Lead Domain (Data) Architect
Work Type: Contract (12 Months with 12 months Extensions)
Location: QLD, ACT, VIC, NSW, SA

Experience level: Lead - EL2 equivalent
Work Rights: Citizen with able to obtain Baseline

About Us

TechForce Services is a fast-growing Australian cloud technology consulting company dedicated to simplifying cloud technologies for our clients. We specialize in Salesforce implementations, custom application development, and platform integrations across on-premise and cloud environments.

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced Lead Domain (Data) Architect to provide strategic architectural leadership and direction across a complex enterprise data environment.

In this senior leadership role, you will be responsible for developing and maintaining domain architecture strategies, defining target-state architecture and guiding technology decisions across multiple programs and initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain and communicate domain architecture, target-state architecture and strategic roadmaps.

• Provide architectural leadership and authoritative technical advice across enterprise programs and initiatives.

• Ensure solution designs and technology investments align with enterprise architecture, domain strategy and security requirements.

• Lead architectural analysis of complex business and technology challenges and recommend strategic solutions.

• Establish and maintain architecture principles, standards, patterns and governance frameworks.

• Review solution designs and provide architectural assurance, identifying risks, dependencies and opportunities.

• Collaborate with enterprise architects, solution architects, security architects, data engineering teams and business stakeholders.

• Provide strategic advice on technology investments, architectural impacts, technical dependencies, risks and priorities.

• Represent the data domain in architecture review boards and governance forums.

• Evaluate emerging technologies and industry trends to identify opportunities for improvement and innovation.

• Lead the resolution of complex architectural challenges while balancing business priorities, cost, risk and technical constraints.

• Mentor and guide architects and technical specialists, building architectural capability across the organisation.

Essential criteria

• Minimum 8+ years of experience designing and delivering complex enterprise data initiatives and solutions, with at least 3 years in an EL2 or equivalent principal architect capacity (and/or relevant industry experience).

• Demonstrated ability to translate organisational strategy, business requirements and complex technology considerations into coherent domain architecture and strategic direction.

• Extensive experience developing and applying architecture principles, patterns, standards and governance to guide solutions across multiple programs, systems or delivery initiatives.

• Demonstrated ability to analyse complex architectural issues, dependencies and trade-offs and provide authoritative, evidence-based recommendations to senior stakeholders and governance forums.

• Strong understanding of contemporary enterprise technology environments, data management practices, MDM, RDM, data modelling, data management and data security practices.

• Demonstrated senior stakeholder leadership and communication skills, including the ability to influence executives, architects, technical specialists and delivery teams and achieve alignment across competing priorities.

Desirable criteria

• Experience performing a Domain Architect, Enterprise Architect or equivalent senior architecture role within Australian Government or another large, complex organisation.

• Formal certifications in enterprise architecture (e.g., TOGAF) or advanced cloud architecture (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional or Azure Solutions Architect Expert)

• Extensive experience delivering major cloud transformation projects within an Australian Federal or State Government agency.

• Relevant tertiary qualifications or professional certifications in enterprise architecture, technology, information systems or a related discipline.

If this opportunity excites you, we’d love to hear from you! Please send your resume (in Word document format) to [email protected].

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