Job Description
Data Architect
Australian citizenship required. Must be able to obtain Baseline security clearance.
Location: QLD/WA/ACT/VIC/NSW/NT/SA/TAS (Hybrid).
What to Submit
- A tailored resume in docx format
- Individual responses to each criterion (maximum 3000 characters per criterion)
RFQ Details
- RFQ ID: LH-08007
- Agency: Department of Health, Disability and Ageing
- Closing Date: Wednesday, 7 October 2026 at 11:59pm Canberra time
- Estimated Start Date: 1 November 2026
- Initial Contract Duration: 12 months
- Extension Term: 12 months
- Number of Extensions: 1
- Experience Level: EL1 equivalent
- Security Clearance: Must be able to obtain Baseline
- Location of Work: QLD, WA, ACT, VIC, NSW, NT, SA and TAS
- Working Arrangements: Hybrid — expected to work from the nearest state office at least 2 days per week. A Working from Home Agreement can be negotiated with the Buyer representative before commencing.
- Maximum Hours: 40 hours per week
Job Details
The Department is seeking a Data Architect to assist in driving digital transformation in the data domain. Working within BTSS's Program Architecture capability, the role provides strategic leadership for information architecture, enterprise data modelling, data governance and transformation planning.
The position ensures transformation initiatives are built on consistent, authoritative and reusable data foundations that support business capability uplift, digital service delivery, regulatory operations, cloud migration and future AI-enabled services.
Key Duties and Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain data platform architecture aligned to enterprise standards and design principles.
- Establish and enforce design standards, patterns, and best practices for platform implementation and adoption.
- Ensure platforms meet performance, scalability, security, and reliability requirements.
- Identify and manage platform-level risks and technical debt, including maintaining asset metadata.
- Develop strategies to improve platform efficiency, reduce risk, and support modernisation.
- Provide technical leadership and guidance to platform and delivery teams.
- Support integration and reuse of platform services across multiple products and initiatives.
- Contribute to architecture governance, including design reviews and alignment with enterprise architecture.
- Develop and maintain the HPRG Enterprise Data Model and supporting information architecture.
- Provide strategic advice and support for data migration, replication and integration activities.
- Establish data standards, reference architectures and information management principles for transformation initiatives.
- Ensure consistency of information structures across services and business domains.
- Support the documentation of current-state and development of future-state architecture through information architecture inputs.
- Analyse data dependencies across current and future-state services.
- Support roadmap development by identifying sequencing constraints and information dependencies.
- Provide data architecture advice into business assessments, prioritisation activities, TABRAs, option papers and investment proposals.
- Undertake other duties as required and advised by the Architecture Hub and Directors.
- Facilitate an effective transfer of skills and knowledge to the buyer to enable full use of services, deliverables and associated documents.
Technical Skills
- Azure data suite including but limited too – Azure Storage, Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure SQL, Azure Data Factory, Azure Logic app
- Microsoft Power Platform and Dynamic 365
- Exposure and experience in data warehouse technologies; GCP BigQuery, Teradata or Oracle.
- Database reporting
- HCL Domino (desirable)
About the Project
HPRG Digital Branch leads the modernisation of Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) and Office of Drug Control’s (ODC) digital systems for the HPRG. This includes building a modern intuitive digital platform for the TGA and the ODC that aims to make interactions easy, seamless, secure and efficient for industry, while supporting faster processing of applications and the department’s compliance and regulatory functions.
About the Organisation
The purpose of the Department of Health, Disability and Aging is to develop and deliver policies and programs and advise the Australian Government on health, disability and aged care. The department is responsible for achieving the Government’s strategic priorities for better health outcomes and reduced inequality, and affordable, accessible, efficient and high-quality health systems.
Selection Criteria
Essential Criteria
- Experience in delivering large scale complex data architectures spanning multiple technologies and environments - Deep knowledge of data governance and compliance in the public sector environment.
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Information Systems, or related discipline.
- Extensive experience in an industry recognised database platform; Oracle RDBMS, Microsoft SQL, OpenSQL, HCL Domino.
- Demonstrated experience in delivering data architecture for large scale Azure solutions.
- Strong analytical, stakeholder engagement, and communication skills.
- Deep knowledge of data governance and compliance in the public sector environment.
Desirable Criteria
- Experience in delivering large scale digital transformation including transitioning from legacy technology onto Azure platforms
- Experience working within government or highly regulated environments (desirable).
- Certifications in TOGAF 9, COBIT 5 Foundation, SAFe, Scrum and/or ITIL v3 Foundation are desirable.
- Minimum 10 years of experience working across IT environments in an application design or development.
Why choose Pinaka
We know the government ICT market and we keep things straightforward. We take time to understand your background, your goals and the type of role that suits you. We believe transparency is about more than rates and our margins are fair and always disclosed.
What you can expect from us...
- Fair, disclosed margins
- Clear communication at every stage
- Honest advice on fit and competitiveness
- Visibility on submissions and process status
- A professional and respectful experience
How you are paid...
You choose what's best for you.
- PAYG through Pinaka
- Third-party payroll
- Self-employed (own ABN)
- With a single, transparent and fixed margin, we ensure compliance to all state and payroll laws. So that is one less thing for you to worry about.
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