian CDC, applicants must be an Australian citizen at
- the time an offer of employment is made.
- An applicant’s suitability for employment with the CDC will also be assessed through a variety of
- pre-employment check processes, such as:
- Satisfactory completion of a criminal history check
- Providing evidence of qualifications (where required), and
- Obtaining and maintaining a security clearance at the required level.
- Additionally, the suitable candidate will have demonstrated:
- Strong data engineeringproficiency(e.g – SQL/Python/R, ETL/ELT/orchestration, source
- control, testing/CI, observability).
- Applied data modelling and quality discipline, including metadata,lineageandstandards
- baseddelivery.
- Sound understanding of semantic design concepts (e.g – Ontology/knowledge
- graphpatterns) and how to enable interoperability in pipelines.
How to Apply
Position Contact Mohammad, n/a
Agency Recruitment Site https://www.cdc.gov.au/about-us/work-us
Applicants to vacancies notified in all formats of the electronic Public Service Gazette should be aware:
that the names of successful applicants will also be notified in all formats of the electronic Public Service Gazette
applicants found suitable may be offered similar employment opportunities by other Australian Public Service agencies
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