Data Architect

Make a difference everyday 

Join HammondCare and help improve quality of life for older Australians in need. As a not-for-profit, Christian organisation, we provide expert aged care, home care, dementia care and palliative care. Mission-led, we build passionate teams who support older people through life’s most difficult circumstances. 

With over 90 years of experience, we’re known for our relationship-based approach. Whether it’s in our homes, hospitals or the community, we bring skill, empathy and innovation to every moment of care. 

It’s not just care. It’s HammondCare. 

About The Role 

At HammondCare, data is not just information  it is a critical enabler of safe, high‑quality care, trusted decision‑making, and responsible innovation. 

The Data Architect plays a pivotal role in shaping how data is designed, governed, and used across HammondCare. This role is accountable for defining and evolving both the current‑state and future‑state enterprise data architecture, ensuring our data is trusted, secure, interoperable, and fit‑for‑purpose across clinical, operational, and corporate domains. 

Working closely with clinical leaders, business teams, technology partners, and vendors, the Data Architect establishes clear enterprise data standards, patterns, and models that enable reliable reporting, analytics, AI‑enabled insights, and compliance with regulatory and ethical obligations. 

This is a hands‑on, outcomes‑focused role  translating strategy into practical architecture decisions that improve data quality, reduce risk, and enable HammondCare to scale responsibly while staying true to our mission of care. 

This is a contract role for 22 months working at St Leonards with hybrid opportunities. 

What we can offer you 

We care about your wellbeing at HammondCare and as a result offer a wide range of health and lifestyle benefits including:  

• NFP salary packaging ($15,900 tax free) plus meals and entertainment benefit (up to $2,650 tax free) 

• Additional leave purchase options and 14 weeks paid parental leave  

• Flexible working options 

• Discounts on everyday products and services 

• Discounted healthcare memberships - access to network of fitness centres and pools for employees and families 

• Free access to independent counselling support for employees and families 

• Health & Wellbeing programmes 

• Reward & Recognition programmes 

• Referral bonuses 

• Career and professional development opportunities 

 Key Outcomes  

• Establish a clear, enterprise‑wide view of data flows and architecture across clinical and corporate systems, vendors, and integration patterns, reducing duplication and unmanaged complexity 

• Enable safe and effective use of data by balancing accessibility and usability with strong privacy, security, and regulatory compliance obligations 

• Improve data consistency, quality, and trust, addressing known issues across source systems and interfaces to support reliable reporting, analytics, and decision‑making 

• Deliver pragmatic data architecture that supports near‑term organisational priorities, while progressively enabling a sustainable, scalable target‑state architecture 

• Simplified and rationalised enterprise data architecture across clinical and corporate platforms 

• Trusted, well‑governed data that is accessible for care, operations, and insight — without compromising privacy or compliance 

• Improved data quality and consistency across core systems, reducing risk and rework 

• A clear architectural pathway that meets today’s needs while enabling HammondCare’s long‑term data and AI strategy 

Responsibilities 

• Enterprise Data Architecture (Current & Target State) 

• Data Modelling & Domain Design 

• Integration & Interoperability 

• Data Platform & Technology Architecture 

• Governance, Security, Privacy & Compliance by Design

• Architecture Assurance & Delivery Enablement Stakeholder Partnership & Communication 

About you 

• At least 7 year’s demonstrated experience operating as a Data Architect or senior data engineering/architecture leader in complex, regulated environments (such as health, aged care, government, or large enterprises), with accountability for enterprise‑wide outcomes 

• Tertiary qualifications in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data & Analytics, or a related discipline — or equivalent practical experience delivering at scale 

• Strong capability in enterprise data modelling, integration architecture, and modern data platform patterns, with the ability to balance architectural rigour and real‑world constraints 

• Proven experience designing data architectures that enable analytics, reporting, and AI‑enabled use cases, while maintaining trust, safety, and compliance 

• Working knowledge of data governance and stewardship, including metadata management, lineage, data quality, classification, privacy, and information lifecycle management 

• Strong stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to influence, guide, and build alignment without formal authority, particularly across clinical, operational, and technology teams 

• Clear and confident communication, documentation, and decision‑making skills, with the ability to explain complex concepts in plain English for executive and clinical audiences 

• Architecture and/or data certifications are desirable (e.g. TOGAF, Azure or AWS data certifications, DAMA/CDMP), but practical experience and sound judgement are equally valued 

Our Culture 

HammondCare is committed to creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity and inclusion. We strive to create an equal employment environment for all. 

To Apply  

If you are ready to make a difference with HammondCare, Apply Now!   

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