Lead billable customer engagements spanning architecture strategy, platform direction, governance, and transformation planning.
Shape end-to-end solution architectures that connect business goals to practical delivery outcomes across data, analytics, AI, and platform capabilities.
Act as a trusted advisor to senior customer stakeholders, guiding technology decisions, operating model considerations, and investment priorities.
Facilitate discovery, architecture workshops, and decision-making sessions to define target-state platforms, delivery roadmaps, and implementation approaches.
Provide architecture leadership through delivery, ensuring solution intent, quality, scalability, and governance are maintained from initiation through execution.
Partner with engineering and delivery teams to translate architectural direction into implementable designs, while remaining accountable for overall solution coherence.
Develop reusable architecture patterns, reference models, accelerators, and go-to-market assets that strengthen the broader Data & AI practice.
Support selected pre-sales activities including opportunity shaping, proposal input, statements of work, proof of value engagements, and executive-level solution storytelling.

Significant experience in architecture and consulting roles, including prior experience as a Solution Architect, Data Architect, or equivalent senior architecture position.
Strong contemporary expertise in Databricks, including experience designing client solutions around lakehouse architectures, data engineering, governance, and analytics workloads.
Experience advising enterprise clients on modern data platform strategies spanning warehousing, BI, advanced analytics, streaming, and AI-enabled use cases.
Ability to work credibly with executives, delivery leaders, and engineering teams, translating business ambition into practical architecture and transformation plans.
Strong consulting judgement, commercial awareness, and communication skills, with the ability to shape outcomes in both delivery and pursuit contexts.
Experience building repeatable solution patterns, architecture assets, or accelerators that improve delivery quality and speed.
Experience with Azure and AWS deployments.
A strong learning mindset and current awareness of how Agentic AI is reshaping engineering practices, solution expectations, and enterprise operating models.

Flexibility : We give you the freedom to excel, providing as much autonomy and flexibility around when you work so you can manage your time in a way that best suits you to get the job done.
Learning : We are passionate about continuous improvement and care about you investing in and developing your craft. Our Craft 180 Program is a holistic strategy for ongoing, meaningful skill and capability development with an ultimate goal to create an environment where people can learn and contribute in different ways to develop, practice and become masters of their craft.
Access to Benefits That Fit Your Life : From salary packaging and purchased leave to novated leasing options, we offer a range of benefits designed to suit different lifestyles and priorities. There’s something for everyone.
Health & Wellbeing Programmes : We focus on you as a whole person, with wellbeing initiatives that are to support you mentally, physically, emotionally and financially.
Connection : Regular social activities across your team and the organisation.
Recognition : We offer several reward & recognition programmes to acknowledge the amazing work that you do!
Career opportunity : We provide the opportunity to work on diverse projects and initiatives that enable you to create a brilliant career.

Principal Solution Architect – Data & AI

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