Data & AI Principal Architect — Lead Modern Cloud Platforms

KordaMentha; Canberra; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Professional development

Flexible work options

Career growth

Job summary

KordaMentha is seeking a Principal Architect to lead our growing Data & AI capability across Australia, shaping advisory services and delivering modern cloud data platforms. Working with CIOs, CDOs and CFOs, you will translate business priorities into pragmatic architecture decisions, create reusable reference architectures, and mentor the next generation of architects and consultants.

Based in Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney or Brisbane, this role offers meaningful client impact, deep technical

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading data architecture, cloud platforms or AI transformation engagements.
• Deep expertise in modern cloud, data and AI technologies and scalable solutions that solve client challenges.
• Proven track record as trusted technical advisor to CIOs, CTOs, CDOs and executive teams.
• Experience translating business objectives into technology strategy, roadmaps and investment priorities.
• Expertise leading architecture reviews, technical assessments, discovery workshops and due diligence engagements.
• Strong knowledge of modern data platforms, cloud architectures, analytics and AI ecosystems.
• Experience establishing architecture standards, governance frameworks and delivery patterns.
• Experience designing data operating models and ways of working.

Responsibilities

• Shape and grow KordaMentha's Data & AI capability through new services, thought leadership and client engagements.
• Design and lead modern cloud data platforms spanning data, analytics and AI workloads.
• Advise CIOs, CDOs and CFOs on technology, data and AI decisions balancing outcomes, risk and value.
• Create reusable reference architectures, standards and design patterns for delivery quality.
• Lead architecture reviews, due diligence and platform assessments with privacy, security and regulatory considerations.
• Facilitate discovery workshops translating business priorities into architecture decisions.
• Mentor architects and consultants to grow capability across the practice.
• Work across multi-cloud and modern data platforms (Microsoft, Anthropic, Databricks).

Skills

Architecture leadership

Data & AI strategy

Cloud architecture

Advisory with executives

Multi-cloud platforms

Tools

Microsoft Azure

Databricks

AWS

Google Cloud

Job description

KordaMentha is seeking a Principal Architect to lead our growing Data & AI capability across Australia, shaping advisory services and delivering modern cloud data platforms. Working with CIOs, CDOs and CFOs, you will translate business priorities into pragmatic architecture decisions, create reusable reference architectures, and mentor the next generation of architects and consultants.

Based in Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney or Brisbane, this role offers meaningful client impact, deep technical