Role Purpose
The Data and Information Architect is accountable for leading the design and development of the Department's data and information architecture, ensuring alignment with the organisation's overall technology strategy and digital capability priorities.
The role contributes to the enterprise technology roadmap and drives initiatives that enable the organisation to become an insight-driven organisation. Working closely with internal stakeholders and external partners, the role translates business needs into scalable, secure, and maintainable data and information solutions.
Key Outcomes & Responsibilities
Architecture Strategy & Leadership
* Lead the design and development of the organisation's data and information architecture across multiple viewpoints and levels of abstraction to support business, information, security, and technology decision-making.
* Assess current and target state architectures, identify gaps, and develop recommendations aligned to strategic and tactical objectives.
* Define transition roadmaps and architecture plans that align organisational mission and vision with innovative, value-driven outcomes.
* Act as a trusted architectural adviser to senior management, providing direction to delivery teams and thought leadership on emerging technology trends.
Design, Modelling & Standards
* Present architecture roadmaps and landscape views to senior stakeholders.
* Develop UML, ER, and other architectural models for application and database teams.
* Translate business and application requirements into component, interface, and integration specifications.
* Ensure solutions adhere to enterprise architectural principles including reusability, modularity, loose coupling, security, performance, scalability, availability, and integrity.
Data Management & Governance
* Design and implement data models, data integration patterns, and data governance frameworks to ensure data quality, consistency, and security.
* Develop and maintain data dictionaries, taxonomies, and data lineage artefacts to support governance and compliance requirements.
* Provide guidance, coaching, and training to teams on data management standards and best practices.
Technology Evaluation & Delivery
* Evaluate technologies, software, processes, and development methodologies to define best-practice approaches for application, data, and infrastructure solutions.
* Lead the implementation of data and information technologies including data warehousing, analytics platforms, and big data solutions.
* Collaborate with IT operations and development teams to design, implement, and maintain infrastructure and network solutions aligned with business and enterprise strategy.
Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement
* Work closely with Data, Information and Analytics teams to deliver data visualisation and reporting solutions that enable insight-driven decision-making.
* Represent the organisation in cross-agency forums and oversee specialist consultancy services related to application and data architecture.
* Initiate, lead, and manage collaborative relationships with internal and external stakeholders including executives, clients, consultants, and service providers.
* Provide expert advice to Executive Leadership on solution boundaries, scope, and architectural impacts.
Work Health & Safety
* Contribute to a safe and healthy work environment by identifying and reporting hazards, incidents, and injuries in accordance with organisational policies and procedures.
* Comply with reasonable WHS instructions from line management and WHS Officers.