Senior Data Architect

Atturra; City of Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Atturra is seeking a Senior Databricks Data Architect to define and lead the platform uplift for governed data delivery. You will drive Unity Catalog provisioning, Purview governance, and CI/CD automation within complex client engagements.

You will shape platform architectures, ingestion patterns, and environment strategies, collaborating with client stakeholders and the Data Platforms practice to deliver scalable data solutions.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years data platform experience with at least 2 years in hands-on Databricks architecture.
• Databricks certifications required (e.g., Data Engineer Professional or Associate Developer).
• Deep hands-on Unity Catalog provisioning and governance design.
• Experience designing CI/CD pipelines for Databricks with Azure DevOps and Asset Bundles.
• Knowledge of IaC for provisioning and managing Azure data resources.
• Experience deploying Microsoft Purview for governance, classification, and PII controls.
• Experience with Lakeflow or Delta Live Tables and data migration patterns.
• Strong medallion architecture understanding and pattern definition for Bronze/Silver/Gold.
• Ability to produce actionable architecture artefacts and sign-off-ready docs.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and workshop facilitation.

Responsibilities

• Define and lead the technical uplift of the Databricks Lakehouse Platform for clients.
• Lead Platform and Governance Foundation work within a larger data strategy program.
• Design metastore provisioning, catalog hierarchy, and access controls via Unity Catalog.
• Define CI/CD, environment separation, and deployment patterns for dev/test/prod.
• Architect Lakeflow ingestion patterns and migration from Azure Data Factory.
• Provide governance throughout delivery, review CI/CD automation and Purview deployments.
• Collaborate with client leads and data owners to secure sign-off on architectures.
• Contribute to presales efforts with technical responses and solution design.

Skills

Databricks

Data architecture

CI/CD pipelines

Azure DevOps

Unity Catalog

Purview governance

IaC

Security & PII

Stakeholder engagement

Architecture workshops

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Terraform

ARM templates

Bicep

Azure Data Factory

Coalesce

Databricks Delta Live Tables

Job description

What You’ll Be Doing

Atturra Data & Integration is seeking an experienced Senior Databricks Data Architect to join our growing team on a permanent basis.

As a Senior Databricks Data Architect, you will define and lead the technical uplift of the Databricks Lakehouse Platform for our clients, ensuring the foundations are in place for governed, automated, and production-grade data delivery.

Your primary engagement will be a financial services member organisation Data Strategy Activation program (September–December 2026), where you will lead Item 2.1 — Platform and Governance Foundation.

This is the prerequisite scope item for everything else in the program: no governed pipelines, no RBAC, no environment separation, and no downstream tooling can operate without the work you will design and oversee in this item. You will carry 31 architect days across September and October, with the item running to handover by end of October.

What You’ll Deliver On The Client Engagement:

• Unity Catalog metastore provisioning and catalog hierarchy design — establishing the single metastore and catalog structure that all governed pipelines, workspace binding, and access controls depend on.
• Purview architecture, classification and PII handling design — defining classification taxonomy and PII controls before Silver/Gold data is used, meeting the roadmap's requirement for governed access and masking controls.
• CI/CD and environment architecture — designing the dev/test/prod promotion model and the target environment separation structure that Azure DevOps and Databricks Asset Bundles must implement.
• Lakeflow Declarative Pipelines design and ADF migration architecture — defining the Lakeflow ingestion pattern and migration path from Azure Data Factory, resolving the dual-pipeline/single-cluster design conflict identified in the data strategy.

Alongside the architecture work, you will provide technical governance throughout delivery — reviewing and approving deliverables produced by the Senior Data Engineer as they build out CI/CD automation, Purview deployment, Unity Catalog binding, source scanning, and cluster log streaming.

