Cloud-Native Solutions Architect: AI & DevSecOps Leader

SKNG Services; Canberra; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

SKNG Services is seeking a Senior Cloud Native Architect to lead the design, governance and evolution of cloud native, microservices-based and AI-enabled platforms in a hybrid Canberra environment.

You will establish modern engineering and AI delivery practices, including AI-enabled SDLC, DevSecOps, CI/CD, observability and platform engineering standards to support secure, scalable and reliable service delivery.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience designing and governing cloud native, microservices and event-driven architectures.
• Expertise in AI engineering and AI-enabled delivery, including semantic search and ML solutions.
• Strong software and platform engineering capability with DevSecOps, CI/CD, automated testing, observability and security by design.
• Proven leadership in enterprise technology modernisation, architecture decisions and driving improvements in reliability and security.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and architectural authority for cloud native platforms and AI-enabled solutions.
• Lead establishment of modern engineering and AI delivery practices, including SDLC, CI/CD, observability and platform standards.
• Design, implement and govern cloud native architectures with Kubernetes/OpenShift/EKS/AWS/Azure/Google Cloud.
• Drive enterprise modernisation, influence architecture decisions and deliver measurable improvements in security and scalability.
• Lead and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and senior executives to translate business requirements into technology outcomes.

Skills

Cloud architecture

AI engineering

DevSecOps

CI/CD

Platform engineering

Security by design

Stakeholder leadership

Agile delivery

Tools

Kubernetes

OpenShift

AKS

EKS

GKE

Observability tooling

Job description

SKNG Services is seeking a Senior Cloud Native Architect to lead the design, governance and evolution of cloud native, microservices-based and AI-enabled platforms in a hybrid Canberra environment.

You will establish modern engineering and AI delivery practices, including AI-enabled SDLC, DevSecOps, CI/CD, observability and platform engineering standards to support secure, scalable and reliable service delivery.