Welcome SNDTech Services

Based in Melbourne, Australia, we specialise in delivering technology solutions. Our core value lies in meeting business outcomes with the most pragmatic approach — understanding the problem, collaborating effectively, managing expectations, and delivering solutions.

About Us

Welcome to SNDTech Services

SNDTech Services is a Melbourne-based technology advisory firm with a clear purpose: helping organisations make better technology decisions and deliver them with confidence.

We bring over 15 years of hands-on experience across enterprise architecture, cloud platforms, data and AI governance, privacy advisory, and complex program delivery. We work with government agencies, regulated enterprises, and organisations navigating major technology transformation — providing senior, independent advice grounded in real delivery experience, not theory.

Recent engagements include independent assurance advisory for a Victorian state-owned water corporation undertaking a Finance and Billing platform transformation, and privacy and information governance advisory for Victorian local government technology programs. Our sector experience spans water, utilities, banking, finance, insurance, superannuation, and government — at both state and federal levels.

At our core, we focus on outcomes: understanding the problem clearly, challenging assumptions constructively, and delivering practical advice that organisations can act on immediately.

Enterprise & Solution Architecture

Unique consultancy approach with over 15 years of collective experience.

Core Values

Pragmatic problem-solving, collaboration, expectation management, and delivering effective solutions.

Sector Coverage

State and Federal Government, water utilities, banking, finance, insurance, superannuation, and telecom — across public and private sectors.

Cloud Solutions

Specializing in SAAS, PAAS, and IAAS platforms.

Services

Architecture & Design

Our strength lies in our ability to create well-balanced and pragmatic designs that align perfectly with your expectations and objectives.

  • Enterprise & solution architecture across application, integration, cloud, and security domains
  • Current-state, transition, and target-state architecture artefacts
  • Architecture decision records, RAID logs, and governance documentation
  • Vendor solution design reviews and technical alignment assurance
  • TOGAF-aligned architecture practice establishment
  • Technology roadmap development and investment trade-off analysis

Cloud Solutions

We are dedicated to delivering solutions that enhance the agility, scalability, and availability of your IT landscape. Additionally, we assess cloud versus on-premise options to help you minimise costs.

  • Azure Landing Zone design and governance aligned to Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF)
  • Hub-Spoke network topology, subscription strategy, and management group hierarchy
  • Hybrid and multi-cloud architecture across Azure and AWS
  • Disaster recovery strategy — tiered RPO/RTO planning
  • Cloud security architecture with NIST, ASD E8, VPDSF alignment
  • Cloud cost optimisation and on-premise vs cloud TCO assessment

Enterprise Integration

Integration is essential for any organization, whether cloud-native, hybrid (cloud and on-premise), or multi-cloud. We specialize in delivering optimal integration solutions to ensure effective data control.

  • API-led integration design
  • End-to-end integration architecture
  • Interface specification documents, service contracts, and data mapping
  • B2B and event-driven integration patterns for cloud-native and hybrid environments
  • Integration governance, design standards, and competency framework development
  • Migration and decommission of legacy EAI platforms to modern integration layers

Technical Advisory

With hands-on experience across Azure Landing Zones, data platform strategy, ERP evaluation, and RFP advisory, SNDTech brings the depth to guide your most complex technology decisions — from readiness assessment through to vendor selection and delivery governance.

  • Azure Landing Zone readiness assessment and CAF-aligned design
  • Platform migration planning, data archival strategy, and decommission advisory
  • Data warehouse foundations and Medallion architecture guidance
  • Market product scan and assessments
  • RFI / RFQ / RFP structuring, vendor evaluation, and SoW assessment
  • TCO modelling and data-driven businesss case development

Human Centered Design & User Experience

We place people at the heart of every solution. Our HCD and UX practice blends research, co-design, and iterative prototyping to ensure technology works the way users actually think — reducing friction, driving adoption, and delivering meaningful outcomes.

  • User research, contextual inquiry, and stakeholder interviews
  • Persona development, journey mapping, and service blueprinting
  • Information architecture, wireframing, and interactive prototyping
  • Usability testing, accessibility audits (WCAG 2.1), and heuristic evaluation
  • Co-design workshops and design sprint facilitation
  • UX strategy and design system governance for enterprise platforms

Privacy & Information Governance

Independent Privacy Impact Assessments (PIA) and Information Value Assessments (IVA) aligned to Victorian privacy legislation and OVIC guidance. We assess privacy obligations, data flows, and information assets across complex, multi-platform environments — delivering practical recommendations and reusable frameworks.

  • Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) aligned to the Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014 (Vic) and OVIC guidance
  • Information Value Assessment (IVA) and information asset inventory
  • Data classification frameworks and information governance maturity assessment
  • Privacy risk identification across current and future-state system integrations and data flows
  • Stakeholder workshops and interviews with business owners and data custodians
  • Reusable PIA templates, governance frameworks, and practical remediation recommendations

Data Governance

Structured data governance advisory to help organisations establish ownership, accountability, and quality across their data assets. We advise on governance strategy, maturity assessment, and the practical frameworks needed to manage data effectively across enterprise platform landscapes.

