Senior Data Platform Strategy & Architecture Lead

Simple Machines; Sydney; On-site; AUD 260,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

Simple Machines is seeking a senior data leader in Sydney to join our Global Data Practice. You will shape the future direction of our data platform capability across ANZ, influence propositions, and help clients modernise their data ecosystems for an AI-native future.

The role blends executive, architectural, commercial, and delivery responsibilities, driving modern cloud-native platforms and data mesh governance in large enterprises.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in hands-on data engineering, platforms, analytics engineering or data architecture.
• Consultancy and enterprise client-facing experience.
• Strong pre-sales, proposal development, and solution shaping capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Part of Global Data Practice leadership to shape data platform propositions.
• Lead architecture and technical direction for enterprise data programs.
• Advise clients on modern data platform strategy, AI readiness and governance.
• Drive data platform modernisation toward AI-native, real-time data products.
• Engage with senior stakeholders, pre-sales, and partner relationships.
• Mentor teams and contribute to practice development and thought leadership.

Skills

Data engineering

Data platforms

Analytics engineering

Data architecture

Consultancy

Pre-sales

Solution shaping

Cloud-native architectures

Data mesh

Federated governance

Tools

GCP

AWS

Azure

Databricks

Snowflake

Kafka

Spark

dbt

Kubernetes

Airflow

Job description

Simple Machines is seeking a senior data leader in Sydney to join our Global Data Practice. You will shape the future direction of our data platform capability across ANZ, influence propositions, and help clients modernise their data ecosystems for an AI-native future.

The role blends executive, architectural, commercial, and delivery responsibilities, driving modern cloud-native platforms and data mesh governance in large enterprises.