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Data Scientist
Data scientists apply advanced analytics techniques and scientific principles to extract valuable information from data
for business decision-making, strategic planning and other uses

Keywords Data science is an interdisciplinary field that extracts value from typically very large structured and unstructured data collected
from various sources. It combines skills from statistics, Artificial Intelligence (AI), machine learning and deep learning (on an ethical
basis), and data analysis and software engineering.

Deep learning A Data Scientist will carry out the activities of preparing data for analysis, cleansing data, manipulating the data to perform
advanced data analysis. They will apply advanced algorithms, build and deploy sophisticated machine learning models, and
identify patterns to derive actionable insights and tailored analytical solutions that enable business leaders to draw informed
insights.
Data Analysis
Data Scientists are responsible for automating processes, bridging the steps between undertaking analysis and machine learning
and establishing sustainable analytical processes. They may prepare data visualisations and representations to share meaningful
insights from data and support evidence-based policy decisions.
Statistics

Data Modelling

Artificial Intelligence Key Technologies Specialisation Roles Key Relationships

Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning Statistician Computer Scientist

Quality and Risk
Management Frameworks Natural Language Clients / IT Data
Cloud Computing Data Visualisation Tools Bioinformatician
Processing Specialist Users Professionals Professionals

Machine Learning
Data Mining ModelOps (MLOps) Distributed Systems Data Modeller
Engineer

Programming Predictive Modelling

Languages and Analysis
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Level 1 | Foundation Level 2 | Intermediate Level 3 | Advanced

• Applying the appropriate existing analytics technique to discover patterns, • Adapting existing techniques to the problem space to discover patterns, • Develop new algorithms to overcome limitations to existing techniques for
trends and relationships in data and assist in the development of trends and relationships in structured and unstructured data and a specific problem space to discover complex patterns, trends and
classification, prediction and optimisation models to derive tailored develop classification, prediction and optimisation models to derive relationships in structured and unstructured data and design classification,
analytical solutions tailored analytical solutions and actionable insights prediction and optimisation models to derive tailored analytical solutions
and actionable insights that deliver business value
• Carry out testing and evaluate the performance of modelling solutions • Contribute to design, implement and evaluate testing of the
performance of modelling or tailored analytical solutions • Lead design, implement and evaluate testing of the performance of
• Deploy existing analytical solutions into production and provide support for modelling or tailored analytical solutions
the solutions, including periodic evaluation of performance • Develop and deploy analytical solutions into production and provide
support and maintenance for the solutions, including periodic evaluation • Develop, manage and deploy complex multi-staged analytical solutions
• Employ data modelling techniques to support business needs into production, ensuring evaluation of performance and refinement in
of performance
• Communicate findings, which can be translated into business value, using iterations
multi-faceted reports and visualisations • Employ data modelling techniques, develop analytical solutions and
• Employ advanced data modelling techniques, develop analytical
contribute to recommendations to support business needs
• Collaborate with other data professionals to support process solutions, and identify recommendations to support business needs
improvements • Communicate findings, which can be translated into business value,
• Effectively communicate findings, which can be translated into business
using multi-faceted reports and visualisations, with an understanding of value, using multi-faceted reports and tailored visualisations, with a focus
• Develop individual capability stakeholder requirements on the strategic environment and what stakeholders will need in the future
• Understand and support client expectations • Collaborate with other data professionals to support process • Collaborate with other data professionals to identify new trends and
• Understand basic automation processes improvements, recommend system modifications, and contribute to innovations, process improvements, recommend system modifications,
• Collaborate with business owners and other relevant stakeholders to data governance and ethics policies and contribute to strategies and data governance and ethics policies
understand and design experiments • Build capability of juniors and peers • Coach and train other data scientists, and contribute at whole of agency
• Understand and manage client expectations to effectively deliver level to developing data science capability
technical, data-driven solutions and insights • Understand and manage client expectations, influencing key stakeholders
• Establish sustainable analytical processes by automating processes to develop and implement advanced analytical solutions that are aligned
with organisational requirements and goals
• Contribute to experiments to test the performance of alternative
• Establish innovative and sustainable analytical processes by automating
analytical methods to enable selection of best options
processes
• Contribute to design analytical solutions that meet the needs of business
• Consider the strategic environment and design creative solutions that not
owners and relevant stakeholders and are well utilised only meet the current needs of business owners and relevant stakeholders
but also explores a future desired state

APS DCF SFIA APS DCF SFIA APS DCF SFIA

1 STS 3 DATS 2 STS 3 STS 5 DATS
4 DATS
1 SPC 2 VISL
1 SPC 3 VISL 2 SPC 4 VISL
1 EXP 3 MLNG
2 EXP 4 MLNG 3 EXP 5 MLNG
1 SCM 2 PROG
2 SCM 2 PROG 3 SCM 3 PROG
1 RSC 2 DTAN
2 RSC 3 DTAN 3 RSC 4 DTAN
1 SMX
1 IMP 3 GOVN 2 IMP 4 DATM
1 USE
1 SMX 2 SMX 4 GOVN
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2 VAL