Job Description
Melbourne CBD | Competitive Daily Rate | 12-Month Contract
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Our client, a major organisation within the utilities sector, is seeking an experienced Data Architect for an initial 12-month contract to play a key role within a significant Billing Replacement Program.
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The program is currently in Discovery and will replace existing billing platforms across a complex technology environment. This role will be responsible for establishing the current-state data baseline, defining target and interim data architectures, and guiding the migration and data assurance activities required throughout the transformation.
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This isn't purely a data modelling or governance role. We're looking for someone who can operate across architecture, data migration and delivery - Someone comfortable understanding complex legacy data environments, identifying quality and lineage issues, and establishing the architecture required to successfully transition data into new platforms.
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Your responsibilities will include but not be limited to:
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Assess the current data landscape, including models, flows, mappings, reports, data quality, ownership, lineage and systems of record.
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Define business data domains, key data objects, relationships, conceptual and logical models, ownership and mastership arrangements.
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Design target and interim data architectures aligned with enterprise, security, privacy, records management and operational requirements.
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Define the migration architecture across extraction, profiling, cleansing, transformation, reconciliation, archival,



cutover and rollback.
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Align data contracts, APIs, event payloads, reporting, analytics and downstream data requirements with solution and integration architects.
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Work closely with business SMEs, architects, system leads, security teams and technology vendors to resolve data issues and support architecture decisions.
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Skills and experience - To be successful in this role, you will bring:
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Solid capability across conceptual and logical data modelling, data domains, master data, metadata, lineage, data quality and governance.
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Strong data migration architecture experience, with an understanding of profiling, cleansing, transformation, reconciliation, cutover and legacy data considerations.
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Ability to translate complex business processes into practical data requirements, models, controls and implementation guidance.
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Nice to haves:
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Utilities or energy industry experience, particularly across billing, customer, account, metering, service order or Australian energy market data.
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Experience with SAP IS-U or similar utility/customer platforms, including phased migration or dual-run environments.
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This is an initial 12-month contract, based in Melbourne CBD, offering the opportunity to play a key architecture role within a major enterprise billing transformation.
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You'll have the opportunity to shape the data architecture from Discovery, establishing the models, migration approach, governance and data foundations that will support the program through design and implementation.

📌 Data Architect (Victoria)
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