Enterprise Data Architect

We're Hiring | Enterprise Data Architect

VAT Talent is looking for an experienced Enterprise Data Architect for a long-term opportunity with one of our enterprise clients.

If you're passionate about designing modern, enterprise-scale data platforms and driving data strategy, we'd love to hear from you!

📍 Location: Geelong / Melbourne

Key Responsibilities:

• Define and drive the enterprise data architecture roadmap.
• Lead architecture and governance across modern cloud data platforms.
• Design scalable, secure and high-performing data solutions.
• Establish enterprise data standards, governance and best practices.
• Partner with Enterprise Architecture, Data Engineering, Security and Business teams to deliver strategic data initiatives.
• Enable analytics, AI and enterprise reporting capabilities.

Technical Expertise:

We're looking for strong experience across:

• Snowflake
• Microsoft Fabric
• Azure Data Platform
• Azure Synapse Analytics
• Azure Data Lake
• Databricks
• SQL Server
• Lakehouse Architectures
• Data Fabric & Data Mesh
• REST APIs & Event-Driven Architecture
• Kafka
• Azure Data Factory
• ETL/ELT Frameworks
• Power BI
• Enterprise Data Governance
• AI & Machine Learning Enablement

What We're Looking For:

✔️ 10+ years of Enterprise Data Architecture / Solution Architecture experience

✔️ Extensive experience designing enterprise-scale data ecosystems

✔️ Strong Snowflake architecture expertise

✔️ Experience with Azure cloud technologies and modern data platforms

✔️ Deep understanding of data governance, security and integration patterns

✔️ Excellent stakeholder management and architecture governance experience

Placed by VAT Talent:

VAT Talent is an Australia-based specialist technology recruitment agency placing senior professionals across cyber security, cloud and infrastructure, data and analytics, software engineering, and digital transformation. With over 20 years of technology recruitment experience behind us, we partner with organizations ranging from boutique consultancies to enterprise IT services firms — connecting high-impact commercial and technical talent with roles that matter. If this opportunity resonates, reach out directly through LinkedIn or via email: rebeesh@vattalent.com