Principal Data & AI Architect — Cloud Platform Strategy

KordaMentha; Sydney; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Professional development

Flexible work options

Career growth

Leave options

Culture & events

Family support

Health & wellbeing

Job summary

KordaMentha is expanding its Data & AI capability and seeks a Principal Architect to lead advisory and architectural delivery. You will design cloud data platforms spanning data, analytics and AI workloads, guiding CIOs, CDOs and CFOs in strategic decisions and delivering lasting business value.

Based in Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney or Brisbane, you will shape services, lead client engagements, and mentor the practice to ensure high-quality outcomes.

Qualifications

• Experience leading data architecture and AI transformations.
• Proven ability to translate business needs into technology strategy and roadmaps.
• Trusted technical advisor to senior leadership (CIO/CTO/CDO).
• Experience in architecture reviews, due diligence, and discovery workshops.
• Knowledge of modern data platforms, cloud architectures, analytics and AI ecosystems.

Responsibilities

• Shape and grow Data & AI capability through new services and client engagements.
• Design and lead modern cloud data platforms across data, analytics and AI workloads.
• Advise executives on technology decisions balancing outcomes, risk and value.
• Create reusable reference architectures, standards and patterns.
• Lead architecture reviews, technical due diligence and platform assessments.
• Facilitate discovery workshops translating priorities into architecture decisions.
• Mentor architects and consultants to grow capability.
• Collaborate with clients, partners and multidisciplinary teams.

Skills

Data architecture leadership

Cloud platform expertise

Advisory leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Mentoring teams

Architectural governance

Education

TOGAF certification

Tools

Databricks

Microsoft Azure

AWS

Google Cloud

Job description

KordaMentha is expanding its Data & AI capability and seeks a Principal Architect to lead advisory and architectural delivery. You will design cloud data platforms spanning data, analytics and AI workloads, guiding CIOs, CDOs and CFOs in strategic decisions and delivering lasting business value.

Based in Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney or Brisbane, you will shape services, lead client engagements, and mentor the practice to ensure high-quality outcomes.