Senior Data Scientist

Contract Type:

Full Time

Location:

Canberra - Australian Capital Territory

Industry:

IT & Telecomms

Contact Name:

Zainab Afzaal

Contact Phone:

0403 057 415

Date Published:

19-Aug-2025

Long Term Contract
Federal Government (NV1 or NV2 clearance)
Canberra Location (Remote work can be considered)

Job Details
The federal government department is on the lookout for an experienced Data Scientist to join their team. 

Role & Responsibilities

  • Maintain and develop data systems to support the departments ‘data informed diplomacy’ objectives including:
  • scoping and development of relevant data sources, open source and official
  • scoping and building of data models, working with a PowerBI developer
  • maintenance and extension of scripts/tools for ETL, data wrangling, data cleaning and robust data syncing, utilising Python and other tools
  • Data analysis and visualisation
  • Maintain and develop AI tool(s) to support policy analysis including;
  • maintenance and extension of a project for the summarisation and further analysis of open-source (news) and official material (Python, OpenAI, Azure)
  • subject to stakeholder engagement, expand or fork the tool for other use cases
  • fulfil documentation requirements.
  • Provide other data services relevant to the objectives of the Southeast Asia Data Analytics Section as required

Technical Skills
Microsoft Excel, R, Python, SQL, AI APIs/libraries eg Azure, OpenAI.

Desirable: PowerBI and DAX

Due to the nature of the role the applicant must be an Australian Citizen with an active NV1 or NV2 security clearance. 

How to apply

Apply directly or for more information on this role, please email Zainab at zainab.afzaal@calleo.com.au

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Calleo is an equal opportunity employer and we encourage applications from all people including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.





 

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