Data Architect — Melbourne, Victoria

Enterprise Data Architecture
for Melbourne Organisations.

Former Microsoft data architects working with Melbourne's financial services, healthcare, retail, and education sectors. We design modern data platforms on Azure (Australia Southeast) that meet Australian Privacy Act, APRA, and Victorian Government data requirements.

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Built for Melbourne's Enterprise Landscape.

Melbourne's enterprise data landscape spans Australia's largest financial services institutions, major health systems, national retail groups, and research universities — organisations managing data at a scale and regulatory complexity that demands proper architectural thinking.

Financial Services & Superannuation

ANZ and NAB Victorian HQs, Macquarie Asset Management, AMP, UniSuper, and Colonial First State — Melbourne's financial services sector includes Australia's largest industry super funds. We design data platforms with the member data governance, APRA regulatory reporting (SRS 702, SRS 703), and investment portfolio data architecture that superannuation and wealth management organisations require.

Healthcare & Private Health Insurance

Medibank Private (HQ in Melbourne), Bupa Australia, Alfred Health, Austin Health, and Melbourne Health generate sensitive health data at enterprise scale under Privacy Act, Victorian health records legislation, and APRA PHI standards. We build data architectures that connect clinical, claims, and operational systems with appropriate access controls and audit trails.

Retail & Consumer Goods

Coles Group and Myer are both headquartered in Melbourne. Retail data architecture at this scale means connecting POS systems, supply chain platforms (SAP, Oracle SCM), loyalty platforms, and supplier data into unified analytics environments capable of handling billions of transaction rows, millions of SKUs, and the personalisation and supply chain analytics modern retail requires.

Education & Research Universities

The University of Melbourne, Monash University, and RMIT run large data environments mixing student administration systems (Callista, PeopleSoft), research data management platforms, and learning analytics. We design unified data platforms with governance models that respect research ethics requirements and student privacy obligations under the Privacy Act and state legislation.

What We Build in Melbourne.

Modern data platforms designed for Australian regulatory requirements, deployed on Azure Australia Southeast, built to serve both analytics and AI workloads.

Data Platform Architecture

Medallion architecture on Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2, Databricks, and dbt — deployed in the Australia Southeast (Melbourne) region. Designed for APRA CPG 235 expectations and built to serve both BI reporting and AI workloads with data residency in Victoria.

APRA & Superannuation Compliance

Data lineage, member data governance, APRA SRS regulatory reporting data design, and ASIC Regulatory Guide-compliant audit trails. We translate APRA prudential standards into concrete platform design decisions.

Retail Data Architecture

POS and loyalty data ingestion, supply chain data integration (SAP, Oracle), customer data platform design, and SKU-level analytics at the scale Melbourne's national retail groups require.

Cloud Data Engineering

Azure data engineering deployed in Australia Southeast: ADF pipelines, Synapse Analytics, Delta Lake, Event Hubs, and Azure Monitor. Full data residency within Victoria by default.

Data Governance & Privacy Act

Microsoft Purview data catalog with Australian Privacy Principles (APP) classification, data lineage, NDB audit trail, Victorian Protective Data Security Framework (VPSF) security classification, and Unity Catalog for Databricks.

Data Architecture Audit

A 2–3 week diagnostic of your current data estate. We map your sources, identify compliance and architectural gaps, and deliver a prioritised remediation roadmap. We work across AU and US time zones.

Transparent Pricing.

Australian pricing, honest scoping. We start with an audit so you know exactly what you are investing in before the build begins.

Day Rate

From $2,000 AUD/day

Architecture, design, and hands-on data engineering

Project

From $18,000 AUD

Scoped data platform builds and architecture designs

Managed Data

From $8,000 AUD/mo

Ongoing data engineering and platform management

Melbourne FAQs.

Do you have experience with Melbourne's major financial services and superannuation organisations?

Yes. Melbourne is home to ANZ and NAB Victorian headquarters, Macquarie Asset Management, AMP, UniSuper, and Colonial First State. Superannuation fund data architecture requires member data governance, APRA regulatory reporting (SRS 702, SRS 703), and investment portfolio data architecture. We have built data platforms for superannuation and wealth management organisations and understand the regulatory reporting cadence and data quality standards these institutions require.

Can you build data architecture for Melbourne's major healthcare and private health insurance organisations?

Yes. Medibank Private (HQ in Melbourne), Bupa Australia, Alfred Health, Austin Health, and Melbourne Health operate under Privacy Act, Victorian health records legislation, and APRA PHI standards. We build data architectures that connect clinical, claims, and operational systems with appropriate access controls and audit trails for both patient care and business performance analytics.

Do you work with Melbourne's major retail groups?

Yes. Coles Group and Myer are both headquartered in Melbourne. Retail data architecture at national scale requires connecting POS systems, supply chain platforms (SAP, Oracle SCM), loyalty platforms, and supplier data into unified analytics environments capable of handling the transaction volumes, SKU counts, and personalisation requirements these retailers operate at.

Do you understand Victorian government data requirements?

Yes. Victorian government agencies operate under the Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014, the Victorian Protective Data Security Framework (VPSF), and the Victorian Government Data Strategy. We design data architectures that meet these requirements and work within Victorian Government cloud procurement frameworks. We apply data residency requirements to the Australia Southeast region for organisations handling Victorian Government data.

How do you approach data architecture for large universities and research institutions?

University data architecture brings together student administration systems (Callista, PeopleSoft), research data management platforms, financial and HR systems, and learning analytics data from LMS platforms. We design unified data platforms that bring these disparate sources together with appropriate access controls respecting research ethics requirements and student privacy obligations under the Privacy Act.

What does a data architecture engagement look like for a Melbourne enterprise?

We start with a 2–3 week Data Architecture Audit: mapping your current data sources and identifying the gaps between what your data estate looks like today and what your analytics and AI decisions require. From there, an Architecture Blueprint for your target state on Azure Australia Southeast. Implementation follows in phases — most enterprise engagements run 12–24 weeks for initial platform delivery. We work across AU and US time zones.

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