Business Discovery Specialist - SAP BODS, Azure DataBricks

About us

At Sydney Water, we’re passionate about making a difference to the lives of our customers and communities, and our employees. We have a proud heritage and a progressive future, providing world class drinking water and beautiful waterways from the mountains to the sea. Our people and their jobs are as diverse as the communities we serve.

• Role - 12 Months Fixed Term - Full Time
• Location - Parramatta

About the Role

As a Business Discovery Specialist, you will be responsible for delivering and securely operating business discovery services on a day-to-day basis to ensure effective and efficient technology delivery. You will leverage service frameworks, architectures, and solutions that support Sydney Water’s digital resilience. This role requires strong technical expertise, problem-solving skills, and the ability to collaborate with stakeholders to implement and maintain secure, reliable, and innovative technology solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver and securely operate business discovery services across all sites, ensuring availability, capacity, and resilience.
• Collaborate with Digital Services teams and external providers to maintain and improve business discovery systems.
• Monitor performance, manage risks, and provide reports, metrics, and dashboards to support decision-making.
• Ensure compliance with Sydney Water policies, frameworks, and service standards.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives and contribute to a high-performing, safety-focused team culture.
• Provide technical advice and assist with capability development.
• Participate in prioritisation and task allocation to meet customer service requirements.

Required Experience & Skills

• Tertiary degree qualification in information technology, computer science or similar or equivalent industry experience.
• Strong communication skills with flexibility, teamwork, and customer service focus.
• Ability to explain complex technical issues clearly and in customer-friendly language.
• Skilled in solving challenging technical problems to deliver business-aligned solutions.

Mandatory skills:

• Minimum 3 years of experience in Azure Databricks Notebook, Workflows
• Understanding of Databricks Notebook, Workflows.
• Collaborate with business users and report developers to understand their requirements and provide technical support.
• Data issue investigation and problem solving.
• Pyspark knowledge
• Deltalake understanding
• Exposure to DevOPS working environment.
• Azure Data Factory.
• Ensure compliance with security policies, access controls and data privacy regulations.
• Strong SQL knowledge.
• SAP BODS or Other ETL tools
• Perform routine system administration tasks such as user management, security configurations and system backups.
• Monitor system performance and optimize the ETL environment for efficiency and scalability.
• Implement and manage access to ETL tools.
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to ETL.
• Collaborate with business users and report developers to understand their requirements and provide technical support.
• Data issue investigation and problem solving.

Desired skills:

• Perform installation, security patching, configuration and upgrade SAP BODS software and components.
• Unix/Linux commands and scripting.
• Control-M job scheduling and job management.
• Experience with data replication using SAP SLT.
• Exposure to utility industry.

Applicants must be Australian Citizens or Permanent Residents.

Dive into Our Great Benefits: 

• Competitive Remuneration: We’ll ensure that your skills and contributions are valued and rewarded appropriately. 
• 24/7 Wellbeing Support: Access for you and your family to free and confidential mental health and general health support through our EAP portal. 
• Discounted Private Health Insurance: Unlock affordable access to top-tier health coverage with our discounted insurance plans. 
• Fitness Passport: Achieve your physical fitness goals using our Fitness Passport, granting you access to a multitude of gyms and pools across NSW. 
• Novated Leasing: Get in the driver's seat of your financial future with our novated lease options. 

Closing date: 18th March 2026

For more information, or to request an accommodation information, you can contact sunil.nagarajan@sydneywater.com.au

At Sydney Water, we are passionate about making a difference to the lives of our customers and communities. We have a proud heritage and progressive future providing world class drinking water and services that are vital to our customers’ quality of life and safeguarding Sydney’s future. We see the world is changing, so we are changing too. 

Our vision is to create better lives through world-class services, and we believe that starts with our people. Our people and their jobs are as diverse as the communities we serve. Our diverse skills, mindsets and backgrounds work together on exciting and challenging projects that make a difference and help ensure Sydney remains one of the most iconic and liveable cities in the world.

We welcome and encourage applications from diverse backgrounds, including First Nations people, LGBTQIA+ people, people with disability, people with caring responsibilities, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, and veterans. 

As part of the application process, Sydney Water will be collecting your personal information to assess your suitability for the role. We will also use your personal information to establish a LiveHire talent profile in our Talent Community. We look at our Talent Community first when new opportunities come up when you apply for a role. Your personal information will be collected in accordance with LiveHire’s Terms, Privacy Policy and Sydney Water’s Privacy Collection Statement – Job Application. Please see the position description for the role’s full accountabilities.