Enterprise Architect

Geoscience Australia; Canberra; Hybrid; AUD 170,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Geoscience Australia seeks an experienced Enterprise Architect to lead our enterprise architecture practice within a major government agency. You will develop target state architectures, roadmaps and governance to align business strategy with information, applications and technology across the organisation.

Working with senior stakeholders, you will shape investment decisions, build capability and ensure secure, interoperable systems. You will coach teams and drive transformation across domains.

Qualifications

• Strategic, pragmatic and collaborative leadership.
• Demonstrated experience leading enterprise architecture in a large, complex organisation.
• Strong knowledge of business, information, application and technology architecture.
• Experience developing target states, roadmaps, governance and assurance practices.
• Experience using capability modelling and portfolio analysis to guide investment and transformation.
• Strong leadership, stakeholder engagement and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide enterprise‑wide leadership for architecture; connecting strategy, transformation and technology investment.
• Lead enterprise architecture; establish and maintain architectures across domains.
• Provide architecture governance and assurance; assess initiatives for alignment with policy and direction.
• Optimise the technology portfolio; monitor costs, risks and lifecycle status.
• Enable transformation and build capability; develop future‑state roadmaps and priorities.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Enterprise architecture

Roadmaps & governance

Communication

TOGAF (desirable)

Education

Relevant tertiary qualifications

TOGAF certification desirable

Job description

Geoscience Australia values the lands, water and sky as we work to deepen a shared understanding of Country and Earth. We respect First Nations peoples and their enduring connection, contribution and obligations to Country. Reflecting on our shared history, we are committed to listen and learn.

About us

Geoscience Australia brings together science, data and technology to provide geoscience insights that inform decision‑making by government and industry, support innovation, and contribute to Australia's safety, resilience and prosperity.

Our work spans the Australian continent, marine jurisdiction and Antarctic territory, from space to the Earth's core. We deliver national‑scale data, services and infrastructure and work with partners to deepen understanding of Australia and respond to the opportunities and challenges facing our nation.

Our culture

Our strength lies in our people, including our diversity in backgrounds, skills and experiences, and the way we work together to respond to the emerging needs of our work. We value diversity in gender, backgrounds, culture, and experiences of our employees and are committed to providing an inclusive workplace culture that ensures everyone has equal opportunity to contribute, participate and progress. Applications from people who reflect this diversity are encouraged.

Our workplace is committed to the health, safety and wellbeing of our employees and offers a variety of flexible working arrangements to enhance flexibility, including remote working arrangements.

What we can offer you

At Geoscience Australia, you'll have the opportunity to contribute to nationally significant science, data and technology that makes a difference to Australia. You'll work alongside people with diverse expertise and experience, with opportunities to learn, develop and contribute to work with real‑world impact.

We offer competitive employment conditions, flexible working arrangements and a range of benefits that support the wellbeing and development of our people.

Our team

The Chief Information and Transformation Officer (CITO) Branch leads Geoscience Australia’s digital, data, technology, security and transformation agenda. It works across the organisation to deliver secure, reliable and user‑centred services, improve organisational capability and enable sustainable change.

The role

The Enterprise Architect leads Geoscience Australia’s enterprise architecture, ensuring that business strategy, organisational capabilities, information, applications and technology evolve coherently. The role provides authoritative advice and assurance, develops target‑state architectures and transition roadmaps, and identifies opportunities to simplify the technology estate, reduce risk and improve organisational capability.

The key duties of the position include:

What you’ll do

You will provide enterprise‑wide leadership for architecture; connecting organisational strategy, business transformation and technology investment.

Lead enterprise architecture

• Establish and maintain business, information, application and technology architectures.
• Translate organisational strategy into principles, target states, capability models and transition roadmaps.
• Identify capability gaps, duplication, dependencies and improvement opportunities.

Provide architecture governance and assurance

• Maintain architecture governance, standards and assurance practices with the Director of Technology.
• Assess significant initiatives and designs for alignment with strategy, government policy, security requirements and technology direction.
• Manage architectural risks, exceptions and remediation.

Optimise the technology portfolio

• Maintain visibility of application and technology costs, risks and lifecycle status with the Director of ICT Service Management.
• Identify opportunities to modernise, consolidate or retire technology assets.
• Use evidence to inform investment and prioritisation decisions.

Enable transformation and build capability

• Work across business and delivery teams to develop implementable future‑state architectures and roadmaps.
• Build trusted relationships and facilitate decisions on priorities, risks and trade‑offs.
• Strengthen architecture capability through coaching, collaboration and shared practice.

Required skills, knowledge, experience and/or qualifications

• Strategic, pragmatic and collaborative leadership, with the ability to navigate complexity, influence senior stakeholders and translate long‑term direction into practical decisions.
• Demonstrated experience leading enterprise architecture in a large, complex organisation.
• Strong knowledge of business, information, application and technology architecture.
• Demonstrated experience developing target states, roadmaps, governance and assurance practices.
• Experience using capability modelling and portfolio analysis to guide investment and transformation.
• Strong leadership, stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
• Relevant tertiary qualifications or certifications, such as TOGAF, are desirable.

Success in this role looks like

• Architecture principles, standards and roadmaps are current and actively used.
• Leaders receive clear architecture advice that improves strategy, investment and prioritisation decisions.
• Technology and data complexity, duplication and risk are visible and actively managed.
• Systems, data and services become more aligned, secure, interoperable and adaptable over time.

Eligibility

• Be an Australian Citizen at the closing date of application.
• The successful applicant must be able to obtain, hold and maintain a security clearance of an appropriate level relevant to this role.
• Commencement of employment is subject to the successful applicant undergoing and satisfying pre‑employment screening, which includes a police history check.

Use of AI in Recruitment

Geoscience Australia may use Microsoft Copilot to support limited administrative and preparatory aspects of the recruitment process. Artificial Intelligence is not used to assess or select candidates, and all decisions are human‑led and based on merit.

Candidates must ensure their application reflects their own skills, experience and capabilities. Any use of AI must be responsible, transparent where required, and must not misrepresent their suitability for the role.

Candidates will be asked to disclose their use of AI when submitting an application and may also be asked to do so at various stages throughout the recruitment process.

Applicants are encouraged to familiarise themselves with the Principles for candidate use of AI in recruitment, as well as the Principles for agency use of AI in recruitment which outline expectations for the responsible, ethical and transparent use of AI when applying for APS roles.