  • Data governance strategy and operating model design
  • Data governance maturity assessment and gap analysis
  • Data ownership, stewardship, and accountability frameworks
  • Metadata management and data catalogue advisory
  • Data quality governance — profiling, rules, and remediation frameworks
  • Data governance policy and standards development
  • Integration of data governance into enterprise platform programs (ERP, CRM, cloud)

AI Governance

As AI adoption accelerates across government and enterprise, responsible and accountable AI use requires deliberate governance. SNDTech provides AI governance advisory — helping organisations assess AI readiness, establish responsible AI policies, manage AI-related risks, and align to Victorian government guidelines on ethical AI adoption.

  • AI readiness assessment — people, process, data, and technology dimensions
  • Responsible AI policy and principles framework development
  • AI risk identification, classification, and mitigation planning
  • AI ethics advisory aligned to Victorian government and APS AI frameworks
  • AI use case assessment — fitness for purpose, risk rating, and governance requirements
  • AI governance operating model design — roles, accountability, and oversight structures

Staff Augmentation

We enhance your team by providing consultants who bring a wealth of experience from working with various external organizations, ensuring effective solutions for your pressing issues.

  • Senior enterprise and solution architects embedded within your delivery team
  • Senior Project and Change managers, Business Analysits embedded within your delivery team
  • Cloud and infrastructure specialists for project-based or ongoing engagements
  • Integration and data platform consultants across Azure, AWS, and hybrid environments
  • Architecture governance and assurance support for large programs
  • Flexible engagement models — short-term advisory, mid-term delivery, or long-term embedded roles
  • Experienced across banking, finance, superannuation, insurance, utilities, and government sectors

How We Help: A Typical Engagement

SNDTech is well positioned to advise on complex, multi-stream transformation programs. A representative engagement might include:

Architecture and Design — advising on end‑to‑end enterprise and solution architecture — from current‑state analysis and TOGAF‑aligned roadmaps to governance, design assurance, and investment‑ready technology decisions.
Azure Landing Zone Readiness Assessment — evaluating your environment against CAF principles and identifying gaps before committing to infrastructure build.
Legacy Platform Migration Advisory — defining a structured approach to decommissioning, including data migration scoping, archival design, and cutover planning.
Data Governance — advising on end‑to‑end data governance across policy, architecture, and lifecycle management.
Assessments & Due Diligence — Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA), Information Value Assessment (IVA), and AI Governance reviews that examine operational processes, business impact levels, and the flow of data across systems and organisational boundaries — giving leadership a clear, evidence-based picture of risk and readiness before committing to change.
Product Evaluation Support — facilitating product analysis and comparing with similar offerings.
Data Warehouse Foundations — advising on Medallion architecture, pipeline design, and a reporting-ready data layer.
TCO Modelling & RFP Articulation — structuring cost comparisons across platform options and drafting well-scoped RFP documentation for competitive market engagement.
Specialist Resourcing Partner — Delivering high‑calibre architects, delivery managers, and technical specialists on flexible contract engagements across enterprise and government.
Human Centred Design & UX — Engaging directly with the people who will use the solution through structured workshops, contextual interviews, and co-design sessions to uncover the real human problem before any design or technology decision is made — ensuring outcomes are shaped by lived experience, not assumptions.

Recent Engagements

A selection of recent advisory engagements demonstrating our depth across government and enterprise sectors.

Victorian Government
Finance & Billing Platform — Assurance Advisory

Independent assurance advisory for a Victorian state-owned water corporation undertaking a Finance and Billing transformation program. Engagement included architecture and design risk review, tender readiness assessment, and structured advisory outputs to strengthen the client's position ahead of limited tender release. Platform: Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central.

In Progress: Advisory outputs have positioned the client well for market engagement — with a tightened scope, clearer vendor expectations, and structured guardrails in place to minimise cost variations and delivery ambiguity as they progress through the Request for Tender process.

Enterprise Architecture ~$17K/yr Saved
Azure Landing Zone — Design, Governance & Cost Optimisation

Design and governance of an Azure Landing Zone aligned to the Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF) for a Victorian government agency. Post-implementation review focused on cost optimisation and return on investment. This included a full TCO review, Azure Policy analysis, resource right-sizing, and reserved instance recommendations.

Outcome: Recommendations delivered annualised savings of approximately $17,000 per year through Azure Policy optimisation, resource right-sizing, and TCO realignment.

Data Platform
Data Warehouse Discovery & RFP Advisory

Led data warehouse platform discovery and option analysis for an enterprise client, including TCO modelling across shortlisted platforms and RFP articulation for competitive market engagement. Advised on Medallion architecture foundations and Microsoft Fabric as the recommended target platform, with Power BI as the reporting layer.

Outcome: Delivered clear technology direction and well-structured RFP guardrails that aligned vendor responses to client expectations — accelerating the path from discovery to market engagement and materially reducing the time to a commercially sound, fit-for-purpose solution.

Contact Us

Address

12 Minerva Crescent

Vermont South, VIC 3133, Australia

Call Us

+61 412702095

Email Us

hello@sndtech.com.au

Open Hours

Monday - Friday

9:00AM - 05:00PM