Lead Microservices And Ai Technical Architect

Indigitise Pty Ltd; Canberra; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Indigitise Pty Ltd in Canberra seeks a Microservices & AI Technical Lead to steer architectural decisions and the adoption of AI across the service lifecycle. You will influence system builds and guide engineering choices, ensuring capability transfer throughout delivery.

The role focuses on modern engineering practices, cloud-native microservices, DevSecOps, CI/CD, observability, and platform standards to support secure and scalable service delivery.

Qualifications

• Experience leading AI-enabled platforms and services.
• Ability to design and govern cloud-native microservices architectures.
• Track record implementing modern SDLC practices with security in mind.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and architectural authority for cloud-native, microservices and AI-enabled platforms.
• Lead establishment of modern engineering and AI delivery practices (SDLC, DevSecOps, CI/CD, observability).
• Drive technology modernization, containerisation and platform adoption for scalable and reliable delivery.
• Build capability and transfer knowledge across multidisciplinary teams.

Skills

Technical leadership

Architectural authority

AI in software delivery

DevSecOps

CI/CD

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Job details

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

Key duties and responsibilities

• 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, maintainability 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.

About the team

The CIO Division provides a range of enabling services and operations delivery to the department and to Australian businesses and are seeking a Microservices & AI Technical Lead to support business application transformation program of work.

About the project

The program is establishing DISR's first enterprise Microservices and Event-driven Architecture foundations and is embedding AI enabled engineering practices across the software delivery lifecycle. The role will provide technical leadership, influence system builds and engineering decisions, guide the adoption of AI across the service deliver lifecycle and ensure capability transfer occurs throughout delivery.