• 18 Month Contract + 2 X 12 Month Extension
• NV1 Clearance Required
• 4 positions on offer
• ACT, NSW, QLD, TAS, VIC

Our Client, a well established federal government department with office locations across Australia is seeking to engage suitably qualified and experienced Solution Architects to deliver and support a range of ICT projects/programs.

Solution Architects will work directly with IT, business areas and Agile Delivery Teams (ADTs) to provide strategic and technical guidance and lead/assist with the development of solution architectures.

Key duties and responsibilities

• Leading the development of architectures for complex solutions ensuring consistency with agreed requirements;
• Providing technical guidance and governance on solution development and integration;
• Identifying and evaluating alternative architectures and the trade-offs in cost, performance, and scalability;
• Producing specifications of cloud-based or on-premises components, tiers, and interfaces for translation into detailed designs using selected services and products;
• Managing and coordinating the target architecture across multiple projects, work streams or initiatives, ensuring architecturally significantly determinations and decisions are effectively documented.

Essential criteria

• Demonstrated experience (3-5 years) working as a Solution (Application) Architect on a large-scale transformation project or program;
• Proven experience designing applications and solutions for traditional on-premises, cloud, and hybrid cloud environments;
• Demonstrated technical proficiency and experience using: - Microsoft365 - Azure DevOps - Azure API Management - Azure Application Service Environments - Azure Functions and Logic Apps - Azure Service Bus;
• Knowledge of and experience using various Microsoft and industry frameworks, including: - Blazor, React and other Single Page Application Frameworks - OpenAI and HATEOAS - Asynchronous integration frameworks - Composable applications frameworks - Data microservices;
• Well-developed communication skills, including the ability to distil technical information in Plain English to communicate with influence.

Desirable criteria

• Tertiary qualifications or industry recognised certification in Information Management, Computer Science, or a relevant discipline;
• Strong skills in Archimate (3.1) as an architecture documentation and definition language. Demonstrated experience delivering large-scale ICT transformation projects/programs, preferably in a Commonwealth Government setting;
• Demonstrated knowledge of Commonwealth Government frameworks, including the ICT frameworks;
• Demonstrated understanding of Agile ways of work (e.g. SCRUM, Kanban, Scaled Agile Framework [SAFe] or similar).

For a copy of the full job description, including the application instructions please get in touch with Alison at the Recruitment Hive by clicking the Apply Now button. Alternatively you can reach Alison on (02)6299 1006.

Job ID AC 10534

Closing on Monday the 3rd of March at 11:00AM