Domain Architect

Ready to make a splash in your career? WaterNSW is seeking an experienced Domain Architect – Data, AI & IoT (full‑time, permanent) to join our team. This is an opportunity to work with an essential organisation creating a more sustainable future for the state. This role offers the flexibility to work around life, your contribution will be valued, and you’ll be supported to build a rewarding career. Our Perks And Benefits Work a 9‑day fortnight at Full Pay on the Enterprise Agreement. Up to 16 weeks paid parental leave. Fertility leave. Corporate wear allowance. Professional development and educational assistance. Access to remote area benefit packaging – based on work location. Salary starting from $137,125.00 base + 12% super. And so much more What You’ll Do Define and maintain the enterprise architecture for Data, AI, and IoT, ensuring alignment with business strategy. Lead the evolution of enterprise data and AI architecture maturity. Shape the organisation’s data strategy, including data governance, quality, and lifecycle management. Design scalable, cloud‑native data platforms and ensure alignment with enterprise integration, analytics, and AI frameworks to enable a single, trusted data environment. Develop and maintain data, AI, and IoT frameworks. Champion innovation through AI/ML, automation, and advanced analytics while ensuring ethical, secure, and explainable AI adoption. Drive rationalisation and optimisation initiatives to deliver measurable business value. Provide strategic architectural leadership for data, AI, and IoT components in projects. Validate designs against enterprise standards and integration requirements. Represent the data and AI architecture domain in governance and investment forums (internal and external), ensuring traceability from business outcomes to technical delivery. Embed data governance, AI ethics, and IoT security principles across all BAU and project initiatives. Serve as a senior advisor on data, AI, and IoT risks to governance forums and ensure enterprise‑level compliance with legislation and whole‑of‑government policies. Stakeholder alignment: Managing competing priorities and expectations across the business, balancing innovation with operational and financial constraints. What We Are Looking For Tertiary qualifications in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, or a related discipline, or equivalent industry experience. Architecture certifications (TOGAF, SABSA) desirable. Strong knowledge of data modelling, AI/ML frameworks, IoT systems, and analytics platforms. Understanding of enterprise architecture principles, governance frameworks, and integration patterns. Collaborative and influential, able to engage executive stakeholders and external partners to deliver cross‑organisational impact. Current NSW Drivers Licence. How We Will Support You When it comes to working in an office, we work in a hybrid way. If you’re required to be in the field or on site, the benefits of flexibility can be achieved in other ways, such as through a condensed work week. We are proud to be a WORK180 Endorsed Employer and are committed to providing equal opportunities for women. Visit our WORK180 page to access our benefits and career development opportunities. More About Our Team / Culture No matter how or where you work, safety is the number one priority. This means the physical and mental safety of you, your colleagues, and the public. Who is WaterNSW? WaterNSW operates the state’s dams, capturing and storing water, and then supplying it ready for distribution – for the environment, agriculture, industry and the community. With 41 major dams and hundreds of waterways across the state, we play a vital role at the source of the state’s water, delivering two thirds of all water used in NSW. We’re the people taking care of the state’s water at the source – capturing, storing, delivering. Find out more at waternsw.com.au. For more information, please reach out to: Nathan Hollis (*************@waternsw.com.au) Please note applications for this position will close on 9 January 2026, 5.00pm . #J-18808-Ljbffr