Senior Data Modeler: Architect Cloud Data Models & Flows

Younity; Auckland; On-site; NZD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Jora New Zealand is seeking a seasoned Data Architect to design conceptual, logical and physical models and create dimensional structures for analytics on a modern cloud data platform.

You will collaborate with Data Engineers to ensure designs are understood and implemented, producing clear artefacts and reusable patterns while supporting governance, metadata, and data quality requirements across the platform.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience in data modelling.
• Experience designing conceptual, logical and physical models.
• Strong dimensional modelling capability, including star schemas.
• Experience with modern cloud data platforms.
• Good understanding of Databricks and lakehouse architecture.
• Experience with Bronze / Silver / Gold or similar layered data architectures.
• Strong understanding of data integration and data flows.
• Experience working directly with Data Engineers and taking designs through to implementation.
• A pragmatic, delivery-focused approach to architecture.
• Strong communication and documentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Design conceptual, logical and physical data models.
• Develop standardised and consumption-layer data structures.
• Create dimensional models, including star schemas.
• Define how data should be structured, standardised and surfaced for analytics and downstream use.
• Design data flows and integration patterns.
• Apply practical data architecture principles across a modern cloud data platform.
• Work closely with Data Engineers to ensure designs are understood and implemented effectively.
• Produce clear modelling, diagrams and architecture artefacts.
• Support data quality, metadata, lineage and governance requirements within solution designs.
• Help establish consistent modelling standards and reusable patterns across the platform.

Skills

data modelling

conceptual/logical/physical models

star schemas

cloud data platforms

Databricks

Bronze/Silver/Gold architectures

data integration

data flows

documentation skills

Tools

Sparx Enterprise Architect

dbt

Delta Lake

Azure data platform

Job description

Jora New Zealand is seeking a seasoned Data Architect to design conceptual, logical and physical models and create dimensional structures for analytics on a modern cloud data platform.

You will collaborate with Data Engineers to ensure designs are understood and implemented, producing clear artefacts and reusable patterns while supporting governance, metadata, and data quality requirements across the platform.