Solution Architect - Data

The University of Queensland; City of Brisbane; On-site; AUD 141,000 - 149,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

26 weeks parental leave

17% superannuation

17.5% annual leave loading

Hybrid working options

Health and wellness discounts

On campus childcare options

Affordable parking

Salary packaging options

Job summary

The University of Queensland is seeking a Solution Architect - Data to provide strategic leadership for the organisation’s data architecture. You will establish standards and enterprise data models, guiding solution delivery, platform evolution, and driving innovation across data and integration services.

Based at our St Lucia location, this full-time permanent role offers a clear path to shape data capabilities, mentor modellers, and collaborate with business and delivery teams to translate

Qualifications

• Postgraduate degree in IT or related field or extensive relevant experience.
• Experience with designing and operating complex integration solutions in large enterprises.
• Strong leadership and stakeholder management capabilities.
• Knowledge of data architecture, modelling, governance and security considerations.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain the enterprise data architecture, standards, and roadmap.
• Establish data architecture principles, standards and patterns across the organisation.
• Lead the development and governance of enterprise data modelling frameworks and standards.
• Provide solution design leadership for data platforms and integration solutions.
• Partner with stakeholders to translate requirements into data solutions throughout delivery lifecycle.
• Drive data platform capability uplift and manage architectural risk and debt.

Education

Postgraduate IT degree or equivalent

Tools

Data modelling

Enterprise integration

Solution architecture

Agile project management

Leadership

Job description

Information Technology Services (ITS) Full-time, permanent position Base salary will be in the range $140,766 - $148,862 + 17% Superannuation (HEW Level 9) Based at our St Lucia location

About This Opportunity

The Solution Architect - Data provides strategic leadership for the organisation’s data architecture, establishing the frameworks, standards, and enterprise data models that enable trusted, integrated, and reusable data capabilities. The role guides solution delivery, platform evolution, and promotes innovation and continuous improvement across data and integration services.

Key responsibilities

• Define and maintain the enterprise data architecture, standards, and roadmap, ensuring alignment with business objectives, enterprise architecture principles, and data governance frameworks.
• Establish and promote data architecture principles, standards, patterns, and best practices to enable consistent, trusted, and reusable data capabilities across the organization.
• Lead the development and governance of enterprise data modelling frameworks and standards across conceptual, logical, and physical layers, while providing leadership and mentoring to data modellers to ensure consistent adoption and organisational capability growth.
• Provide solution design leadership and architectural oversight for data platforms, and integration solutions, ensuring scalability, performance, security, privacy, and regulatory compliance.
• Partner with business stakeholders, architects, and delivery teams to translate business requirements into effective data solutions and provide architectural guidance throughout the delivery lifecycle.
• Drive data platform capability uplift, shaping the technology roadmap, evaluating emerging technologies, managing architectural risk and technical debt, and ensuring compliance with security, privacy, and regulatory requirements.

About UQ

As part of the UQ community, you will have the opportunity to work alongside the brightest minds, who have joined us from all over the world. Everyone here has a role to play. As a member of our professional staff cohort, you will be actively involved in working towards our vision of a better world. By supporting the academic endeavour across teaching, research, and the student life, you will have the opportunity to contribute to activities that have a lasting impact on our community. Join a community where excellence is at the core of our culture, contributions are valued and a range of benefits and rewards are available, such as:

• Up to 26 weeks paid parental leave/paid primary care leave
• 17% superannuation contributions
• 17.5% annual leave loading
• Access to flexible working arrangements including hybrid working options, flexible start/finish times, purchased leave, and a condensed fortnight
• Health and wellness discounts - fitness passport access, free yearly flu vaccinations, discounted health insurance, and access to our Employee Assistance Program for staff and their immediate family
• UQ Study for Staff
• On campus childcare options
• Affordable parking (from just $6.15 a day)
• Salary packaging options

About You

You will be an experienced IT professional with a strong background in solution architecture and enterprise integration. With a blend of technical expertise, strategic thinking, and leadership capability, you can deliver robust, scalable solutions that meet business needs while engaging effectively with stakeholders. Your collaborative approach and ability to stay across emerging technologies will ensure continued innovation and best practice.

You will demonstrate:

• Qualifications equivalent to a postgraduate degree in IT or related field, or extensive relevant experience.
• Proven expertise in designing, implementing, and operating complex integration solutions in large enterprises.
• Experience applying agile project management methodologies to deliver outcomes.
• Strong leadership skills with experience motivating and managing teams in dynamic environments.
• Advanced problem-solving and strategic thinking abilities to drive innovative solutions.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to build effective stakeholder relationships.

The successful candidate may be required to complete a number of pre-employment checks, including: right to work in Australia, criminal check, education check, etc.

You must maintain unrestricted work rights in Australia for the duration of this appointment to apply. Employer sponsored work rights are not available for this appointment.

Questions? For more information about this opportunity, please contact Shirley Wood Mcleod, Associate Director, Data Services at [e-mail].

Other Information

UQ is committed to a fair, equitable and inclusive selection process, which recognises that some applicants may face additional barriers and challenges which have impacted and/or continue to impact their career trajectory. Candidates who don’t meet all criteria are encouraged to apply and demonstrate their potential. The selection panel considers both potential and performance relative to opportunities when assessing suitability for the role.

Applications close Sunday 4 October 2026, 11.00pm AEST (R-54001).

The University of Queensland (UQ) acknowledges the Traditional Owners and their custodianship of the lands on which UQ is situated. We pay our respects to their Ancestors and their descendants, who continue cultural and spiritual connections to Country. At the University of Queensland, we are proud to be one of Australia’s leading research and teaching institutions, consistently ranking among the top 50 universities worldwide. As a member of the prestigious Group of Eight (Go8) universities, UQ is widely recognised for its intensive focus on research and teaching excellence – evidenced by our numerous accolades including more teaching awards than any other Australian University and reflected in UQ being the number one recipient of ARC Fellowships and Awards nationally across all scheme years (totalling 452 awards worth $339 million). Our state-of-the-art facilities, libraries, and cutting-edge research centres offer unparalleled opportunities for academic and professional growth. With five faculties, a number of globally recognised research institutes, and over 100 research centres, we attract an interdisciplinary community of more than 7000 staff, supporting more than 55,000 current students from over 137 countries. UQ is dedicated to supporting the career aspirations of our students and staff. Our comprehensive career services provide personalized guidance, skills development, and networking opportunities to help you achieve your professional goals. Whether you are a student seeking internships and job placements or a staff member looking for career advancement, UQ is here to support you every step of the way.

UQ values equity, diversity and inclusion and seeks to reflect the broader community by attracting and retaining high-quality staff from a range of backgrounds. Our commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion aims to ensure that everyone at UQ feels valued and empowered to achieve their full potential. We are particularly interested to hear from people who bring diversity to UQ – whether that be gender identity, LGBTQIA+, cultural and/or linguistic, Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples, or people with a disability. Whether you are a recent graduate, an Academic, or an experienced professional, UQ offers a wide range of opportunities to help you grow and succeed. Explore our current job openings, discover our programs, and become part of a community that is dedicated to creating lasting, meaningful impact for the communities in which we live and work. For more information about working at UQ and our employee benefits (such as generous leave provisions, 17% superannuation, flexible working arrangements, and health and wellness discounts) please visit Why Work at UQ.