Enterprise Architect

Creative Australia; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Wellbeing programs

Salary commensurate with skills

Job summary

Creative Australia is seeking an Enterprise Architect to lead its enterprise architecture capability, aligning technology, data, applications, security and integrations with organisational strategy. The role involves governance, reducing technical debt, and guiding secure, future‑ready IT decisions.

You will define architecture principles, standards and lifecycle plans, while working with Cyber Security, Risk & Assurance, and external providers to ensure compliance and resilience.

Qualifications

• Experience leading enterprise architecture programs and guiding technology decisions.
• Ability to define architecture principles, standards, and governance processes.
• Strong knowledge of security, privacy, resilience, and business continuity considerations.

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain enterprise architecture approach with principles and standards.
• Align platforms, integrations and data flows with organisational strategy and digital service needs.
• Define and run architecture governance to reduce duplication and manage risk.
• Develop lifecycle plans for platforms, applications, integrations and infrastructure.
• Provide solution design guidance for new systems and major projects to ensure secure, scalable outcomes.
• Guide integration planning across multi‑vendor environments with secure data flows.
• Collaborate with cyber security, risk and external providers to support security requirements.
• Offer architecture advice on AI tools and emerging technologies within governance constraints.
• Support procurement and vendor evaluation through architecture assessments and transition risks.
• Maintain architecture artefacts like system maps and decision records to improve visibility.
• Work with business and IT to translate needs into clear technology options and architecture advice.
• Identify improvements to reduce cost, improve reliability and service delivery.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

Governance & risk

Cybersecurity alignment

Stakeholder engagement

Solution design

Job description

Creative Australia is the Australian Government’s principal arts investment and development agency. We invest in and advocate for artists, creative work, creative organisations and cultural participation, so all Australians can express their creative potential, take part in arts and culture, and experience the diverse stories of our nation. Our purpose is to champion and invest in human creativity, culture and connection for all.

Our Purpose

We champion and invest in arts and creativity for a dynamic, creative Australia.

Our Culture

We are proud to have been named an Inclusive Employer for the 4th consecutive time by Diversity Council Australia. This achievement reflects our commitment to fostering diversity and inclusion in the workplace.We strive to establish and sustain a diverse and inclusive workforce, fostering a culturally safe and supportive environment where everyone can bring their whole self to work.

Your role

As our Enterprise Architect, you’ll lead Creative Australia’s enterprise architecture capability by aligning technology, data, applications, security and integration decisions with organisational strategy, cyber security requirements and future business needs. The role provides clear architecture direction, reduces technical debt and duplication, supports secure and well-designed technology change, and helps Creative Australia build a resilient, future-ready IT environment.

Here’s what it looks like:

• Establishing and maintaining Creative Australia’s enterprise architecture approach, including architecture principles, standards, current-state views, target-state designs and practical guidance for technology decisions.
• Aligning technology platforms, applications, integrations and data flows with Creative Australia’s strategy, business priorities, IT operating model and digital service needs.
• Defining and running architecture governance processes that support sound decision-making, reduce duplication, manage risk and ensure technology changes are reviewed before major investment or implementation.
• Developing and maintaining lifecycle plans for key platforms, applications, integrations and infrastructure, identifying technical debt, duplication, support risks and opportunities to simplify the environment.
• Providing solution design advice for new systems, system changes, integrations, procurement activities and major technology projects to ensure solutions are secure, scalable, maintainable and fit for purpose.
• Guiding integration planning across Creative Australia’s multi-vendor environment, ensuring systems and services are designed for secure, reliable and well-documented data flows.
• Working with the Cyber Security Manager, Service Integration Manager, Manager, Risk & Assurance, and external providers to ensure architecture decisions support cyber security, privacy, resilience, business continuity and relevant government security requirements.
• Providing architecture advice on AI tools and emerging technologies, including fit with Creative Australia’s systems, data, security, governance and operating model.
• Supporting the Director IT in procurement and vendor assessment by reviewing technical proposals, architecture assumptions, integration requirements, lifecycle costs, security implications and transition risks.
• Maintaining clear architecture artefacts, including system maps, integration views, platform inventories, lifecycle plans and decision records to improve visibility of Creative Australia’s technology environment.
• Working with business areas, IT, Business Systems, Business Intelligence and external providers to understand business needs and translate them into clear technology options and architecture advice.
• Identifying practical improvements to systems, platforms, integrations and architecture practices that improve reliability, reduce cost, reduce risk and support better service delivery.

What’s in it for you

• Part-time, 3 days a week
• Location: Sydney or Melbourne Office
• Hybrid work (one day work from home and two days in our office)
• Paid leave between Christmas and New Year
• Cultural leave entitlements
• Wellbeing programs and corporate discounts
• Holistic employee assistance program for employees, their families, and kin
• Salary commensurate with skills and experience. Feel free to share what you’re hoping for in the screening question, and we’ll discuss this with you early in the selection process.

Applications close 30 October 2026 at 11:59pm.

This is not an Australian Public Service position.

Creative Australia is committed to equity and inclusion and welcomes applications from diverse Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, cultural and regional communities, including people with disability.