Emerging Technology Specialist Big Data

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Location: Australia
Job type: Permanent
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Sector: IT & Communications
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We know what sets Virgin Australia apart is our people and the drive that we all have to make a real difference for our guests. Our culture encourages innovation whilst ensuring that our guests remain the focus of our business. We deliver a highly professional and polished service, whilst ensuring that we are safe in everything that we do. We want dedicated people who are passionate about customer service and ready for the challenge of working in a challenging environment.

The reality is that being a team member of the Virgin Australia group of airlines involves hard work but is very rewarding. Our people are at the cornerstone of the business and their award winning service to every guest every day is putting the magic back into flying.

About the role:

When you think Virgin, you automatically think innovation. Joining our Digital and Emerging Technology’s team will see you at the forefront of innovation, delivering innovative projects from ideation through to full development. You will be integral to the development of the digital strategy across all aspects of the Virgin Australia business.

The Emerging Technology Specialist – Big Data role will be seen as a partner to the business, working with different departments to develop areas of emerging technology interest. Using your clear view of emerging technologies and external vendor capabilities you will be responsible for:

* Identifying opportunities for using data assets to deliver service improvement and to enable effective, data-informed decision making within the business.

* Exploring prospects for the applications of new technologies that solve practical problems.

* Developing clearly articulated and broadly agreed plans for migration and expansion of suitable technology and / or methodologies.

* Ensuring data platforms and associated architectures are designed to comply with defined information security, data classification and privacy standards.

About you:

We are searching for a wiz in Big Data, someone with a passion for technology and demonstrated success in promoting and implementing Big Data and Data analytics technologies into a dynamic business environment.

You will also have:

* Hands on experience with Big Data tools in AWS (Hadoop/Spark, R), Machine Learning, Data Pipelines (Kinesis or Kafka, Apache Nifi) ElasticSearch and ElasticCache

* Project management or solutions development skills

* Experience with Data Governance and Data Stewardship

The ideal candidate will have superior communication skills and the ability to talk technology to people at levels and from all departments within the business.

What you’ll get from us:

Other than the opportunity to work for an award-winning airline, you will have the opportunity to directly impact the travel experience of over 20 million travellers every year. You will also have the opportunity to work with alliance and technology partners around the world and use leading edge technologies to help design and deliver leading edge solutions.

As an emerging technology specialist, you will have opportunities to work with new technologies, exploring possibilities and running a regular program of concept and prototype development. Your role will provide the opportunity to work right across all aspects of the Virgin Australia business.

And as a Virgin Australia team member, you will also receive fantastic employee benefits including discounted flights for you, your family and friends (across domestic and international) and global accommodation options.

Interested?

We are looking for candidates that have a passion for technology and eagerness to learn new technologies and tools. If this sounds right up your alley, then please apply below.

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