Principal Enterprise Architect

Principal Enterprise Architect - Data & Knowledge TechnologyOne is on a mission to transform how enterprise software is architected and delivered. As the Principal Enterprise Architect - Data & Knowledge, you will design and lead the modern data and knowledge architecture underpinning TechnologyOne's Data & AI Platform. You will establish the platform's unified data models, semantic foundations, vector‑based retrieval pipelines, and industry‑ready ontologies – enabling trusted, context‑aware, AI‑led operations across all products. What you’ll be doing 1. Lead the Data Foundation Architecture Architect modern lakehouse and data‑fabric patterns using Snowflake, Databricks, Palantir, and AWS native services. Define unified metadata, lineage, quality, and interoperability frameworks. Design reusable data products for internal teams, customers, and marketplace developers. Drive scalable ingestion for structured, unstructured, streaming, and synthetic data. Ensure strong data management and governance aligned to platform standards. 2. Build the Enterprise Knowledge & Context Layer Design semantic models, ontologies, and canonical entities used across domains. Develop and maintain knowledge graphs (e.g., Neo4j, AWS Neptune). Lead architecture for vector stores, RAG pipelines, embeddings, and chunking strategies (Pinecone, Weaviate, pgvector, ES vector). Create the semantic and contextual grounding needed for AI assistants, agents, and analytics. Integrate data and knowledge layers into AI orchestration, tool use, memory, and agent frameworks. Collaborate with AI engineering on LLM/SLM switchboards, retrieval, grounding, and evaluation. Support development of cross‑module intelligent workflows for Finance, HR, Asset, Student, and platform‑level agents. Ensure reliability, observability, and explainability of AI features through strong context and data governance. 4. Governance, Quality & Trust by Design Embed policy, lineage, and model/data governance across pipelines. Implement standards for accuracy, explainability, auditability, and risk controls. Partner with compliance and product teams to ensure platform‑wide data and AI trust. 5. Leadership, Influence & Technical Excellence Mentor engineers, data scientists, and architects. Set technical direction, patterns, and reference architectures. Work with product and industry teams to define workflow‑aligned ontologies and data/knowledge products. Champion modern data engineering, semantic modelling, and AI‑driven design across the organisation. Deep practitioner experience with modern data platforms: Snowflake, Databricks, Palantir, Lakehouse, data‑fabric patterns. Hands‑on technical expertise with metadata, governance, lineage, and data quality systems. Strong architecture experience with knowledge graphs, ontologies, semantic models. Excellent understanding of cloud‑native services, especially AWS (Redshift, Glue, Neptune, SageMaker, Step Functions, Lambda, Bedrock/Anthropic models). Experience working with or building agentic AI systems, retrieval grounding, or multi‑agent orchestration. Ability to translate complex architectures into clear platform roadmaps. A builder mindset – comfortable designing, prototyping, and guiding engineering execution. Why Join us? TechnologyOne is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer who values diversity and an inclusive workplace. We aim to recruit a diverse range of people with a diverse range of talents to help us deliver on our mission to better our community. Our core values and culture unleash the boundless potential of creativity, innovation and the entrepreneurial spirit within our people. When you experience Life at TechnologyOne you'll see that our team enjoys an extensive array of benefits. Benefits Competitive remuneration package Access to our industry‑leading employee share plan Salary packaging options Up to 10 days of additional leave via our Purchase Leave program Amazing Culture: 8 x Australian Business Awards "Employer of Choice" winner We love our team events & celebrate diversity Flexible hours: we are family‑friendly and value life outside of work Free gym membership in your region (or, if you are located at HQ, we have a new state of the art Gym onsite, exclusive and available 24/7). Additional 2.5 days of leave per year dedicated to volunteering at a charity of your choice Free breakfast and coffee on‑site Accelerate your growth with full access to LinkedIn Learning and a clear career framework that maps your path to success. Who we are At TechnologyOne (ASX: TNE), we’re more than Australia's largest top 50 ASX enterprise SaaS company; we’re a team driven by purpose Our global SaaS ERP solution powers over 1,300 leading organisations, including government, education, health, and financial services. We take full responsibility for delivering outcomes – reducing time, cost, and risk – therefore, our customers can focus on what matters most. For over 38 years, we’ve been helping communities and organisations thrive by making life simple through innovative technology. Ready to make a real difference? Join us and help shape the future of enterprise technology while building a career that matters. Seniority level Mid‑Senior level Employment type Full‑time Job function Information Technology Industries Software Development Referrals increase your chances of interviewing at TechnologyOne by 2x Get notified about new Principal Enterprise Architect jobs in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia . #J-18808-Ljbffr