About Us
At ANZ, we're shaping a world where people and communities thrive, driven by a common goal: to improve the financial wellbeing and sustainability of our millions of customers.
About the Role
As a Data Architect, you will lead the data architecture strategy, governance, and design for Wholesale Lending Capability across the ANZ enterprise. This role is pivotal in shaping scalable, secure, and future-ready data solutions across cloud and on-premise environments. You'll act as a strategic advisor and technical leader—mentoring teams, influencing architectural decisions, and ensuring alignment with enterprise governance and best practices across services such as Lending Services as a Service (LSaaS) and Wholesale Lending Origination.
R ole Type: Permanent
Role Location: Melbourne
Work Hours: Full-Time
What will your day look like?
* Set the vision and roadmap for data architecture across Wholesale Lending, aligned with enterprise strategy and governance.
* Establish consistent standards for data capture, management, reporting, and exposure across business domains.
* Design and implement scalable, secure data platforms and pipelines across cloud (GCP preferred) and hybrid environments.
* Develop and maintain enterprise data models, architecture blueprints, and data flow diagrams.
* Ensure alignment with ANZ's digital transformation, risk, and regulatory compliance goals.
* Champion data architecture principles, quality standards, and governance frameworks.
* Drive adoption of modern data paradigms such as data mesh and data fabric.
* Lead the design of data ecosystems supporting warehousing, lakes, real-time analytics, and AI/ML.
* Define frameworks for data ownership, lineage, quality, and metadata management frameworks.
* Evaluate and guide the implementation of modern data platforms (e.g., Snowflake, BigQuery, Azure, AWS).
* Architect solutions for MDM, Customer 360, and enterprise integration (API, ETL/ELT).
What will you bring?
* 10+ years in data architecture, with at least 5 years in an executive or senior leadership role
* Proven experience in the banking or financial services industryExpertise in enterprise data architecture, data warehousing, data lakes, and real-time data systems
* Strong understanding of regulatory frameworks and compliance requirements in banking.
* Deep knowledge of data governance, metadata management, data lineage, and MDM.
* Expertise in cloud platforms (preferably GCP), SQL, Python, and data orchestration tools (e.g., Airflow, DBT).
* Strong understanding of data modeling (e.g., star/snowflake schemas), ETL/ELT processes, and data warehousing.
* Experience with CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, and infrastructure as code.
* Extensive experience with data engineering tools and technologies such as SQL, Python, Hadoop, Spark, and cloud platforms like AWS or Azure.
* Strong knowledge of data modeling, ETL processes, and data warehousing.
* Proficiency in machine learning and statistical analysis methods.
* Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to design innovative solutions to complex data challenges.
* Certifications in cloud technologies (e.g., Google Cloud Professional Data Engineer).
So why join us?
From the moment you join ANZ, you'll be doing meaningful work that will shape a world where people and communities thrive.
But it's not just our customers who'll feel your impact. You'll feel it too. Because at ANZ, you'll have the resources, opportunities, and support you need to take the next big step in your career.
We're a diverse bunch at ANZ in different roles, different locations, doing different things. That's why we have a range of flexible working arrangements, so our people can 'make work, work for them'. We also provide a range of benefits including access to health and wellbeing services and discounts on selected products and services from ANZ and more.
At ANZ, you'll be part of an organisation where the different backgrounds, perspectives and life experiences of our people are celebrated. That's because we're committed to building a workplace that reflects the diversity of the communities we serve. We welcome applications from everyone and encourage you to talk to us about any adjustments you may require to our recruitment process or the role itself. If you're a candidate with a disability or access requirement, and have an enquiry about the support provided, please let us know on your application or visit ANZ Accessibility and Inclusion Programs for alternate contact methods.
To find out more about working at ANZ, visit ******************************. You can apply for this role by visiting ANZ Careers and searching for reference number 97046 .
Job Posting End Date
27/06/2025, 11.59pm, (Melbourne Australia)