APS6 Data Scientist

Comcare

The Data Operations and Products team at Comcare operates within the Chief Data and Analytics Office, offering expert analytics support and serving as a primary contact for data-focused requests. This team contributes to evidence-based decision-making by revealing new risks and trends in support of Comcare’s mission.

In this role you can expect to have the responsibilities:

• Develop and implement techniques and analytic applications for transforming raw data into business information.
• Support and maintain existing analytic products and provide one-time insights.
• Conduct exploratory and investigatory analysis to identify synergies, risks, and opportunities.

This role comes with the following benefits:

This role requires you to have:

• Tertiary qualification in data science, statistics, or actuarial studies, or equivalent experience.
• Proficiency in R and/or Python for data science solutions development.
• Experience using SQL for data extraction, transformation, and analysis.

You would benefit from having:

• Experience with Databricks for exploratory analysis and machine learning model development.

Australian citizenship is required along with the ability to obtain a Baseline Security Clearance. The role includes a six-month probationary period for new hires.