Data Architect

About the Role

This opportunity is for a Data Architect position with Australian Payments Plus, located in Sydney, NSW. As part of a unified team driven by core values of leadership, continuous learning, and leaving a legacy, you will contribute to advancing the payments ecosystem in Australia through effective data architecture design, governance, and utilization.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and refine Australian Payments Plus’s data architecture by creating secure, scalable, and reliable data solutions aligned with enterprise strategies and evolving business requirements.
• Lead the architecture and data design efforts on complex initiatives, converting business needs and information requirements into clear conceptual, logical, and physical data models.
• Implement and uphold data architecture standards and governance practices emphasizing security, privacy, data quality, and consistent architectural principles across solutions.
• Provide expert technical leadership to inform decisions related to data modeling, integration, platform design, and manage risk trade-offs.
• Support modern data platform evolution to facilitate advanced analytics, AI-driven insights, and innovative data products.
• Establish strong collaboration with business and technology teams to simplify complex data concepts, aid architecture decision-making, and identify data value enhancement opportunities.

Required Experience and Qualifications

• Extensive background in Data Architecture, preferably with at least seven years of experience, ideally within payments, banking, or financial services sectors.
• Proven ability designing enterprise data platforms leveraging AWS and Snowflake, enabling advanced analytics and AI-enabled data products.
• Advanced skills in data modelling and solution design to interpret and translate complex and sometimes vague requirements into comprehensive data architectures.
• Solid technical know-how of modern data ecosystem tools and practices, including SQL, ETL processes, Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines, Snowflake, and familiarity with analytics and visualization platforms like Power BI and machine learning analytics.
• Demonstrated leadership and influencing capabilities in architecture, including evaluating complex design choices, managing associated risks, and providing specialized guidance to both technical and business stakeholders.
• Relevant university degree or equivalent professional experience in data science, information systems, computer science, engineering, or related fields; certifications in architecture or data management would be an advantage.

Inclusion and Application Process

Australian Payments Plus values diversity and inclusion, encouraging all qualified candidates to apply even if they do not fulfill every qualification. Support is available during recruitment to remove barriers and accommodate needs. Applicants are welcome to share their pronouns during the hiring steps.

Additional Information

• This role is a direct hire with Australian Payments Plus and not through third party recruitment agencies.
• Continuous learning and team support form a core part of this career path.