National disease surveillance ecosystem

Principal architect for a tri-agency programme consolidating surveillance data from a Crown Research Institute, the national health agency, and the policy ministry into a single cloud data warehouse. The work culminated in a 2025 production release, with a measles proof of concept delivered as the architectural target state for the wider notifiable disease portfolio.

• 20+ yearsCase history loaded into a cloud warehouse
• 3 agenciesunder one information sharing agreement
• ~440 usersacross role-based reporting access

The work

• End-to-end data ingestion pipeline. Architected loading of 20+ years of national case history into a cloud data warehouse — bridging on-premises, Azure, and AWS environments. Unlocked national notifiable disease data for modern analytics and cross-agency surveillance, with a reporting design accommodating around 440 users across role-based assignments.
• Tripartite information sharing agreement. Negotiated legal, privacy, and technical terms across three agencies for notifiable disease data sharing; coordinated Privacy Impact Assessments; achieved full sign-off and execution in 2025 — unlocking surveillance data exchange across agencies.
• Strategic reporting architecture transformation. Authored the programme's reporting options paper guiding annual investment; conducted systematic evaluation of technical fit, governance model, security controls, and total cost of ownership. Architecture recommendation adopted as target state.
• Advisor to the tri-agency public health governance group. Prepared strategic memos and executive briefing materials; produced recurring governance packs covering status, dependencies, risks, and funding to inform executive steering decisions.
• Proof of concept through to production. Led design through to the 2025 production release — delivering a unified BI and cloud-warehouse platform now supporting active outbreak surveillance.
• Programme charter and governance artefacts. Authored the surveillance migration project charter through six iterations — RACI matrices, resource scenarios, and governance frameworks for sign-off by the governance group. Initial six-month contract extended twice to cover the full migration.

Reporting line

Principal architect reporting to the group-manager level (reporting in turn to the agency's deputy director-general tier), leading strategic architecture decisions for a national disease surveillance transformation.