Principal Data Architect - Regulatory Data Strategy, Hybrid

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

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