Senior Data Architect

CareCone Group; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

CareCone Group in Melbourne/Sydney is seeking a Senior Data Architect to define and lead enterprise data architecture across business and technology domains, aligning to strategy and roadmaps.

You will design modern data platforms with Lakehouse and cloud data architecture principles, and provide guidance across Databricks, Snowflake and Microsoft Purview while establishing governance, models and information architecture.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience as a Senior Data Architect or equivalent.
• Strong understanding of Lakehouse architecture and cloud data platforms.
• Experience with Databricks, Snowflake, and Microsoft Purview.
• Expertise in data lineage, metadata and taxonomy.
• Ability to design technology-agnostic architectures for complex environments.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication.

Responsibilities

• Define and lead enterprise data architecture across business and technology domains.
• Develop target-state data architectures aligned to business strategy and technology roadmaps.
• Design modern data platforms incorporating Lakehouse and cloud data architecture principles.
• Provide architectural guidance across Databricks, Snowflake, Microsoft Purview and related data technologies.
• Establish and maintain data architecture principles, standards and patterns.
• Define approaches for data lineage, metadata management, data classification and data governance.
• Develop and maintain enterprise data models, taxonomies and information architecture.
• Work with data engineering, analytics, security and application architecture teams to ensure consistency across the data landscape.
• Assess existing data environments and develop pragmatic roadmaps for modernisation.
• Provide architectural oversight across data platform, integration and analytical initiatives.
• Ensure data architecture supports scalability, security, quality, discoverability and reuse.
• Define architectural standards and provide governance across delivery teams.
• Evaluate emerging data technologies and recommend appropriate solutions based on business requirements.
• Communicate complex architectural concepts to senior technology and business stakeholders.
• Mentor and provide architectural guidance to data engineers, architects and delivery teams.

Skills

Senior Data Architect

Enterprise Data Architecture

Leadership & Stakeholder Engagement

Cloud Data Platforms

Tools

Databricks

Snowflake

Microsoft Purview

Job description

Role: Senior Data Architect

Location: Melbourne/Sydney

Job Description:

Key Responsibilities

• Define and lead enterprise data architecture across business and technology domains.
• Develop target-state data architectures aligned to business strategy and technology roadmaps.
• Design modern data platforms incorporating Lakehouse and cloud data architecture principles.
• Provide architectural guidance across Databricks, Snowflake, Microsoft Purview and related data technologies.
• Establish and maintain data architecture principles, standards and patterns.
• Define approaches for data lineage, metadata management, data classification and data governance.
• Develop and maintain enterprise data models, taxonomies and information architecture.
• Work with data engineering, analytics, security and application architecture teams to ensure consistency across the data landscape.
• Assess existing data environments and develop pragmatic roadmaps for modernisation.
• Provide architectural oversight across data platform, integration and analytical initiatives.
• Ensure data architecture supports scalability, security, quality, discoverability and reuse.
• Define architectural standards and provide governance across delivery teams.
• Evaluate emerging data technologies and recommend appropriate solutions based on business requirements.
• Communicate complex architectural concepts to senior technology and business stakeholders.
• Mentor and provide architectural guidance to data engineers, architects and delivery teams.

Key Skills & Experience

• Extensive experience as a Senior Data Architect / Enterprise Data Architect / Lead Data Architect.
• Strong understanding of modern enterprise data architecture.
• Strong knowledge of Lakehouse architecture and modern cloud data platforms.
• Experience with Databricks, Snowflake and/or Microsoft Purview.
• Strong understanding of data lineage, metadata and data taxonomy.
• Experience developing enterprise data models and information architectures.
• Strong understanding of data governance and data management principles.
• Ability to design technology-agnostic architectures and select appropriate platforms based on business needs.
• Experience working across complex enterprise technology environments.
• Strong understanding of data integration, data platforms, analytics and information flows.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
• Proven ability to operate at an enterprise architecture and strategic level.
• Strong leadership and influencing capability.