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Junior Data Analyst
Introduction
An established organisation is seeking a Junior Data Analyst to join its team in King William's Town. This role will contribute to software, systems, and digital capability across a growing operational landscape. The position offers the opportunity to work on meaningful systems, applications, infrastructure, or digital services depending on the portfolio and team structure.
This position is well suited to a professional who can combine strong technical fundamentals with a practical, service-oriented approach to delivery and support. The successful candidate will be expected to work with appropriate urgency, maintain quality standards, and support a collaborative delivery culture while contributing to business-facing outcomes.
Duties & Responsibilities
The successful candidate will contribute across solution delivery, support, optimisation, and stakeholder engagement within a structured IT environment.
- Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code aligned to development standards and review practices.
- Contribute to performance optimisation, technical debt reduction, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Translate functional needs into structured technical solutions and participate in design discussions where required.
- Maintain technical documentation, release notes, and relevant implementation records.
- Participate in sprint ceremonies, estimation sessions, or project planning activities as applicable.
- Support testing, defect resolution, release readiness, and production issue analysis.
- Work with analysts, product stakeholders, QA, and support teams to ensure fit-for-purpose delivery.
Desired Experience & Qualification
The ideal candidate will combine relevant technical capability with strong communication, documentation, and stakeholder management skills.
- Relevant diploma or degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Information Systems, Software Development, Engineering, or a related discipline.
- Experience with one or more modern programming languages, frameworks, APIs, databases, or web technologies relevant to the role.
- Exposure to source control, testing practices, release processes, and collaborative development workflows.
- Good working knowledge of documentation standards, structured problem-solving, and stakeholder communication.
- Typically suited to candidates with around 1–3 years practical experience or strong graduate-level exposure.