Principal Architect Data

Liquor & Gaming NSW; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 154,000 - 178,000; Full time

Job summary

Liquor & Gaming NSW, a division within the Department of Creative Industries, Tourism, Hospitality and Sport, seeks a Principal Architect (Data) to lead the future-state data environment and governance for a major NSW regulator. Based in Sydney with flexible hybrid options, you will shape data architecture and build a capable team.

You will collaborate with executives, data owners and engineers to deliver trusted data products, ensure security and privacy, and drive regulatory effectiveness

Qualifications

• Experience designing enterprise-scale data architecture in a regulatory context.
• Expertise across cloud data platforms, engineering, warehousing and integration.
• Proven ability to build and develop capability in technical teams.
• Ability to establish governance guardrails balancing control and enablement.
• Strong data security, privacy, risk management and regulatory understanding.
• Clear communication of complex technical concepts to diverse audiences.
• Leadership in transforming data projects as part of a strategy implementation.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement the strategic data architecture roadmap for Hospitality and Racing.
• Establish governance guardrails ensuring data quality, security, privacy and compliance.
• Build and lead a high-performing team of architects and data engineers.
• Define architecture standards and principles to support regulatory priorities.
• Drive best practices across data management, metadata, lineage and governance.
• Translate complex business problems into practical technical solutions.
• Evaluate emerging technologies to improve regulatory effectiveness via data & analytics.
• Foster a culture of technical excellence and data-driven decision making.

Skills

Data architecture

Cloud data platforms

Data engineering

Data warehousing

Data governance

Security & privacy

Regulatory compliance

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Communication

Job description

Principal Architect

Join Hospitality and Racing, a division within the Department of Creative Industries, Tourism, Hospitality and Sport that includes Liquor & Gaming NSW. Clerk Grade 11/12 with a salary range of $ 154,231 - $ 178,369 per annum plus superannuation. Ongoing r ole based in Sydney, NSW – Flexible and h ybrid working arrangements may be available within business operational needs.

About the Role

Hospitality and Racing is a division comprising of Liquor & Gaming NSW, Office of Responsible Gambling and the Office of Racing. It is establishing a modern data function to support regulatory excellence, evidence-based decision-making and responsible innovation. We are seeking a highly experienced Principal Architect (Data) to lead implementation of the future-state data environment and build the technical capability needed to support it.

This is an opportunity to shape the data architecture, governance framework and engineering capability for a major NSW regulator. You will work closely with business leaders, data owners and technical specialists to create trusted, scalable and secure data products that deliver real value.

What you'll do

• Develop and implement the strategic data architecture roadmap for Hospitality and Racing .
• Establish governance guardrails that enable innovation while ensuring data quality, security, privacy and compliance.
• Build and lead a high-performing technical team of architects, data engineers and specialist practitioners.
• Define architecture standards, patterns and principles that support regulatory and reform priorities, and ensure sustainable organisation growth and reduce technical debt.
• Drive best practice across data management, metadata, lineage, master data and information governance.
• Partner with executives and business leaders to translate complex business problems into practical technical solutions.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and identify opportunities to improve regulatory effectiveness by harnessing data and analytics.
• Foster a culture of technical excellence, continuous improvement and data-driven decision making.

You will bring

• Experience designing and delivering enterprise-scale data architecture in a regulatory context.
• Deep expertise across cloud data platforms, data engineering, data warehousing and integration.
• Demonstrated success building and developing capability in technical teams.
• Strong experience establishing pragmatic governance guardrails that balance control with business enablement.
• Strong understanding of data security, privacy, risk management and regulatory environments.
• The ability to communicate complex technical concepts in a way that creates confidence and understanding across both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Ability to lead and support transformation data projects as part of the data strategy implementation

Closing Date: 21 October 2026 – 11.59pm

Working at the Department of Creative Industries, Tourism, Hospitality and Sport

We bring vibrancy to NSW by growing our creative industries and workforces, driving strong visitor and night-time economies, ensuring a responsible hospitality sector, and putting arts, culture and sport at the heart of our communities. Together we:

• Create social and economic opportunities for the state
• Support the creation of jobs across the creative, visitor and night-time economies
• Prioritise First Nations artists, stories and culture
• Ensure arts, culture and sport are at the heart of every community to be enjoyed and accessed by all
• Drive visitation through events, campaigns and visitor experience development
• Activate our night-time and creative economies to unlock unique precincts and community spaces
• Deliver a vibrant and responsible hospitality, liquor, racing and gaming environment
• Support NSW’s key Cultural Institutions to ensure access for all, enable community experiences and education and preserve the state’s diverse cultural assets and history.

At DCITHS, we welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds, including people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people identifying as LGBTIQ+, culturally and linguistically diverse people, carers and other diversity groups.

If you require an adjustment to be made during the recruitment process or have an enquiry about the support provided, please contact Kalashree Wakhare Talent Acquisition Partner at [e-mail] or on 02 9240 8532. For more information on reasonable adjustments and types of alternate formats available through the recruitment process you can visit ‘Adjustments for Individual needs’ at I work for NSW.

A talent pool may be created from this recruitment action for ongoing and temporary roles for this role or similar roles that may become available over the next 18 months.

For enquiries relating to the role please contact Devang Mamtora Director Data Strategy and Projects - devang.mamtora @liquorandgaming.nsw.gov.au