Job Description
The Data Architect is a key member of the Information Technology team, responsible for designing and guiding the modernization of our data platform in alignment with industry best practices. This role plays a critical part in transitioning from legacy on-premises systems to a scalable, secure, and cloud-based data architecture.
The architect will define current and target state architectures, design and govern enterprise data models, and establish robust patterns for batch processing, change data capture (CDC), streaming, and ELT workflows. These patterns will be implemented using a variety of contemporary data services and tools, independent of any specific cloud provider.
In this full time role, based in the Pelaco Building, Richmond you will be part of the Information technology team and report to the Director of Data and Intergration.
You will make an impact by:
Design data models and zones (raw/bronze, integrated/silver, curated/gold) using 3NF, Data Vault 2.0, and star schema as appropriate.
Leading migration of SQL Server/SSIS workloads to cloud data platform using native technologies.
Communicating with transparent and unambiguous language in all interactions, tailored to the audience.
Ensure compliance with Australian privacy law and Epworth policies.
Document patterns, runbooks and conduct enablement for data engineers and analysts.
To be successful in this role…
You will have:
10+ years in data engineering/architecture, including 3+ years on any major cloud platform.
Proven experience migrating on-prem SQL Server data warehouses and SSIS workloads to cloud.
Hands-on delivery of CDC/streaming and ELT.
Experience in healthcare or regulated industries; familiarity with HL7/FHIR.
Exposure to enterprise BI; heavy transformations
Expertise in SQL performance, partitioning/cluster, policy tags, RLS/CLS.
Robust in ETL/ELT, CDC, Event Streaming.
Data and Semantic models: 3NF, Data Vault 2.0, star schema; SCD/CDC merge patterns.
Governance: (catalog, quality, lineage) with IAM/lineage integrations
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