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Silverchain is Australia’s leading in-home care specialist, providing health and aged care services to 105,000 clients a year. Silverchain has been trusted by Australians to deliver care that is differentiated by quality and safety for nearly 130 years.    

We provide complete in-home care services in Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria, Queensland and New South Wales, in partnership with our clients, as well as governments, primary health networks, local health districts, retirement communities, private companies, and hospitals and health services.     

Our services comprise of nursing, palliative care, home help and support services, hospital in the home, allied health services, and the provision of equipment. We employ more than 4,400 people, including nurses, doctors, allied health, care experts, and a dedicated research and innovation division.   

The Data Architect plays a strategic role in shaping the data foundations of Silverchain’s Digital Program - a multi-year transformation to deliver a national operational care platform powered by Microsoft Dynamics 365.  

Working across business, technical, vendor and Silverchain’s Data Strategy and Analytics team, the Data Architect will be responsible for designing, governing, and optimising the enterprise data architecture across Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement (CE), Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations (F&O), Azure services, and modern low-code/no-code platforms for Silverchain’s Digital Program. This role provides assurance that program data is structured, secure, integrated, and aligned with business goals, leveraging the Microsoft ecosystem to enable analytics, reporting, and AI-driven insights. 

Operating within a hybrid agile delivery model, the Data Architect ensures that data architecture decisions are aligned to regulatory requirements, program objectives and enterprise strategy, ensuring and enabling a future-ready platform that supports Silverchain’s ambition to lead the future of home care.  

What's on offer  

• Full-time one-year position with the possibility of a 12-month extension Monday-Friday 76 hours per fortnight.  

• Hybrid role - working from home flexible location VIC, WA, SA, NSW or QLD.  
• Working for a non-profit organisation, you can salary package up to $18,500 tax free.  

• Everyday discounts, including discounted vouchers for Coles, Woolworths, Amazon, Myer, The Good Guys and more.  

• Comprehensive health and wellbeing resources and support.  

What we're looking for  

To thrive in this role, you'll need to have:  

• Tertiary qualifications in Computer Science, Data, Information Technology or related discipline, or relevant industry experience.

• Proven experience as an Enterprise Data Architect in a large-scale enterprise, government or whole-of-organisation architecture practice.  

• Proven experience in data modelling and data modelling concepts, and experience with industry standard tooling, e.g. Erwin Data Modeler and equivalent.

• Strong understanding of enterprise, software and data architecture frameworks and development methodologies.

• Strong understanding of Azure data services:  

• Microsoft Fabric 

• Azure Data Factory 

• Azure Synapse Analytics 

• Azure Data Lake Storage 

• Azure SQL / Cosmos DB 

• Recent experience working with Dynamics 365 CE (Dataverse) and Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations, including data models, integration, and reporting. 

• Proficiency in Power Platform (Power BI, Power Automate, Power Apps) for no-code/low-code enablement. 

• Strong understanding of data integration patterns (batch, streaming, APIs, event-driven)

• Experience working in highly regulated, government and/or healthcare domains, including complying to relevant information security and interoperability standards. 

The role  

As a Data Architect:

• Lead the definition and maturation of enterprise data architecture and capabilities in alignment with the company’s strategic vision and business and Digital Program objectives. 
• Deliver thought leadership and provide expert subject matter expertise to senior executives, program leads and Digital Service counterparts. 
• Establish the Digital Program’s data strategy, roadmap and migration approach for integrating Dynamics 365 CE and F&O with Azure data services and other existing OB systems/services. 
• Align the Digital Program’s data and information scope to Align with legislative, compliance, cybersecurity and operational requirements by providing advice and input to a data storage and archiving strategy, including contributing to the definition of storage locations and archival approaches for legacy data, incorporating the use of Microsoft Fabric OneLake for operational and historical data. 
• Support data migration decision-making by working with business stakeholders to assess legacy data relevance, quality, and value. Provide guidance on which data should be migrated, transformed, or excluded, and help determine when fresh data structures are more appropriate to meet future-state requirements. 
• Own responsibility for all architecture artefacts relevant to data models, integration patterns, and reference architectures across Dataverse, Azure Data Factory, Microsoft Fabric, Azure Synapse, and related services within the Digital Program’s scope. 
• Assess and assure robust data integration strategies between Dynamics 365 CE/F&O, third-party systems, and external data sources. 
• Support the implementation of data lakes, warehouses, and modern analytics platforms for real-time and batch processing. 
• Enforce, and where necessary support the development of data governance frameworks, metadata management, data lineage, and data quality standards. 
• Work with business stakeholders to translate requirements into scalable data solutions. 

Why choose Silverchain  

Everyone at Silverchain, from our care teams to leadership, plays a vital role in delivering Best Care. It's a team effort. Best Care is care that is safe, personal, connected and effective. We are proudly one of the few Australian home care providers accredited in both national health and aged care standards. This means the quality of care we provide is expected to meet the same standards as a hospital or residential aged care facility. As a not-for-profit organisation, we re-invest our funds into research and developing innovative models of care to set the industry benchmark for the provision of the best care in the home. We'll also provide you with opportunities to help you develop and grow in your career, with training and education programs to help you achieve your goals.  

How to apply  

To submit your application, click ‘Apply'.  

At Silverchain, we recognise the positive contribution that a diverse workforce makes to our organisation where individuals can be authentic, are respected and celebrated. We strongly encourage applications from Indigenous Australians, people of all ages, gender, abilities, culturally diverse and linguistic backgrounds.