EL1 – Assistant Director, Solution Architect

National Library of Australia; Canberra; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

National Library of Australia is seeking an EL1 Assistant Director, Solution Architect to provide technical leadership within the Strategy and Architecture Section of the Digital Branch. You will bridge business needs and delivery, ensure consistent technology decisions, and identify risks early to keep projects on track.

The role requires collaborative, pragmatic leadership with the ability to influence decisions without over-engineering across applications, integration, cyber, and modern

Qualifications

• Experience across integration, APIs, cloud and hybrid environments, cyber security and digital storage.
• Strong technical judgement and delivery experience with the ability to communicate clearly with business and technical stakeholders.
• Collaborative, pragmatic with the ability to influence decisions without over-engineering.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership between business needs and delivery.
• Ensure technology decisions are consistent and risks are identified early.
• Guide delivery teams with clear direction before implementation begins.

Skills

Solution architecture

Technical leadership

Stakeholder communication

Cloud & APIs

Job description

As a world leading library, the National Library of Australia offers an innovative and collaborative workplace where exceptional collaborators team players and technical specialists can flourish. As part of the Library's team, you will help support organisational reform, working collaboratively with your team to shape the Library's future.

The Library is seeking to fill a ongoing EL1 Assistant Director, Solution Architect role in the Strategy and Architecture Section of the Digital Branch.

The Assistant Director, Solution Architect provides a dedicated point of technical leadership between business needs and delivery. The role helps ensure technology decisions are made consistently, risks are identified early and delivery teams have clear direction before implementation begins.

We are looking for an experienced solution architect who can work confidently across business and technical teams, exercise sound judgement and turn complex problems into practical, supportable solutions. The ideal applicant will be collaborative, pragmatic and comfortable influencing decisions without over-engineering, with strong experience across applications, integration, cyber and modern technology environments.

To succeed in this role:

• Experience across integration, APIs, cloud and hybrid environments, cyber security and digital storage is desirable, along with familiarity with recognised architecture frameworks.
• The ideal applicant will bring strong technical judgement, practical delivery experience and the ability to communicate clearly with business and technical stakeholders.

We encourage and welcome applications from people with disability, First Nations Peoples, those from the LGBTIQA+ community, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, those in the veteran community and mature age people.