Enterprise Architect

PRIMARY DETAIL

Provide architectural design, governance and IT strategic direction in support of business capability areas related to information management, analytics, and data and AI Enablement across the University.

• Competitive salary plus 17% employer’s superannuation contribution and annual leave loading.
• Full time, fixed-term role for 2 years, ending April 2027
• Hybrid working arrangement in a collaborative team.

About the role

We are seeking a dynamic Enterprise Architect (Information Domain) who has extensive experience providing architectural design, governance and IT strategic direction in support of business capability areas related to information management, analytics, and data and AI Enablement across the University.  This role is part of a team that provides IT strategy and architecture services to the University. We work closely with our Chief Data Officer and business intelligence, IT operations and project delivery teams to ensure our information assets and enabling technology investments are aligned with the University’s strategic objectives and plans.

The University is embarking on an ambitious digital transformation journey, and this is a rare opportunity for shaping the delivery of the University’s vision for our information and data landscape.

What will you do?

• You will lead architecture engagement with the University’s faculties and business units and work to develop their business capability models and maturity objectives, defining strategic roadmaps for supporting application portfolios, and identifying applicable information and data standards.
• Define and manage the enterprise architectural plan for information, data, and integration, including the development of roadmaps, business cases and investment proposals that will be required to realise associated business benefit.
• Support solution architects to scope, price, and design solutions associated with our enterprise. information platforms (including data warehouse, data lake, integration platforms, data catalogue, and master data management) across both MQ University and MQ Health.
• Lead in information management governance from supporting scoping and planning for new initiatives and programs of work to facilitate early identification of impacts on strategic data assets.
• Participate in the Architecture Review Board to ensure that solution architectures adhere to principles, design, and documentation standards from a data perspective, and adequately address impacts to strategic data assets; to chairing the Data Design Authority that is responsible for oversight and management of our enterprise information platforms.
• Provide expert advice and support to project teams to ensure architectural governance requirements are met and solution architectures are consistent with IT portfolio architectures, policies, and standards.

Whilst the role is expected to be predominantly strategic in nature, at times you may be required to step-in and directly support project delivery.

About You

You will be a highly experienced Senior Information Architect or Enterprise Information Architect specialising in the higher education or the public sector, having worked either in-house or as a seasoned consultant to notable organisations of comparable size and complexity to Macquarie University. Your specific experience will have included major digital transformation programs in complex heterogenous environments.  Familiarity with master data management implementation projects will be a plus. You will be knowledgeable of contemporary technologies and best practice, themes and issues in information management and architecture, and be able to provide expert advice to inform decisions regarding new initiatives, including innovation, change, business improvement and investment. Whilst not essential, experience with the implementation of data privacy and information classification controls will also be highly regarded.

Selection Criteria

• Tertiary qualifications in a related discipline or equivalent knowledge, skills and experience in information management.
• 10+ years of experience in Information Architecture or enterprise systems architecture.
• Knowledge of architectural methods and standard architectural frameworks, with experience in their application in a complex enterprise environment, supported by relevant certifications such as TOGAF or DAMA (Data Management).
• Proven ability to analyse and interpret highly complex information from numerous sources, exercise independent judgment in a dynamic environment, prepare and present analysis and reports, and deal with challenges creatively to achieve business-focused and innovative solutions.
• Information Architecture (IA): Proven experience designing and structuring complex information ecosystems preferably in Salesforce environment.
• Proven ability to provide technical design assurance over both internally produced and third-party solution architecture and systems design deliverables to ensure fitness for purpose and compliance with standards.
• Good stakeholder management and expertise in providing technology leadership to meet specific outcomes.
• AI System design experience would be very valuable (ML and/or GenAI), for systems that actually worked in production.
• Taxonomy & Metadata Management: Strong skills in developing taxonomies, metadata schemas, and classification frameworks (preferred but not mandatory).
• Data Modelling & Ontologies: Knowledge of data modelling, knowledge graphs, and linked data principles (preferred but not mandatory).
• Cloud & Digital Transformation: Familiarity with cloud-based architectures (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) and migration strategies (preferred but not mandatory).

About Us 

Macquarie University Information Technology (MQ IT) team embraces the University’s mission to be bold, distinctive, progressive, and transformational. Information Technology is a trusted business partner with an ethos of service, and we pride ourselves in the application of a strong collaborative partnership approach to transformation across the University.

Macquarie is a university engaged with the real and often complex problems and opportunities that define our lives. Celebrating its 60th year in 2024, it was established as a bold experiment in higher education and designed to break from educational traditions to work in tandem with industry. Institutionally we strive for the extraordinary by challenging convention and embracing different views. Our pioneering culture has encouraged and inspired students, staff and collaborators to break free from conventional thinking, and to actively shape the complex issues that define the future of humanity.  

  

Why work at Macquarie  

We rank amongst the top employers in the Australian Workplace Employers Index, having recently earned a five-star rating in the QS World Rankings with the highest rating for employability.    

   

Our prime location, we are walking distance from Macquarie University Metro Station and Macquarie Shopping Centre.  Not only are we close, look at our benefits on offer:    

• 17% Superannuation    

• Subsidised onsite parking options   

• Flexible working options   

• Training and professional development   

• Onsite childcare facilities   

• Discounted health insurance (Medibank)   

• Onsite vacation care   

• Employee Assistance Program   

• Subsidised membership at the Sport & Aquatic Centre  

• Onsite GP, imaging & physio clinics  

How to Apply

Please apply online and attach your resume and a separate cover letter that outlines how you meet the selection criteria.

For enquiries, or a confidential conversation about the role please contact Connie Iong, Interim Lead Strategy and Architecture at connie.iong@mq.edu.au or Sarah Bate, Head of Talent Acquisition at sarah.bate@mq.edu.au.

*This position will require pre-employment checks such as criminal record check, working rights check in Australia and qualifications check.

Applications Close: 16 April 2025 at 11:59pm AEST

Please note we reserve the right to progress or decline an application as well as close the advertisement prior to the stated closing date. 

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Applications Close:

16/04/2025 11:59 PM

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