Senior Data Architect: AI-Ready Modernization & Data Mesh

Accenture Australia; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 170,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture Australia is seeking a Senior Data Architect to design modernisation and migration paths for large enterprise data estates in the APAC region, with a focus on AI-enabled transformations. You will lead the agentic conversion of legacy schemas, code, and pipelines under human-in-the-loop governance.

You will engage with executive and technical stakeholders, guiding delivery teams to implement scalable data platforms and governance foundations across cloud and modern data platforms.

Responsibilities

• Design end-to-end modernisation and migration paths for large enterprise data estates.
• Lead the agentic conversion of legacy code, schemas, and data pipelines with human-in-the-loop control gates to accelerate transformation while preserving governance.
• Architect data platforms that are AI-ready by design with data quality, lineage, and governance foundations.
• Define and govern architectural patterns, standards, and reference architectures across cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and modern data platforms (Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery).
• Design and deliver Data Product architectures aligned to data mesh, data lakehouse, and domain-driven principles.
• Collaborate with C-suite, CDOs, and senior technology leaders to translate modernisation strategy into architectural decisions with measurable outcomes.

Job description

Accenture Australia is seeking a Senior Data Architect to design modernisation and migration paths for large enterprise data estates in the APAC region, with a focus on AI-enabled transformations. You will lead the agentic conversion of legacy schemas, code, and pipelines under human-in-the-loop governance.

You will engage with executive and technical stakeholders, guiding delivery teams to implement scalable data platforms and governance foundations across cloud and modern data platforms.