Your new company
A prominent state government organisation.
Your new role
The Solution Architect is a senior member of a team responsible for developing and implementing the department’s Enterprise Architecture as well as maintaining and enhancing the Enabling Technology Platforms.
In this role you will be working,
- As a senior member of the Architecture, lead and role model high standards of performance, accountability, collaboration, ethics, and integrity; manage the allocated resources, budgets, contribute to business and project planning and reporting; and demonstrate a strong commitment to a positive culture and the development of staff.
- Partner staff across the department to understand business processes and requirements; identify opportunities for the Information Technology Branch to provide guidance on appropriate IT solutions.
- Support staff across the department in the evaluation of commercial-off-the-shelf products to ensure they align to the organisation’s Enterprise Architecture and security standards, integrate where possible, and provide a seamless experience for end-users; support procurement for, or that include, technology solutions to ensure integration with our Enterprise Architecture.
- Work with technology platform owners to ensure compliance of cross platform solutions with Enterprise Architecture standards and policies; provide input into regular reviews of technology platforms and promote enhancements that will reduce technical debt.
- Be the custodian of reference, solution, and data architecture designs in the Enterprise Architecture repository (Orbus); support release management by reviewing compliance checklists and ensuring documentation is updated; support platform owners to ensure best practice documentation and solution architecture is maintained by vendors.
- Support projects in the solution design and architecture phase, including with the construction of data models; ensure that architecture, design and data models for new solutions and enhancements align with enterprise architecture standards.
What you'll need to succeed
- Demonstrated experience in designing solutions to meet business requirements.
- Demonstrated experience in setting standards for patterns and enterprise architecture.
- Experience documenting and managing solution architectures in Orbus (or similar platforms) is highly desirable.
- Demonstrated Solution Architecture experience for IaaS, PaaS and SaaS.
- Demonstrated Solution Architecture experience across the Microsoft product range essential, especially Azure.
- Demonstrated capability to plan, monitor and deliver multiple concurrent projects/programs, including risk identification and management, budget development and management; optimise the allocation and use of resources; and evaluate project/program effectiveness.
- Knowledge of architecture frameworks and models, such as TOGAF and TCI is highly desirable.
- Stakeholder engagement skills to partner and collaborate with business units on business requirements.
- Knowledge of architecture document standards and markup language.
What you'll get in return
- Working in an esteemed organisation where they develop and grow careers.
- A permanent job opportunity with flexible work arrangements. Do not miss out!
What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role or know of someone that may be, please click ‘Apply Now’ or forward an updated CV to Gopalakrishnan.subramanian@hays.com.au
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