Broader Role Responsibilities:

• Translating data strategy and roadmap requirements into technically sound platform designs that engineering teams can build and clients can operate independently after handover.
• Defining ingestion patterns, environment structures, security models, and observability approaches at the start of each engagement so that all build activity is anchored to an agreed architecture.
• Reviewing key technical deliverables across the engagement lifecycle, flagging design drift, and resolving blockers that require architectural decisions.
• Collaborating with client stakeholders — including technical leads and data owners — to validate architecture decisions and obtain sign‑off before build commences.
• Contributing to presales and scoping activities within the Data Platforms practice, including effort estimation, technical responses, and solution design.

Working Conditions:

• Open to Permanent Residency Visa
• Permanent full time or Contract
• Hybrid
• Open to all major locations e.g., Sydney/Canberra/Melbourne/Brisbane/Perth
• Occasional travel to client site/s

What will make you successful in this role?

Essential

• At least 5 years of data platform experience, with at least 2 years in a hands‑on architecture role on Databricks — not purely advisory.
• Current Databricks certification(s) required (e.g., Databricks Certified Data Engineer Professional or Databricks Certified Associate Developer for Apache Spark).
• Deep hands‑on experience with Unity Catalog — including metastore provisioning, catalog and schema hierarchy design, workspace binding, and access model implementation.
• Demonstrated experience designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines for Databricks using Azure DevOps and Databricks Asset Bundles, including dev/test/prod environment separation.
• Understanding of Infrastructure as Code principles and tooling (e.g., Terraform, ARM templates, or Bicep) for provisioning and managing Azure data platform resources in a repeatable, auditable way.
• Experience designing and deploying Microsoft Purview as an enterprise governance platform, including classification configuration, PII handling controls, lineage scanning, and source registration.
• Experience with Lakeflow Declarative Pipelines (or Databricks Delta Live Tables) and the ability to design ingestion patterns and migration paths from Azure Data Factory.
• Strong understanding of medallion architecture (Bronze/Silver/Gold) and the ability to define standards and patterns that engineering teams build to consistently.
• Ability to produce clear, actionable architecture artefacts — source‑to‑target mapping standards, environment design documents, security models — that engineers and clients can work from directly.
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills, with experience facilitating design workshops, presenting architecture decisions, and obtaining client sign‑off.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.

Desirable

• Experience remediating security issues in Azure data environments, including BLOB storage access controls and Synapse Link/CDC configurations.
• Familiarity with Coalesce as a transformation layer on Databricks, and an understanding of how it integrates with Unity Catalog and CI/CD pipelines.
• Exposure to membership‑based or not‑for‑profit organisations, or similar environments with complex data residency and PII obligations.
• Experience contributing to presales and scoping — including effort estimation for architecture activities and writing technical sections of proposals.
• Understanding of Databricks cost management and cluster policy design to support responsible platform operations after handover.

Why is this an exciting opportunity?

Atturra is one of the fastest growing ASX‑listed advisory and IT solutions companies in Australia, giving you a strong foundation to fulfil your career ambitions.

We currently have 1300+ professionals working across Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong, and USA who are using innovation to lead the way.

The Data & Integration business unit helps clients unlock the full potential of data by integrating systems and applications, enabling digital transformation through our comprehensive on‑premises, hybrid, and cloud integration solutions. We specialise in Boomi, Smartsheet, and OpenText.

This is your chance to make an impact. Come and join our talented and creative team of change makers to redefine the future through technology.

What Our People Say:

“We are working towards a very bright future.”

“It's a company with vision and a promising future.”

Why you’ll love working here

Culture of possibility

At Atturra we embrace innovation within our teams, fostering an environment of possibility and growth. We believe in creating a supportive and welcoming culture, where everyone is encouraged to achieve success through collaboration, continuous learning, and smart work practices.

A strong set of company values

Our culture is reflected by our employees who demonstrate camaraderie, innovation, dedication, respect and excellence in everything they do. These traits have become integral to the way we do business and are the values we strive for.

Valuable employee benefits

• Employee benefits, recognition, and wellbeing platform
• Career growth via succession planning, internal promotions, and mentorship opportunities
• Ongoing investment in professional development through industry and technology certifications, and study assistance
• Mental health support through our Employee Assistance Program