Senior Data Architect (AWS) – Hybrid, 12-Month Contract

Balance Recruitment and Balance Consulting; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Balance Recruitment and Balance Consulting seek an experienced Data Architect to lead the design and evolution of a large-scale cloud data platform supporting enterprise analytics and reporting initiatives. The role focuses on data architecture, modelling, data lakes/warehouses, ETL, and governance across the data lifecycle.

You will collaborate with delivery teams to define standards, review designs, and drive best practices, with consideration for security, quality, and scalable architectures

Qualifications

• Experience designing enterprise data platforms for large-scale analytics.
• Proficiency with data governance and data lineage.
• Hands-on data modelling for data lakes and data warehouses.
• Familiarity with ETL tooling and integration patterns.
• Strong SQL; Python or R is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and evolution of a cloud data platform for enterprise analytics.
• Set standards and review designs across the data lifecycle.
• Drive best practices in data governance, security, and quality.
• Collaborate with delivery teams to implement architecture choices.
• Provide technical leadership on data modelling, warehousing, and integrations.

Skills

Data architecture

Enterprise data modelling

Data lake/warehouse

ETL/integration/governance

Erwin

DevOps/version control

SQL/Python/R

Tools

Erwin

Job description

Balance Recruitment and Balance Consulting seek an experienced Data Architect to lead the design and evolution of a large-scale cloud data platform supporting enterprise analytics and reporting initiatives. The role focuses on data architecture, modelling, data lakes/warehouses, ETL, and governance across the data lifecycle.

You will collaborate with delivery teams to define standards, review designs, and drive best practices, with consideration for security, quality, and scalable architectures