EL2 Lead Domain Architect

Softtest pays pty ltd; New South Wales; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) seeks a senior architect to develop and communicate the architecture strategy and target state for a defined domain. You will provide technical leadership across multiple programs, ensuring alignment with enterprise strategy and security requirements.

You will lead analyses of complex problems, establish governance, mentor architects, and influence investment decisions to deliver coherent end-to-end solutions within the Australian Public Service

Qualifications

• Minimum 8+ years designing and delivering complex finance and/or ERP solutions.
• Translate strategy and business requirements into coherent domain architecture and direction.
• Extensive experience applying architecture principles, patterns, standards and governance across programs.
• Analyse complex architectural issues and provide evidence-based recommendations to senior stakeholders.
• Strong understanding of enterprise technology environments, financial management, regulatory and compliance standards.
• Senior stakeholder leadership and communication to influence executives and teams

Responsibilities

• Develop and communicate architecture, target state and strategic roadmap for a domain.
• Provide authoritative architectural advice and technical leadership across programs and initiatives.
• Ensure solution architectures align with enterprise architecture, domain strategy and security requirements.
• Lead analysis of complex problems and develop strategic options and transition approaches.
• Establish domain-level principles, patterns and guardrails for consistency and reuse.
• Review designs and decisions, identify cross-domain dependencies, risks and opportunities.
• Collaborate with enterprise, solution and security architects, data leaders and delivery teams.
• Influence investment decisions by advising on impacts, dependencies and sequencing.
• Represent domain at architecture and governance forums to support decision-making.
• Monitor emerging technologies and assess their impact on the domain.
• Lead resolution of significant architectural issues and manage trade-offs.
• Build architectural capability through leadership and mentoring

Skills

Enterprise architecture

Stakeholder leadership

Technical leadership

Architecture governance

Roadmapping

Domain architecture

Job description

Australian Citizens residing in Australia only respond.

Australian Citizens residing in Australia only respond.

Key duties and responsibilities

Responsibilities of the role include but are not limited to:

• Develop, maintain and communicate the architecture, target state and strategic roadmap for a defined business or technology domain.
• Provide authoritative architectural advice and technical leadership across programs, projects and initiatives operating within the domain.
• Ensure solution architectures and technology investments align with enterprise architecture, domain strategy, security requirements and organisational priorities.
• Lead architectural analysis of complex business and technology problems and develop strategic options, recommendations and transition approaches.
• Establish and maintain domain-level architecture principles, patterns, standards and guardrails to promote consistency, interoperability and reuse.
• Review and provide assurance over solution designs and architectural decisions, identifying cross-domain dependencies, risks, gaps and opportunities.
• Work collaboratively with enterprise architects, solution architects, security architects, data engineering leaders, business stakeholders and delivery teams to ensure coherent end-to-end architecture.
• Influence investment and prioritisation decisions by providing clear advice on architectural impacts, technical dependencies, risks, sequencing and longer-term implications.
• Represent the domain at architecture and governance forums and support effective architectural decision-making and assurance.
• Monitor emerging technologies, industry developments and organisational capability needs and assess their potential impact on the domain.
• Lead the resolution of significant architectural issues and manage complex trade-offs between strategic direction, delivery priorities, risk, cost and technical constraints.
• Build architectural capability by providing leadership, guidance and mentoring to architects and other technical specialists.

(NOTE: the key responsibilities of the role are based on current priorities and may change over time)

About the organisation

The National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) is an independent statutory agency that is responsible for implementing the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), which will support a better life for hundreds of thousands of Australians with a significant and permanent disability and their families and carers. The NDIA values a positive contemporary attitude to disability. As a Federal Agency, we work within a legislative and regulatory environment. We adhere to the Australian Public Service Code of Conduct as set out in section 13 of the Public Service Act 1999. Our work is driven by the Corporate Plan which provides strategic direction to achieve our purpose of making a difference so that people with disability can choose and achieve their goals. The NDIA Values are: - We value people – We put participants at the heart of everything we do. - We grow together – We work together to deliver quality outcomes. - We aim higher – We are resilient and always have the courage to do better. - We take care – We own what we do and we do the right thing. Our values reflect our passion and commitment to building a positive, participant-centred culture.

Criteria

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Essential criteria

• 1.Minimum 8+ years of experience designing and delivering complex finance and /or ERP solutions, with at least 3 years in an EL2 or equivalent principal architect capacity (and/or relevant industry experience)
• 2.Demonstrated ability to translate organisational strategy, business requirements and complex technology considerations into coherent domain architecture and strategic direction
• 3.Extensive experience developing and applying architecture principles, patterns, standards and governance to guide solutions across multiple programs, systems or delivery initiatives
• 4.Demonstrated ability to analyse complex architectural issues, dependencies and trade-offs and provide authoritative, evidence-based recommendations to senior stakeholders and governance forums
• 5.Strong understanding of contemporary enterprise technology environments, financial management processes, regulatory, audit and compliance requirements, and related standards and practices
• 6.Demonstrated senior stakeholder leadership and communication skills, including the ability to influence executives, architects, technical specialists and delivery teams and achieve alignment across competing priorities