Azure Data Architect/Data Modeler

Candidate Description

With more than twenty-five years managing complex data landscapes, this seasoned Senior Data Architect excels at designing and modernising secure, cloud-native data platforms across AWS, Azure and GCP for high-profile organisations such as a National Disability Insurance Scheme, a Department of Education, and a Banking Group. They possess deep expertise in Medallion Architecture, Data Vault 2.0, Lakehouse, Dimensional and 3NF modelling, combined with mastery of Azure Synapse Analytics, Microsoft Fabric, Snowflake, Databricks, and Confluent Kafka. Their proven ability to translate intricate business requirements into scalable, governable and compliant solutions is underpinned by strong stakeholder engagement and a solid grounding in DAMA principles and secure-by-design best practices.

Adept at orchestrating end-to-end delivery, they have architected multi-agency fraud-detection ecosystems on AWS, migrated entire enterprise data warehouses to Azure for a Department of Education, and implemented customer-centric data platforms at a Telecommunications Company that power real-time AI/ML personalised experiences. Their technical acumen spans data integration (ADF, Glue, MuleSoft), DevSecOps automation with Terraform and Azure DevOps, advanced analytics with Power BI and Tableau, and rigorous governance aligned to ISM, PSPF, Essential 8, APRA CPS and PCI DSS. Key achievements include reducing campaign time-to-market by 90% through real-time NBA platforms, implementing data pipelines processing 40M+ daily transactions for a Bank's AML obligations, and establishing cross-agency governance frameworks that standardised metadata and lineage controls.

This professional brings exceptional leadership, mentoring and change-management capabilities, having guided diverse teams through Agile, Scrum, Kanban and SAFe methodologies while uplifting organisational data maturity. Comfortable engaging C-suite stakeholders, regulatory bodies and technical squads alike, they combine strategic vision with hands-on engineering prowess to deliver value-driven, compliant and future-proof data solutions. Their blend of engineering rigour, PMP-certified project discipline and consultative style positions them as a catalyst for digital transformation and data-driven decision-making in any enterprise environment.