Beyond Blue’s vision is for all people in Australia to achieve their best possible mental health.

Beyond Blue’s vision is that all people in Australia achieve their best possible mental health. Our mission is to work with the community to improve mental health and prevent suicide. We aim to achieve this by:

• Promoting mental health and wellbeing
• Being a trusted source of information, advice and support
• Working together to prevent suicide.

Beyond Blue’s values are Collaboration, Respect, Enthusiasm, Excellence, Innovation and Integrity.

The Data Architect will have the responsibility for the architecture, design and oversight of data related initiatives at Beyond Blue for the newly formed Business Intelligence Team (including data exchange, integration, migration, data mining approaches and solutions data engineering, analytics and reporting solutions).

The Data Architect will bring thought leadership to the development and management of a whole-of-organisation Data Strategy, develop frameworks and guidelines for best practice data analytics and data engineering, and lead the requirements gathering for analytics and reporting platforms and solutions to meet critical business needs. You will have strong experience using the Azure technology stack (Azure Data Factory and Azure Cloud) and be able to identify reusable architecture patterns at project / program level, whilst ensuring their alignment to standards and strategies. You will be able to identify gaps and deficiencies in data processing and propose viable solutions. You will work with your Business Intelligence Lead colleagues and maintain and prioritise demand pipeline and capacity planning to ensure overall delivery of our strategy and architecture deliverables.

The role will also be responsible for the documentation and management of the Beyond Blue data architecture and for the ongoing evolution of the team’s data and analytics capabilities. We are setting the foundations of modern architecture practices at Beyond Blue, it is an exciting time to join this journey and put your stamp on Beyond Blue data and analytics evolution, and set the foundation for advanced natural language processing, and machine learning applications, to support new insights for action. Reshape our technology landscape.

Tertiary qualified, with extensive experience in a similar role. The appointee will develop a whole-of-organisation Data Management Strategy, including a data governance framework and data architecture, that connects people, process, information and technology. Your experience in enterprise information solutions and capabilities such as master data management, meta data management, analytics, data integration and migration, data quality assessment, will underpin your ability to pick up new concepts, instructions and processes and implement solutions.

This is a terrific opportunity to work within an organisation that is in a growth phase and be part of shaping the future outcomes for the community.

Beyond Blue is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive work environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability or age. We strongly encourage people from all cultural backgrounds to apply, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Applicants are encouraged to view the Beyond Blue Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan 2020-2022.

To apply, Applications should include a current CV with a cover letter that addresses why you would consider yourself to be a cultural addition to Beyond Blue and how your skills and experience would be attributes to the position. For detailed information about this position including the closing date, please refer to the position description on our careers page.

Preferred candidates will be required to undertake pre-employment screening, including a National Police Check and where required a Working With Children Check.

NOTE: Short-listing of candidates will commence prior to the closure of this role, so please do not delay submitting your application.