Data Governance Specialist

Grow your career with a global retailer as a Data Governance Specialist within our National Data Analytics (NDA) department of ALDI stores based in Minchinbury. This is a permanent full-time position. 

The National Data Analytics Office is responsible for driving data governance quality and integrity across the business by establishing effective data controls standards and processes. The team partners with business and technology stakeholders to identify and address data governance gaps ensuring data is accurate reliable and fit for purpose. Through a combination of data management expertise analytics capability and modern data platforms the team helps embed governance into data products and supports informed decision-making through trusted data and insights.

What does the role look like

• Assess business initiatives and data products to identify data ownership quality metadata lineage privacy and other governance requirements.
• Investigate material data quality issues using Databricks and SQL determine root causes and work with accountable teams to establish remediation.
• Define data quality rules thresholds and monitoring requirements and determine where appropriate controls should operate across the data lifecycle.
• Assess new data acquisition and ingestion into Databricks for fitness for purpose and establish required governance metadata and data quality requirements.
• Improve the usability and control of data through business definitions metadata lineage ownership and Unity Catalog capabilities.
• Translate DAMA-DMBOK principles and NDO standards into practical requirements for Data Engineering Data Architecture Product Owners and business teams.
• Provide data governance input to DPIAs business projects international data management initiatives and emerging AI use cases.

And the best part Every single day at ALDI youll know youre making a difference supporting our mission to help everyday Australians live richer lives for less.

Qualifications :

What are we looking for

• Practical knowledge of DAMA-DMBOK disciplines particularly Data Governance Data Quality and Metadata Management.
• Demonstrated experience applying data governance data quality and data management practices to business or technology problems.
• Strong SQL and analytical capability with experience investigating data on Databricks or comparable modern data platforms.
• Understanding of data ingestion transformations lineage metadata and Unity Catalog or comparable catalog capabilities.
• Strong problem-solving and stakeholder management skills with the ability to independently convert ambiguous data issues into practical solutions.

Additional Information :

• Enjoy 5 weeks annual leave for pursuing your passions outside of work.
• Enjoy the flexibility of hybrid work options.
• Support during lifes most important moments including paid parental leave including superannuation on parental leave.
• Complimentary access to free physiotherapy to treat non-work related aches pains or niggles.
• Work with a company who has been recognised as an Employer of Choice every year since 2018 - 2024.
• Boost your wellbeing with the MyALDI wellbeing program with discounted access to Fitness Passport and health insurance.

Remuneration

• Transparent tiered salary range of $118200 - $140900 including Superannuation.

At ALDI we celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds experiences abilities and identities. To learn more please visit

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time