Data Architect

Your role

At Allens, our business teams are also specialists in their field, using their unique knowledge and expertise to solve critical client and business challenges. You'll be a part of our Integration & Automation team sitting within the wider Information Technology Services (ITS) group and be based in one of our east coast offices (Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane). The team is dedicated to unlocking the value of data for the firm, while maintaining high standards of data security and governance.

As a Data Architect you will:

• Design and deliver modern cloud-native data platforms (Azure).

• Lead data stack migration projects and develop robust migration patterns.

• Drive data strategy, architecture, governance engagements, and align solutions with compliance requirements.

• Collaborate with engineering teams to build scalable platforms and developers to create impactful data products.

• Translate business problems into actionable data powered solutions that deliver value.

• Work closely with data stewards, data owners, and data governance teams to ensure alignment between models, pipelines, platform designs, governance frameworks and collaboration tools.

• Implement effective strategies for data synchronisation across the firms platforms, including M365, SharePoint, iManage, Workday and enterprise IT application/security telemetry, ensuring seamless integration to maximise the platform’s capabilities.

• Mentor junior team members in best practices across data management and architecture.

This is a permanent, full-time opportunity. Hybrid working (60% in the office) is how we work however flexibility matters at Allens, so if you are seeking hybrid working or are looking for flexibility in your work, we would be happy to discuss what arrangements would work best for you.

About you

You will have:

• Proven expertise in architecting cloud-based data platforms using technologies such as Azure Synapse/Fabric/Databricks.

• Proven ability to manage stakeholder relationships across diverse business functions.

• Experience leading or participating in hybrid on-premises/cloud environments

• Experience in implementing enterprise data management processes, procedures, and decision support

• Demonstrated expertise with repository creation, and data and information system life cycle methodologies

• Experience with data processing flowcharting techniques

• Experience developing pipelines and implementing data synchronisation strategies within M365 environments, including SharePoint is favourable

• A strong understanding of relational data structures, theories, principles, and practices

• Applied knowledge of database platforms such as SQL Server

• Experience in modelling data sets, both structured and unstructured

• Knowledge of frameworks like DAMA-DMBOK for structured governance processes.

• Familiarity working with RESTful APIs

• Familiarity Terraform, Azure DevOps and GitHub for CI/CD pipelines within hybrid cloud ecosystems.

• Familiarity with SDLC frameworks

• Strong written/verbal communication skills complemented by strategic thinking capabilities.

Beneficial (but not necessary) experience might include:

• Knowledge of Elastic Search

• Knowledge of Varonis.

Your development

In joining Allens, you will receive unparalleled learning and development opportunities. You will be challenged, supported and guided as you learn and develop, and will be encouraged to grow. We foster greatness, and will coach and support you to meet your goals and aspirations.

Our unique Career Deal allows you to take control of your career and provides a transparent approach to career development. Our international alliance with Linklaters means we are able to support secondments all over the world.

Our perks

Our benefits include:

• Financial: market competitive fixed remuneration; incentive plan that recognises individual and team performance, employee recruitment referral program, discounts at hundreds of suppliers including retail outlets, health and travel insurance, charity matched funding program.

• Health and wellbeing: fully subsidised gym memberships, annual flu vaccinations, skin checks, in-house snacks and catered meals, subsidised sporting and social activities, Employee Assistance Program including confidential counselling, wellbeing coaching and financial coaching for employees and their families.

• Flexibility: hybrid and flexible working arrangements to support you in your work and life commitments and passions, equipment to support working from home.

• Leave: ability to purchase additional annual leave, access to an enhanced, inclusive and flexible parental leave policy – 26 weeks paid parental leave with no minimum service for permanent employees and high quality executive coaching to support the transition.

• Recognition: team based recognition including social activities and contribution based recognition activities, and annual Allens Values Awards to nominate and recognise the incredible contributions of our people.

Allens is also proud to invest in our communities, giving you the opportunity to make a difference through our work on reconciliation, the environment and other social justice issues as well as our workplace giving and volunteering programs.

How to apply?

We'd love to hear from you so please click "apply now"! If you would like to find out more, please visit "This is Allens" or listen to our Allens Confidential podcast to hear real stories from real people about life at Allens. Alternatively, for a confidential discussion, please reach out to Thomas Wigglesworth (he/him), Talent Acquisition National Manager.

At Allens, our culture is made up of unique backgrounds and varying life experiences. We celebrate our people's differences across gender and gender identity, sexual orientation, age, ability, cultural backgrounds, First Nations communities, and family and caring arrangements. If you require adjustments to fully participate in our application process, please contact us at careers@allens.com.au. We encourage applicants from all backgrounds, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align, please express your interest by emailing us at careers@allens.com.au. The right role for you might be just around the corner!