Solution Architect - Data Platforms

Australia Until 10/6/2026 5+ years exp First posted June 8, 2026 Last posted August 7, 2026
Job description

A career in IBM Consulting is built on long-term client relationships and close collaboration worldwide. You’ll work with leading companies across industries, helping them shape their hybrid cloud and AI journeys. With support from our strategic partners, robust IBM technology, and Red Hat, you’ll have the tools to drive meaningful change and accelerate client impact. At IBM Consulting, curiosity fuels success. You’ll be encouraged to challenge the norm, explore new ideas, and create innovative solutions that deliver real results. Our culture of growth and empathy focuses on your long-term career development while valuing your unique skills and experiences.

As a Solution Architect specializing in Data Platforms, you design end-to-end Big Data Solutions across various platforms and manage large data repositories. You leverage expertise in industry standards, best practices, and leading technologies to create tailored data solutions for clients. Your primary responsibilities will include: • Design End-to-End Solutions: Design comprehensive Big Data Solutions across multiple platforms, incorporating industry standards and best practices to meet client needs. • Oversee Data Platform Architecture: Lead the development of architectures for data platform and cognitive components, including unstructured data technologies, annotation, and related data and analytics. • Manage Large Data Repositories: Manage and maintain large data repositories, ensuring scalability and performance, and leveraging expertise in HADOOP Framework, Ecosystem, MapReduce, and Data on Containers. • Develop Cloud-Based Solutions: Create data solutions using Cloud-native platforms such as AWS, Azure, Google, IBM Cloud, or Cloud-Native data platforms like Snowflake, tailored to client requirements. • Deliver Client-Facing Solutions: Collaborate with clients to understand their needs and deliver customized data solutions that meet their business objectives.

• Data Platform Architecture: Experience with designing and overseeing architectures for data platform and cognitive components, including unstructured data technologies, annotation, and related data and analytics. • Big Data Solution Design: Experience in designing comprehensive Big Data Solutions across multiple platforms, incorporating industry standards and best practices. • Large Data Repository Management: Experience managing and maintaining large data repositories (terabyte scale or larger), ensuring scalability and performance. • Cloud-Native Platform Expertise: Experience with Cloud-native platforms such as AWS, Azure (preferred), Google, IBM Cloud, or Cloud-Native data platforms like Databricks (preferred) and Snowflake, with the ability to design and implement scalable data solutions. • Strong stakeholder management, comfortable articulating the logic behind recommendations, to both technical and business stakeholders. 

• Unstructured Data Technologies: Strong understanding of unstructured data technologies, annotation, and related data and analytics, with the ability to guide the architecture for data platform and cognitive components. • Data Management Strategies: Proven ability to develop effective data management strategies, incorporating industry standards and best practices, and leveraging expertise in managing large data repositories. •Experience in Energy & Utilities or other asset-intensive businesses.

About this role

Summary

Designs and manages large-scale data platform architectures and solutions.

Job title

Solution Architect - Data Platforms

Experience level

mid to senior level

Minimum experience

5+ years exp

Industry

consulting

Location requirements

Must be in Australia, remote work allowed

Salary

Not specified

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

big dataHADOOPMapReducecloud-native platformsdata repositories

Preferred skills

AWSAzureSnowflakeDatabricksenergy & utilities

Specializations

big datacloud platformsdata architectureunstructured dataanalytics
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Australia

Remote Country