Data Specialist

Let’s be real : most “data jobs” sound like glorified spreadsheet babysitting. This isn’t that. We’re looking for a  Data Specialist  who can wrestle messy data into submission, build pipelines that never hiccup, and quietly make everyone else’s dashboards look good. You’ll design and automate the systems that keep data flowing clean, fast, and trustworthy across our clients’ environments.

If you’ve ever yelled “it worked in dev!” at 2 a.m., only to fix it before anyone noticed—welcome home.

About First Focus

First Focus is Australia’s best Managed Service Provider (MSP), with 330+ technical professionals across Australia, New Zealand, and the Philippines. For more than 15 years we’ve been growing, delivering, and keeping things refreshingly drama-free. We hire smart people, trust them to do their jobs, and back them with real training, not just “online learning access.”

We’re proud of our Filipino team—they’re some of the sharpest humans we’ve got. You’ll be joining that crew, working on complex, high-impact systems while enjoying a culture that actually values you (and your merienda breaks).

What You’ll Do

• Build and maintain reliable  data pipelines ,  warehouses , and  ETL processes  across Azure and on-prem
• Engineer solutions with  Azure Data Factory ,  Databricks ,  Synapse , and  SQL
• Automate everything you can with  Terraform ,  Ansible , and  CI / CD pipelines
• Explore  vector databases  and support  LLM data pipelines  when needed
• Contribute to  Azure Datafoundry  discussions and architecture POCs
• Collaborate with devs, analysts, and cloud engineers to keep data healthy and scalable
• Monitor, optimise, and occasionally save the day when a query goes rogue

Requirements

Benefits

We treat our people like grown-ups and reward them like professionals :

Why First Focus

We invest in your growth, promote from within, and give you work that’s challenging in a good way—not the “wake up sweating at 3 a.m.” way.

Neurodiverse? We’ve Got You.

We welcome neurodiverse candidates and encourage disclosure so we can tailor the experience to showcase your strengths. Ask for our Neurodiversity Statement—we’d love to support you.

Interested?

Send your details or LinkedIn profile our way. If you can make data sing and still have time for merienda, we want you on the team.