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Data Architect / Principal Data Engineer - Databricks
We are seeking an experienced Data Architect / Principal Data Engineering who can operate as the technical second-in-command to the Data Engineering Lead, owning delivery, architecture, stakeholder engagement, and technical leadership responsibilities, while people management remains with the existing leadership team.
1. Leadership & Delivery
- Lead end-to-end data initiatives from requirements gathering and solution design through to implementation, testing, and business validation.
- Coordinate and provide technical direction to a small team of data engineers.
- Manage multiple projects and priorities concurrently, removing blockers and accelerating delivery.
- Operate with a high degree of ownership, autonomy, and accountability.
2. Stakeholder Management & Communication
- Build strong relationships with both business and technical stakeholders.
- Facilitate workshops, gather requirements, manage expectations, and drive outcomes.
- Translate business needs into practical, scalable data solutions.
- Communicate effectively with technical teams, project managers, vendors,
and senior stakeholders.
3. Architecture & Solution Design
- Design and govern enterprise-scale data platforms, integrations, reporting, and analytics solutions.
- Provide architectural leadership and ensure solutions align with business, technical, security, and governance requirements.
- Lead architecture reviews, impact assessments, migration planning, and solution assurance activities.
- Experience with data warehousing, Lakehouse architectures, data modelling, integration patterns, and data governance.
4. Technical Expertise
Strong working knowledge of
- Databricks Lakehouse
- Azure Data Platform (ADF, Azure SQL)
- Microsoft Fabric
- Power BI
- Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations
- APIs, data pipelines, and reporting platforms
Desirable:
- Stibo MDM
- Hybris
- Unity Catalog
- Synapse Analytics
- CI/CD and DevOps practices
5. Governance, Change & Vendor Management
- Review vendor proposals, architecture recommendations, and delivery plans.
- Ensure compliance with data quality, security, lifecycle management, and operational standards.
6. AI-Enabled & Self-Service Mindset
- Effectively leverage AI tools to improve productivity, documentation, analysis, and solution delivery.
- Independently research, learn,
and understand existing systems with minimal supervision.
- Apply sound technical judgement while validating AI-assisted outputs.
Personal Attributes
- Robust leadership presence without requiring formal people-management responsibility.
- Pragmatic, collaborative, and outcome-focused.
- Comfortable operating in ambiguous environments and driving decisions.
- Capable of mentoring engineers and influencing stakeholders.
- Preferably Sydney-based to facilitate direct engagement with business stakeholders.
Top Selection Criteria
1. End-to-end project leadership
2. Stakeholder management and communication
3. Data architecture and solution design
4. Technical leadership and team guidance
5. Azure, Databricks, Fabric, and Power BI expertise
6. Independent, AI-enabled working style
7. Strong ownership, governance, and delivery focus
Ideal Profile
70% Data Architect / Principal Data Engineer | 20% Delivery Lead | 10% Hands-on Engineering
This role is less about deep coding expertise and more about architecture, stakeholder engagement, delivery leadership, technical governance, and driving successful outcomes across enterprise data initiatives.
LTM is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender-identity, gender expression, language, age, sexual orientation, religion, marital status, veteran status, socio-economic status, disability or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
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📌 Principal Data Architect (Sydney)
🏢 LTM
📍 Sydney