Senior Data Architect | Azure & Databricks, Hybrid

Avant; Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Avant is seeking a senior Data Architect to own the target data architecture for our Azure and Databricks platforms, driving maturity and simplification while ensuring security and cost efficiency. You will collaborate with engineering, governance, cyber security, and business teams to deliver trusted data and actionable insights.

You will shape data models, define integration patterns, and lead the transition of architecture ownership in-house.

Qualifications

• 10+ years’ experience across data and technology, including at least five years as Data Architect or Solution Architect.

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve the target data architecture and roadmap for the data platform (Azure and Databricks).
• Define ingestion, transformation and integration patterns across the platform and downstream systems.
• Provide independent architectural assurance over solutions delivered by delivery partners.
• Lead the transition of architecture ownership in-house and coach engineers and analysts.
• Embed data classification, privacy, retention, and security requirements into architectural decisions.
• Represent data architecture in governance boards and align designs with business priorities.

Skills

Databricks

Azure

Data Architecture

Data Modeling

SQL

Stakeholder Management

Architecture Governance

Cloud

Education

Tertiary qualification in computer science or related field

Tools

Snowflake

BigQuery

Unity Catalog

Microsoft Purview

Terraform

CI/CD for data platforms

Databricks Asset Bundles

Job description

Avant is seeking a senior Data Architect to own the target data architecture for our Azure and Databricks platforms, driving maturity and simplification while ensuring security and cost efficiency. You will collaborate with engineering, governance, cyber security, and business teams to deliver trusted data and actionable insights.

You will shape data models, define integration patterns, and lead the transition of architecture ownership in-house.