Data Architect

Let’s create a more sociable future together

At Endeavour, we’re totally into what we do. With a portfolio that includes Dan Murphy’s, BWS, ALH Hotels, Pinnacle Drinks and more, we love to bring people together. Together we share our passion for our products and industry; it’s what inspires us to dream big, and continue to create new experiences for our customers and teams across Australia. If you thrive on positive energy, we want to meet you!

• Be a part of a growing and successful team
• Flexible / Hybrid ways of working
• Corporate Discounts

The purpose of the Data Architect role at Endeavour Group is to lead the design, development, and governance of scalable, secure, and high-performing data architecture that supports the Group’s strategic priorities across retail, hospitality, supply chain, and customer experience.

This role is responsible for ensuring that data is structured, accessible, and aligned with business goals to enable advanced analytics, AI/ML initiatives, and real-time decision-making. Working cross-functionally with engineering, data governance, and business teams, vendor partners, the Data Architect plays a critical role in building a modern data ecosystem that enables innovation, enhances operational efficiency, and delivers seamless customer experiences.

Sound good? Read on.

Here is a taster of what you can expect in this role:

• Be a key contributor to the Architecture peer group, collaborating with other Data Architects and Enterprise Architects (EA) to support Endeavour Group’s strategy and roadmap.

• Partner with SI partners, internal teams, and platform groups to establish and enforce standards, contributing to the development of guidelines focused on applications and products within D&AI’s scope for migration. Ensure all initiatives align with the overarching Enterprise Architecture to maintain consistency and support strategic goals.

• Review, assess, and govern solution designs to ensure they adhere to architecture principles and best practices throughout the migration lifecycle, ensuring smooth transitions and integration of data systems.

• Diagnose and resolve architectural challenges, addressing technical or operational issues that arise during the transition to the new architecture.

• Act autonomously to manage and resolve issues or deviations from established standards, ensuring alignment with project goals and architecture guidelines.

• Collaborate with Data Governance, Cybersecurity, Platform teams, and Risk and Portfolio Offices to implement engagement processes, track issues identified during assessments, and ensure they are properly documented in project and risk registers related to the various artefacts.

• Support the adoption of the target-state architecture by executing strategies for data systems, ensuring alignment with long-term enterprise goals and objectives.

• Ensure alignment with architecture standards and principles, promoting consistency in solution decisions across the enterprise and ensuring seamless integration with target architectures.

Now let’s talk about you: 

• Tertiary qualifications and/or relevant industry certifications (i.e. TOGAF)

• Proven experience in a Data Architect role, experience gained within large, complex Master Data Management programs

• Proven experience working in complex enterprise transformation programs

• Previous experience working within Retail is highly regarded

• Experience in data/information management, analytics, ML, and/or data services solutions  

• Strong business analysis and stakeholder engagement skills

• Understand and adhere to data governance policies and privacy regulations, ensuring consistent compliance

• Exceptional communication skills coupled with an ability to negotiate and influence

• Proven ability to consult and provide advice to internal stakeholders

• Experience in the development of architectures and data models for complex systems (conceptual, logical and physical)

• Solid understanding in database design, including conceptualisation to database optimisation

• Knowledge of data migration and engineering

• Strong understanding of database design, including conceptualization to database optimization  

• Knowledge of data migration and engineering patterns over on-premise source systems and cloud-hosted platforms  

• Excellent understanding of relational database technologies (SQL Server, Aurion, DB2, etc.) and cloud analytics (GCP, Azure, AWS)  

• Experience working in Agile and DevOps environments, with knowledge of CI-CD tools  

• Direct experience with GCP and Azure Cloud

• Leadership qualities

The benefits are good too! 

• We offer flexible working in every sense
• An exclusive discount card for BWS, Dan Murphy’s, Woolworths, BIG W and other Endeavour Group brands, including our ALH pubs
• Monthly meeting-free days 
• Your health and wellbeing is your most important asset, and as one of our valued team members, it’s our first priority. You will have a range of free services to help you live well and support your physical, mental and financial wellbeing
• Endeavour Group is full of opportunities - use our dedicated learning and development options to grow an idea, yourself, and your career. This is just the start, so dream big.

At Endeavour, you will also be connected to our internal inclusion and community networks, including:

• Proud at Endeavour  – Celebrating and supporting our LGBTQ+ community and allyship.
• Reconciliation Network – Driving our commitment to First Nations inclusion, recognition and partnership.
• Jawun Partnership – offering unique secondment opportunities to collaborate with First Nations organisations and communities.
• Social Crew – Bringing our teams together through fun, social and community-building events.

At Endeavour, we value being a workplace where everyone’s welcome - if you meet a number of the requirements (and not all), we encourage you to apply.

We are together creators

With a portfolio that includes Dan Murphy’s, BWS, ALH Hotels, Pinnacle Drinks and more, Endeavour Group is big on sociability. Together we create the moments that bring millions of people together. And together we have more fun, create more opportunities, and score a lot more goals. We’re serious about creating a safe, inclusive and fun place to rock up to where equal opportunity is key, and flexibility is part of how we roll.  

We’re all about creating a more sociable future - for our customers and each other. If this job excites you - and you’re close-enough on the requirements, reach out, we’d love to hear from you.

You can learn more about working with us on LinkedIn or at endeavourgroupcareers.com.au.

Our Talent Team and Hiring Leaders kindly request no unsolicited resumes or approaches from Recruitment Agencies. Endeavour Group is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

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