Platform Architect

Hello. We’re Virgin Australia. We’re the airline that’s always done things a little different. Our way. The Virgin way. We’re on a mission to make flying better than ‘nice.’ And to do that, it takes a team of talented people who are passionate about customer experience, doing the right thing always, with a focus on safety – in the air, on the ground and in our workplaces. A team who values real diversity and inclusion, in a big brand with big ambitions.

Can be Melbourne or Brisbane Based

What you’ll be doing

As our Platform Architect, you’ll sit within the Data Platform Team and play a critical role in shaping, building, and evolving the data platforms that power Virgin Australia.

You will design, build and maintain the underlying data platform that supports reporting, analytics, data science, and AI. You’ll help create the patterns, pipelines, frameworks, and DevOps practices that enable our teams to move fast and deliver safely.

You’ll influence technical direction, strengthen engineering capability, and ensure we’re using data platform technologies in the smartest, most scalable way—always aligned to VA’s technology standard

You will...

• Design low-level solutions that engineering teams can build and scale (not limited to Databricks)
• Partner with technical and business stakeholders to deliver fit-for-purpose data solutions
• Define and maintain architectural patterns, standards, and reusable templates
• Develop tools that support analytics, machine learning, and data governance
• Build and optimise modern data pipelines for ingestion, storage, and transformation
• Enable analytics, machine learning, and data governance capabilities
• Strengthen DevOps practices across CI/CD, branching, and environment management
• Conduct code reviews and uplift engineering quality
• Implement strong security controls, monitoring, and compliance (e.g. GDPR, IAM, DLP)
• Identify knowledge gaps to help grow a cross-functional, high-performing team

You’ll be great in this role if you have ….

• 2+ years’ experience with Databricks (Must)
• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience
• Strong experience with modern data tools and cloud-based data platforms, and administering/configuring AWS
• Proven experience designing and optimising data pipelines
• Background working in DevOps environments
• Experience producing high-level designs and presenting to stakeholders
• Proficiency in SQL, Python, and Spark (Must)
• Strong communication, problem-solving, and analytical skills
• Solid knowledge of data architecture, warehousing, and platform design principles
• Familiarity with privacy, data protection, and security frameworks (GDPR a bonus)

We are committed to looking after you, with some of the best benefits and conditions in the industry – including (but not limited to):

We are committed to looking after you, with some of the best benefits and conditions in the industry – including (but not limited to):

• A flexible Hybrid Working style.
• Discounted flights for you and your loved ones (including $1000 worth of travel credits per year)
• Discounts on travel insurance, lounge membership, car hire, accommodation, and experiences worldwide
• Cheaper hospitality, retail, technology, beauty, and wellness services.
• Free counselling and access to a wellbeing app to support your physical, mental, social, and financial health
• Dress for Your Day’ – enjoy the freedom to wear whatever makes you feel great for the type of work you do and the day you have ahead of you

When everyone is included, everyone wins

We encourage applications from Indigenous Australians, people with disability, those from diverse cultural backgrounds, our LGBTQIA+ community, and anyone who wants to join our family.

Ready to apply? We’re ready to hear from you. Apply now.