Data Architect
The Game Changers:
Australian Payments Plus (AP+) is here to shape the future of payments for Australia. We aim to deliver more innovation to Australia’s payments ecosystem, for the collective benefit of Australian businesses, government and consumers.
Our solutions include Australia’s domestic debit network, real-time, data rich payments infrastructure, secure bill payments, digital identity verification, QR payments and experiences and open wallet solutions. It’s a new chapter with more possibilities.
Life @ AP+:
We are one connected team in pursuit of one inspiring purpose – to unite people and technology to power better experiences. Each of us has a part to play in making that happen. You’ll be encouraged to bring your big ideas forward and make a difference through your work.Taking steps forward in your career whilst still having room for fun, friendships, and flexibility in your daily life.
We’re driven by our core values: lead with heart, learn for tomorrow and live our legacy. A purpose like ours takes the inspired impact of an incredible team. Ready to change the game? We’re ready to help you do it.
Requirements
The Purpose:
The Data Architect plays a pivotal role in transforming AP+ into the leading-edge digital payments firm for Australia. This is a critical role in driving the organization’s data strategy and enabling advanced analytics capabilities. It spans across both agile product teams and waterfall project teams across the business, ensuring that the data architecture aligns with business needs, technology possibilities, and regulatory requirements.
Primary Accountabilities, Duties and Responsibilities:
- Translate business requirements into viable technical solutions for the data management of our payment solutions. This involves working with both agile product teams and waterfall project teams.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to gather, analyse and understand business needs, and translate these needs into architecture and design requirements.
- Ensure architectural integrity and consistency across the data pipelines.
- Provide data governance to ensure data integrity, security, and compliance with relevant regulations.
- Provide technical guidance and leadership to development teams in the implementation of the designed solutions.
- Perform regular reviews of system architecture and design, offering recommendations for improvements or enhancements.
- Understand, advocate, and support IT strategies, and analyse its impact on the business objectives.
We'd love to hear from you if have:
- Minimum 7 years of experience in a data architecture role, ideally in the payment industry.
- Proven experience in designing, implementing and deploying data solutions in an AWS environment.
- Experience with AWS services for machine learning models and pipelines would be of benefit.
- Strong understanding of the full technology stack for data management including proficiency in SQL, ETL tools, CI/CD pipelines and Snowflake.
- Knowledge of data analysis and data visualisation tools such as Power BI. Knowledge of ML based analysis would also be valuable.
- Familiarity with regulatory compliance standards in the payments industry in Australia.
What's Next:
We know applying for a role can be a nerve-wracking experience, so we endeavour to review applications and plan to schedule screening interviews within the next two weeks. If you are among selected candidates, we’ll be in touch to schedule a phone interview.In any case, we will keep you posted on the status of your application.
We want to remove all barriers to inclusion so if you need advice or support with your application, we’re here to help. Please reach out to recruitment@auspayplus.com.au We also encourage you to let us know your pronouns at any point during the recruitment process.