Databricks Data Platform Architect (Contract)

Medibank; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 133,000 - 221,000; Full time

Job summary

Medibank is seeking a Data Solution Architect to design and mature a Databricks-based data platform for scalable, governed data products in Australia. This hands-on role partners with engineering, platform and delivery teams to deliver practical outcomes within a multi-year data transformation program.

The ideal candidate will bridge architecture, platform and engineering, establishing platform patterns, governance controls and engineering frameworks to enable trusted data across the enterprise.

Qualifications

• Experience in Data Architecture or Senior Data Engineering roles.
• Recent hands-on experience implementing or enabling a Databricks platform.
• Strong understanding of cloud-based data platforms and modern data architecture patterns.
• Experience with data modelling, governance frameworks and platform standards.

Responsibilities

• Design Medibank's Databricks-based data platform architecture.
• Define architecture patterns across ingestion, transformation, storage, sharing and consumption.
• Drive platform enablement including cloud infrastructure, connectivity, security and governance foundations.
• Collaborate with data engineers, platform teams, security, cloud and delivery stakeholders to implement scalable solutions.
• Establish data architecture principles, modelling standards, governance patterns and engineering frameworks.
• Support development of data products that are secure, reusable and enterprise-scale.
• Contribute to architecture roadmaps, reference patterns and best practices.
• Provide architectural guidance across data, analytics and AI initiatives.

Skills

Data Architecture

Solution Architecture

Databricks

Cloud Data Platform

Data Governance

Stakeholder Management

Data Modeling

Security

Enterprise Scale

Tools

Databricks

Azure

AWS

Job description

Medibank is seeking a Data Solution Architect to design and mature a Databricks-based data platform for scalable, governed data products in Australia. This hands-on role partners with engineering, platform and delivery teams to deliver practical outcomes within a multi-year data transformation program.

The ideal candidate will bridge architecture, platform and engineering, establishing platform patterns, governance controls and engineering frameworks to enable trusted data across the enterprise.