Associate Data Architect

  • Define enterprise data strategy.
  • Design scalable data platforms.
  • Lead governance and architecture.

Company Description
Showtime Consulting is a leading provider of Shielded Cloud and Digital Solutions across Australia and New Zealand. We specialise in delivering secure, enterprise-scale technology solutions across cloud, data, DevSecOps, platform engineering, and digital transformation programs.

We partner with major organisations to build high-performing technology teams and deliver innovative cloud-native solutions that improve reliability, scalability, security, and operational efficiency.

The Role
We are seeking an experienced Data Architect to join a high-performing data and analytics team.

This is a strategic and hands-on role focused on defining enterprise data architecture, data strategy, governance frameworks, and modern data platform capabilities. You will play a key role in shaping the organisation's data vision, establishing architectural standards, and designing scalable data solutions that enable reporting, analytics, machine learning, and data-driven decision making.

The ideal candidate will bring extensive experience across data architecture, data engineering, data governance, and modern cloud data platforms, with a proven track record of delivering large-scale enterprise data transformation initiatives.

Key Responsibilities
  • Define and design enterprise data architecture, data modelling standards, governance frameworks, and data capability roadmaps.
  • Develop and maintain data strategies aligned to business objectives and technology direction.
  • Design and govern modern data platforms, tools, standards, and operating models.
  • Define and communicate future-state strategies for business intelligence, analytics, and data capabilities.
  • Produce and maintain data solution architectures and data product designs through architecture governance and approval processes.
  • Ensure data solutions are reusable, scalable, secure, and aligned with enterprise standards and best practices.
  • Create and evolve data technology roadmaps that support changing business requirements.
  • Define and improve data architecture standards, governance processes, and integration patterns.
  • Act as a trusted advisor to business leaders and technology stakeholders on data strategy and direction.
  • Collaborate with project managers and delivery teams to support planning, estimation, dependency management, and solution delivery.
  • Lead architecture workshops, work breakdown sessions, and solution design reviews.
  • Drive alignment between data initiatives, enterprise architecture, and strategic business objectives.
  • Support data product, data mesh, analytics, reporting, machine learning, and data-sharing initiatives across the organisation.
What You'll Need
  • Experience in Data Architecture, Data Engineering, or Solution Architecture.
  • Strong experience designing enterprise data platforms, architectures, and data models.
  • Expertise with Redshift, Teradata, Glue, Spark, and DBT.
  • Experience with Kafka, Kinesis, Airflow, and Dagster.
  • Knowledge of Data Mesh, Data Products, and Data Governance frameworks.
  • Experience with data catalogues, metadata management, and governance tools.
  • Understanding of machine learning, analytics, reporting, and data-intensive applications.
  • Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code concepts, including Terraform.
  • Strong stakeholder engagement, consulting, and communication skills.
  • Experience working within Agile and Waterfall delivery environments.
  • Telecommunications industry experience highly regarded.

Desirable Skills
  • Telecommunications industry experience.
  • Experience with cloud-native data platforms and enterprise-scale data transformation programs.
  • Exposure to AI, machine learning, and advanced analytics platforms.
  • Experience developing enterprise data governance and operating models.
  • Knowledge of data security, privacy, and regulatory compliance frameworks.
  • Experience working with architecture governance boards and enterprise architecture frameworks.
  • Knowledge of AWS cloud services and modern data ecosystem tooling.
  • Relevant certifications in Data Architecture, Cloud Architecture, AWS, or Enterprise Architecture.

Why Join Us?
  • Work on large-scale enterprise data and analytics transformation initiatives.
  • Define the future-state data strategy and architecture for critical business capabilities.
  • Influence enterprise data governance, standards, and technology direction.
  • Collaborate with senior business leaders, architects, engineers, and data specialists.
  • Gain exposure to modern cloud, big data, analytics, and machine learning platforms.
 
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