Information Architect

Talent; Canberra; Hybrid; AUD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Talent is seeking an experienced Information Architect in Canberra to shape how information is structured, classified, governed and shared across business systems, helping establish a sustainable information environment that supports better services and business outcomes. The role focuses on enterprise information architecture, metadata, taxonomy and governance within a major change program.

It requires two onsite days per week with a contract through to 30 June 2027 and eligibility for

Qualifications

• Proven experience designing and governing enterprise information architectures.
• Strong expertise in information modelling, metadata, taxonomy and classification.
• Experience establishing information governance standards and improving information quality.
• Ability to assess current-state environments and design practical future-state architectures.
• Excellent workshop facilitation and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Understanding privacy, security classification, records management and regulatory obligations.
• Experience working in Agile environments and using Azure DevOps.

Responsibilities

• Assessing the current information landscape, repositories, structures and information flows.
• Facilitating discovery workshops with business, technical and executive stakeholders.
• Developing conceptual and logical information models, taxonomies and metadata frameworks.
• Designing information classification, content and interoperability structures.
• Establishing information governance standards, recommendations and supporting documentation.
• Aligning information architecture with enterprise, business, data and solution architecture.
• Supporting implementation, stakeholder adoption and knowledge transfer activities.

Skills

Information architecture

Metadata management

Taxonomy design

Governance & compliance

Stakeholder engagement

Workshop facilitation

Agile environments

Tools

Azure DevOps

Job description

• Contract through to 30 June 2027 + extensions
• Canberra based - Two days onsite per week
• Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a Baseline security clearance
• Enterprise information architecture, metadata, taxonomy and information governance expertise

An experienced Information Architect is required to support a significant organisational change program. You will shape how information is structured, classified, governed and shared across business systems, helping establish a sustainable information environment that supports better services and business outcomes.

Your duties will include:

• Assessing the current information landscape, repositories, structures and information flows
• Facilitating discovery workshops with business, technical and executive stakeholders
• Developing conceptual and logical information models, taxonomies and metadata frameworks
• Designing information classification, content and interoperability structures
• Establishing information governance standards, recommendations and supporting documentation
• Aligning information architecture with enterprise, business, data and solution architecture
• Supporting implementation, stakeholder adoption and knowledge transfer activities

Skills and Experience we are looking for:

• Demonstrated experience designing and governing enterprise information architectures
• Strong expertise in information modelling, metadata, taxonomy and classification frameworks
• Experience establishing information governance standards and improving information quality
• Ability to assess current-state environments and design practical future-state architectures
• Strong workshop facilitation, stakeholder engagement and consensus-building skills
• Understanding of privacy, security classification, records management and regulatory obligations
• Experience working in Agile environments and managing work through tools such as Azure DevOps