Lead Microservices & AI Technical Architect

XPT Software Australia Pty Ltd; Canberra; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

XPT Software Australia Pty Ltd in Canberra is seeking a Lead Microservices & AI Technical Architect to provide technical leadership for cloud-native, microservices and AI platforms. The role drives modern engineering practices, AI-enabled SDLC, DevSecOps and platform governance across delivery teams.

The successful candidate will advance microservices architecture, containerisation and enterprise automation, while guiding capability transfer to delivery partners and executives.

Qualifications

• Experience designing and governing cloud native, microservices and event-driven architectures.
• Expertise in AI-enabled solution delivery, including deployment and operationalisation of enterprise AI capabilities.
• Strong software and platform engineering capability with modern development frameworks and CI/CD.
• Leadership in enterprise modernization, influencing architecture decisions and delivering improvements.
• Proven ability to lead multidisciplinary teams and communicate with senior executives.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and architectural authority for cloud-native, microservices and AI platforms.
• Lead establishment of AI delivery practices including AI-enabled lifecycle, DevSecOps and observability.
• Drive platform modernization, containerisation and integration of enterprise systems.
• Foster knowledge transfer and governance to raise engineering maturity.
• Engage stakeholders and translate business requirements into practical technology outcomes.

Skills

Cloud architectures

Microservices design

AI engineering

DevSecOps

CI/CD

Observability

Security by design

Leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Technology modernization

Tools

Kubernetes

OpenShift

AKS

EKS

GKE

Job description

XPT Software Australia Pty Ltd | Contract

Lead Microservices & AI Technical Architect

Canberra, Australia | Posted on 09/01/2026

• State/Province Australian Capital Territory
• Country Australia

About Us

AboutXPT

• XPT SoftwareAustralia PTY Ltd, incorporated in 2016, is a Software Services company
  
• XPT works with topclients across Australia in Banking, Insurance, Telecom,Retail, Energy, Mining and Manufacturingdomains.
  
• We have 120+technocrats in Australia working at our clientlocations.
  
• XPT SoftwareAustralia is part of group companies which has globalpresence across India & Europe.
  
• We have served100+ clients globally, fulfilling their onsite-offshoreneeds.
  

Job Description

Position: Lead Microservices & AI Technical Architect

Security clearance: Must be able to obtain Baseline

Job details

The role will provide technical leadership, influence system builds and engineering decisions, guide the adoption of AIacross the service deliver lifecycle and ensure capability transfer occurs throughout delivery.

Key duties and responsibilities

The successful candidate will be required to,

Provide technical leadership and architectural authority for the design, governance and evolution of cloud native,microservices based and AI enabled platforms, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture, security and business transformation objectives.

Lead the establishment of modern engineering and AI delivery practices, including AI enabled software development lifecycle (SDLC), DevSecOps, CI/CD, observability, automated testing and platform engineering standards that support secure, scalable and reliable service delivery.

Drive technology modernisation and platform adoption, including microservices enhancement, containerisation, integration of enterprise systems and implementation of reusable patterns that improve scalability, maintain ability and operational resilience.

Build organisational capability and technical maturity through knowledge transfer, engineering governance and leadership of multidisciplinary teams, fostering engineering excellence and continuous improvement.

Criteria

1. Extensive experience designing, implementing and governing cloud native, microservices and event driven architectures within complex enterprise environments, delivering scalable, resilient and secure business critical platforms.

2. Demonstrated expertise in AI engineering and AI enabled solution delivery, including the development, deployment and operationalisation of enterprise AI capabilities, semantic search, machine learning solutions and responsible AI practices.

3. Strong software engineering and platform engineering capability, including modern development frameworks, DevSecOps, CI/CD, automated testing, observability, security by design and operational excellence.

4. Proven ability to lead enterprise technology modernisation and transformation initiatives, providing technical direction, influencing architecture decisions and delivering measurable improvements in platform reliability, security, scalability and engineering maturity.

5. Exceptional stakeholder engagement, communication and leadership skills, with demonstrated experience leading multidisciplinary teams, delivery partners and senior executives and translating complex business requirements into practical technology outcomes.

1.Experience designing, implementing and operating container platforms using technologies such as Kubernetes, OpenShift, AKS, EKS or GKE, including platform automation, governance and workload management.

2.Experience with cloud platform modernisation, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), platform engineering, observability tooling and enterprise scale automation practices.

3.Experience leading delivery within Agile environments, including coaching geographically dispersed teams, driving capability uplift and fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation and continuous improvement.