Defence Solution Architect & Technical Assurance (NV2)

Data#3; Canberra; Hybrid; AUD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Data#3 in Canberra, ACT is seeking an experienced Solution Architect / Technical Assurance professional to support a major Australian Government Defence environment. This senior role focuses on ensuring infrastructure, platform, hosting, data centre and cloud solutions are secure, supportable, resilient and aligned with enterprise architecture and technical standards.

The role will provide independent technical assurance across existing and proposed technology solutions, support architecture

Qualifications

• Senior architect experience across ICT infrastructure and cloud domains.
• Ability to assess architecture governance and technical assurance.
• Experience communicating complex concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience in complex, regulated environments such as Defence.

Responsibilities

• Provide independent architectural oversight and technical assurance across infrastructure, platform, hosting, data centre and cloud environments.
• Review and assure solution architectures, technical designs and implementation approaches.
• Assess proposed technology changes against architecture, security and technical requirements.
• Identify architectural risks, technical debt and obsolescence.
• Provide recommendations to mitigate risks and improve resilience of ICT services.
• Provide technical assurance for cloud adoption, migration and modernisation initiatives.
• Review resilience, availability, recoverability and disaster recovery considerations.
• Support architecture governance forums, design authorities and technical review processes.
• Develop, maintain and review architecture documentation, technical standards and roadmaps.
• Conduct architecture compliance and technical assurance assessments.
• Provide specialist advice on infrastructure lifecycle, data centre services and cloud transition.
• Support technical audits, assurance activities and risk assessment.
• Collaborate with technical teams, business stakeholders and service providers.
• Provide clear, evidence-based recommendations to support senior decision-making.

Skills

Solution Architect

Technical Architect

Infrastructure Architect

Cloud Architect

Job description

Data#3 in Canberra, ACT is seeking an experienced Solution Architect / Technical Assurance professional to support a major Australian Government Defence environment. This senior role focuses on ensuring infrastructure, platform, hosting, data centre and cloud solutions are secure, supportable, resilient and aligned with enterprise architecture and technical standards.

The role will provide independent technical assurance across existing and proposed technology solutions, support architecture