Job Description
About the Role
RPMGlobal (RPM) is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Data Scientist to join our team working on advanced analytics and data-driven products within a modern Azure-based platform.
This is a permanent full-time role based in our Brisbane CBD headquarters. This position is in-office; however, it allows for ad hoc working from home.
This role is ideal for someone who enjoys working across both data science and data engineering disciplines — designing scalable data pipelines, optimising SQL-based systems, and building intelligent solutions leveraging large language models.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and optimise ETL pipelines using Microsoft SQL Server
- Implement and maintain incremental data processing using Change Tracking / CDC
- Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps
- Develop and deploy data science solutions, including LLM-based features
- Work with Azure cloud services to build scalable, production-grade solutions
- Collaborate with product and engineering teams to deliver data-driven features
- Troubleshoot and performance tune complex SQL workloads
About you
- Bachelor’s degree in Data Science, Computer Science, or a related field
- Strong expertise in Microsoft SQL Server, including:
- ETL development
- Query performance tuning
- Change Data Capture (CDC) and Change Tracking
- Experience with Azure DevOps, including CI/CD pipeline implementation
- Hands-on experience with large language models and tools such as Semantic Kernel
- Strong experience working with the Azure cloud platform
- Proven track record in developing commercial engineering or technical applications
- Strong communication skills and a collaborative mindset
- Strong command of the English language in both verbal and written form
- Must have the legal right to work in Australia
Highly Regarded Experience
- Experience in data engineering or building data platforms
- Experience with Databricks, Azure OneLake, or similar lakehouse technologies
- Exposure to distributed data processing frameworks (e.g. Spark)
- Experience in the mining or resources industry
About RPM
RPMGlobal is the mining industry’s leading enterprise technology and training provider and has been at the forefront of change and innovation in the mining industry for over 50 years.
We advance the mining industry towards a safer, more efficient, and more sustainable future through the delivery of innovative software solutions and deep domain mining expertise. Guided by our underlying principles of mining expertise, innovation, and sustainability, we strive to create safer and more efficient operations for our mining customers.
Our focus on providing advanced mining enterprise technology and training across the mining lifecycle enables us to guide customers through the industry's current and emerging challenges worldwide. This includes helping them meet the shift in social norms and consumer and investor ESG-related expectations.
Please, no agencies or recruiters.