Data Platform Architect
Elysium Digital
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Job summary
Elysium Digital in Australia is seeking a Principal Data Platform Architect to design practical, scalable data platforms that deliver value quickly and sustainably. You will guide delivery, coach engineering teams and collaborate with stakeholders to resolve complex data challenges.
The role focuses on architecture in delivery, modernisation initiatives, and governance, with hands-on leadership across data lakehouse, warehouse and semantic layers.
Qualifications
- Australian Citizenship and willingness to acquire AGSVA security clearances.
- Significant experience as a Data Architect/Data Platform Architect or similar role.
- Recent hands-on experience with Microsoft Fabric including OneLake, Lakehouses, Warehouses, Data Factory, Pipelines, Notebooks, Deployment Pipelines, Workspace and Capacity Management.
- Strong understanding of the Microsoft data ecosystem including Power BI, Azure Synapse, Azure Data Factory, Azure SQL, Microsoft Purview, Entra ID.
- Experience delivering data platform migrations and modernization programs.
- Strong data modelling across lakehouse, warehouse and semantic layers.
- Experience implementing governance, security, metadata and lineage as part of platform design.
- Ability to lead engineering teams and guide implementation activities.
Responsibilities
- Design modern data platforms using Microsoft Fabric, Azure and Power BI.
- Define pragmatic architecture patterns for engineering teams to implement.
- Lead platform modernization and migrations from Synapse, SQL Server and legacy platforms.
- Design lakehouse, warehouse and semantic model architectures.
- Establish security, governance, metadata, lineage and access control patterns.
- Coach data engineers and technical teams during implementation.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to solve complex data challenges.
- Conduct architecture reviews and provide technical guidance across engagements.
- Balance capability, cost and complexity in technology decisions.
- Contribute to reusable patterns and accelerators.
Skills
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Job description
At Elysium Digital, we help government and enterprise organisations turn data ambitions into practical, scalable solutions. As demand for our data services continues to grow, we're looking for a Data Platform Architect to join our team.
This is not a pure enterprise architecture or governance role. We're looking for an architect who enjoys working where architecture meets delivery. Someone who can design the right solution, guide implementation, coach engineering teams and help clients build modern data platforms that deliver value quickly and sustainably.
If you've evolved from a senior data engineering or data platform background into architecture leadership, we'd love to hear from you.
What You'll Be Doing
As a Principal Data Platform Architect, you will:
- Design modern data platforms using Microsoft Fabric, Azure and Power BI.
- Define pragmatic architecture patterns that engineering teams can successfully implement.
- Lead platform modernisation and migration initiatives from Synapse, SQL Server and legacy data platforms.
- Design lakehouse, warehouse and semantic model architectures.
- Establish security, governance, metadata, lineage and access control patterns.
- Coach data engineers and technical teams throughout implementation.
- Collaborate closely with business stakeholders, architects and delivery teams to solve complex data challenges.
- Conduct architecture reviews and provide technical guidance across multiple concurrent engagements.
- Help clients make informed technology decisions by balancing capability, cost and complexity.
- Contribute to Elysium's reusable patterns, accelerators and delivery approaches.
What We're Looking For
Essential Experience
- Australian Citizenship and willing to acquire AGSVA security clearances
- Significant experience as a Data Architect, Data Platform Architect, Lead Data Engineer or similar role.
- Recent hands-on experience with Microsoft Fabric including:
- OneLake
- Lakehouses
- Warehouses
- Data Factory
- Pipelines
- Notebooks
- Deployment Pipelines
- Workspace and Capacity Management
- Strong understanding of the broader Microsoft data ecosystem including:
- Power BI
- Azure Synapse
- Azure Data Factory
- Azure SQL
- Microsoft Purview
- Entra ID
- Experience delivering data platform migrations and modernisation programs.
- Strong data modelling capability across lakehouse, warehouse and semantic layers.
- Experience implementing governance, security, metadata and lineage as part of platform design.
- Ability to lead engineering teams and guide implementation activities.
Highly Regarded
- Experience with Databricks, Snowflake, AWS or GCP data platforms.
- Government sector experience.
- AGSVA security clearance or eligibility.
- Microsoft certifications such as DP-600, DP-700 or AZ-305.
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