This role is a full-time opportunity to join Local Peoples team permanently, with your first project supporting the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC) on the National Criminal Intelligence System (NCIS). NCIS is a critical national capability that connects data across law enforcement agencies to provide a unified view of criminal activity and support intelligence-led policing across Australia.
You will play a key role in designing and delivering data architecture solutions that enable the ingestion, transformation, and preparation of complex data sets to support operational and strategic outcomes.
You will work on the National Criminal Intelligence System (NCIS), a joint initiative between ACIC, Australian police agencies, and the Department of Home Affairs.
In this role, you will collaborate closely with stakeholders to design and implement scalable data models, ingestion pipelines, and transformation processes. You will provide both strategic and technical advice on data engineering patterns within a large and complex program environment.
This is an onsite role based in Canberra, working within standard business hours.
Work with stakeholders to design, validate, and deliver complex data models
Design and maintain data ingestion and transformation workflows
Develop and implement data schemas to support business and operational needs
Design and validate data quality checks to ensure accuracy and reliability
Provide strategic and technical advice on data architecture and engineering patterns
Collaborate with business and technical teams to translate requirements into scalable data solutions
Ensure data solutions align with organisational standards, governance, and security requirements
Contribute to continuous improvement of data architecture practices and frameworks
Proven experience working as an Information Architect in large, complex, data-driven programs
Strong experience designing data models for transformation and analytics purposes
Demonstrated experience with data ingestion and transformation pipelines
Solid understanding of data architecture principles, frameworks, and best practices
Experience working with diverse and complex data sources
Demonstrated experience working as an Information Architect in complex data-driven environments
Experience collaborating with business stakeholders to design data ingestion and transformation solutions
Proven ability to develop data models that support complex business outcomes
Experience working with graph-style data models
Exposure to law enforcement, intelligence, or highly regulated environments
Must be an Australian Citizen
Must be able to obtain and maintain Negative Vetting Level 1 (NV1) clearance
Canberra (ACT) – onsite role
Standard business hours: Monday to Friday (07:00 – 19:00 AEST)
Up to 40 hours per week
Local Peoples is a strategic research and design studio based in Melbourne and Canberra.
Our mission is to design healthy, resilient and resourceful communities. We are proud to be a certified B-Corporation with a strong focus on our social, environmental and economic impact.
We work across brand and digital design, place and experience design,, content and community engagement. Our key partners include state and local government, social enterprises, universities and large commercial organisations. All are experiencing complex challenges right now and we believe that design research, thinking and delivery can help to solve these challenges and make positive change for people and the planet.
We produce www.mattersjournal.com, a publication and community of 100K+, which focuses on design-led social innovation and impact.
Representative and inclusive - we are dedicated to building an inclusive and accessible workplace for people from diverse backgrounds
Impact driven - work towards achieving real impact for people and the environment
Fantastic culture - driven by a welcoming, supportive and collaborative team environment
Professional support for design excellence- benefit from being a part of one of Australia’s fastest growing design and delivery communities
Flexible working arrangements - including the ability to work remotely
Market rate salaries - attractive remuneration packages in line with the market rate
Flexible employment types - including the preference for permanent, but will consider contracting
Local Peoples proudly supports the LGBTQ+ community, neurodiverse individuals, and First Nations people. We are committed to creating inclusive spaces where everyone, regardless of their identity, feels valued and respected. Together, we strive for equality and a positive future for all.
Local Peoples works, creates, and plays on the lands of the Wurundjeri, Bunurong, and Wathaurong peoples of the Kulin Nation, land which has never been ceded. We thank them for caring for this land for over 40,000 years and recognize and pay our deepest respect to Elders past, present, and emerging. This always was and always will be Aboriginal land
Local Peoples Is a strategic design studio.
Local Peoples is a strategic co-design studio, using human-centred design (HCD) to add economic, social and environmental value to organisations.
We apply HCD methods to address Public Sector challenges, delivering value to government clients and citizens at scale. Helping to co-design policy, services and products, both digital and for the real world, our purpose is to design healthy resilient and resourceful communities.
We also publish Matters Journal, a biannual print and weekly digital journal telling exciting stories from the worlds of design, art, tech, food, health and the environment.
As a B Corp-accredited business, it is Local Peoples' commitment to our community and clients to be the change we want to see in the world. We use business as a force for good, for the purpose of improving our world for future generations.
Our clients: State and Federal Government, Melbourne University, Monash University, Deakin University, RMIT University, Pause Fest, Alpha60, Nike, Red Bull, NCD Free, The World Health Organisation, Australian Unity, Assemble Communities, The Department of Health, Football Australia, Tennis Australia.
