Enterprise Architect

Endeavour; City of Brisbane; Hybrid; AUD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Work-life balance

Inclusive culture

Job summary

Endeavour Foundation in Brisbane is seeking an experienced Enterprise Architect to shape our digital future. You will partner with the CIO and senior leaders to create a clear enterprise strategy and adaptive technology roadmap that supports innovation and sustainable growth.

You will improve business processes and ensure our systems, data and technology investments enable efficient, scalable ways of working across the organisation.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in Enterprise Architecture within a large and complex organisation.
• Strong knowledge of Enterprise Architecture frameworks, including TOGAF.
• Experience developing architecture roadmaps, standards, principles and reference architectures.
• Proven success leading architecture outcomes that support digital transformation.
• Strong business process analysis, optimisation and continuous improvement skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain enterprise architecture strategies, frameworks and roadmaps.
• Align business strategy, digital transformation initiatives and technology investments.
• Design future-state business, application, data and technology architectures.
• Drive continuous improvement of business processes and operating models.
• Lead architecture governance and technology decision-making.
• Provide strategic advice to business and technology leaders.
• Guide application portfolio management, rationalisation and optimisation.
• Support cloud-first, modernisation and digital transformation initiatives.
• Develop architecture approaches for AI, automation and emerging technologies.
• Partner with stakeholders to improve integration, data quality and business capability.
• Identify innovation opportunities through market research and technology trend analysis.
• Mentor teams and promote architecture best practices across the organisation.

Skills

Enterprise Architecture

TOGAF

Architecture governance

Stakeholder engagement

Business process analysis

Education

Tertiary qualifications in IT/Business/Engineering/Information Systems

Job description

Endeavour Foundation is one of Australia’s largest employers of people living with disability. Our people live and breathe our purpose every day, with flexible working, great perks, and work/life balance. We are dedicated to creating an inclusive culture where our employees can grow, learn, and do their best work.

Our purpose is simple: make possibility a reality.

Make an Impact

As our Enterprise Architect, you will play a pivotal role in shaping Endeavour Foundation's digital future. Working closely with the Chief Information Officer and senior leaders, you will lead the development of our enterprise architecture function, creating a clear digital enterprise strategy and adaptive technology roadmap that supports innovation, operational excellence and sustainable growth.

This role is not just about technology. We’re looking for someone who can understand and improve business processes, ensuring our systems, data and technology investments enable efficient, effective and scalable ways of working across the organisation.

Key duties of this role are to:

• Develop and maintain enterprise architecture strategies, frameworks and roadmaps.
• Align business strategy, digital transformation initiatives and technology investments.
• Design future-state business, application, data and technology architectures.
• Drive continuous improvement of business processes and operating models.
• Lead architecture governance and technology decision-making.
• Provide strategic advice to business and technology leaders.
• Guide application portfolio management, rationalisation and optimisation.
• Support cloud-first, modernisation and digital transformation initiatives.
• Develop architecture approaches for AI, automation and emerging technologies.
• Partner with stakeholders to improve integration, data quality and business capability.
• Identify innovation opportunities through market research and technology trend analysis.
• Mentor teams and promote architecture best practices across the organisation.

What you can bring to the team

To succeed in this role, you will have:

• Extensive experience in Enterprise Architecture within a large and complex organisation.
• Strong knowledge of Enterprise Architecture frameworks, including TOGAF.
• Experience developing architecture roadmaps, standards, principles and reference architectures.
• Proven success leading architecture outcomes that support digital transformation.
• Strong business process analysis, optimisation and continuous improvement skills.
• Ability to translate business strategy into practical technology and architecture plans.
• Experience establishing and participating in architecture governance processes.
• Broad knowledge across business, application, data and technology architecture domains.
• Strong stakeholder engagement, influencing and communication skills.
• Ability to explain complex technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
• Relevant tertiary qualifications in Information Technology, Business, Engineering, Information Systems or a related discipline.
• AI Governance or Responsible AI Certification (highly regarded).
• Business Architecture Certification and/or Lean Six Sigma qualifications (desirable).

You will be required to undertake a Fit2Work National Criminal History Check and hold or be willing to obtain a Blue Card and NDIS Worker Screening Check.