AI-Driven Microservices Architect & Tech Leader

Powerdatagroup; Canberra; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Powerdatagroup in Canberra is seeking a Lead Microservices & AI Technical Architect to steer strategic technical leadership for a major transformation program. You will define cloud-native, microservices, and AI-enabled platform directions, ensure security-by-design, and align with enterprise objectives.

You will mentor cross-functional teams, establish DevSecOps practices, drive CI/CD, observability, and scalable patterns, and influence roadmaps across programs and stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience designing cloud-native, microservices and event-driven architectures in large enterprises.
• Proven expertise delivering AI-enabled solutions, enterprise AI capabilities, ML, semantic search, responsible AI frameworks.
• Strong background in software engineering, platform engineering, DevSecOps, CI/CD, automated testing, observability, and security-by-design.
• Proven success leading large-scale modernization and digital transformation programs.
• Outstanding stakeholder management, communication and leadership, with executives and multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide architectural leadership for cloud-native, microservices, and AI-enabled platforms.
• Define and govern patterns, standards, reference models, and reusable frameworks.
• Lead AI-enabled software engineering practices across the SDLC.
• Establish DevSecOps, CI/CD, automated testing, observability, and platform engineering capabilities.
• Mentor multidisciplinary teams and influence executives on roadmaps and strategy.

Skills

Cloud-native

Microservices

Event-driven

AI in SDLC

DevSecOps

CI/CD

Leadership

Tools

Kubernetes

OpenShift

AKS

EKS

GKE

Job description

Powerdatagroup in Canberra is seeking a Lead Microservices & AI Technical Architect to steer strategic technical leadership for a major transformation program. You will define cloud-native, microservices, and AI-enabled platform directions, ensure security-by-design, and align with enterprise objectives.

You will mentor cross-functional teams, establish DevSecOps practices, drive CI/CD, observability, and scalable patterns, and influence roadmaps across programs and stakeholders.