Lead Microservices and AI Technical Architect

Hudson AU; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 200,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Casual loading 25%

Job summary

Hudson AU is seeking a Lead Microservices and AI Technical Architect to provide technical leadership across enterprise platforms, guiding AI-enabled engineering practices and the adoption of AI throughout the service delivery lifecycle.

The role will drive modernisation of microservices, containerisation and platform engineering standards while ensuring alignment with security, governance and business transformation objectives.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience designing cloud native, microservices architectures in enterprise settings.
• Expertise in AI-enabled delivery, including ML and responsible AI practices.
• Strong DevSecOps, CI/CD, observability and security-by-design capabilities.
• Proven leadership in modernising platforms and guiding architecture decisions.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement with senior executives and partners.

Responsibilities

• Provide architectural authority for cloud native, microservices and AI platforms.
• Lead modern engineering practices including AI-enabled SDLC, CI/CD and testing.
• Drive platform adoption, containerisation and system integration improvements.
• Build capability through governance and leadership of multidisciplinary teams.

Skills

Cloud native

Microservices

AI engineering

DevSecOps

CI/CD

Tools

Kubernetes

OpenShift

AKS

EKS

GKE

Job description

Job Title: Lead Microservices and AI Technical Architect

Contract: Initial 12 months, with two possible 12-month extensions

Location: ACT preferred; Sydney, Melbourne or Brisbane also considered, Hybrid

Security Clearance: Australian citizenship required; must be eligible to obtain Baseline clearance

Job Summary

Our client is an established Federal Government agency seeking an experienced Lead Microservices & AI Technical Architect to provide technical leadership across complex technology initiatives.

The program is establishing their 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.

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.

Key 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.

Essential criteria

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

Desirable criteria

• Experience designing, implementing and operating container platforms using technologies such as Kubernetes, OpenShift, AKS, EKS or GKE, including platform automation, governance and workload management.
• Experience with cloud platform modernisation, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), platform engineering, observability tooling and enterprise scale automation practices.
• Experience leading delivery within Agile environments, including coaching geographically dispersed teams, driving capability uplift and fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation and continuous improvement.

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Casual Loading

Please note for all Australian based contract and temporary roles only, the pay rate is inclusive of mandatory 25% casual loading. This excludes permanent and fixed term roles.

Due to current Victorian labour hire licence restrictions, Hudson is not advertising, offering or accepting applications for contract, temporary or labour hire roles that are based in Victoria or otherwise connected to Victoria. This includes contract, temporary or labour hire roles where the candidate resides in Victoria, even if the role is based in another state. These restrictions do not apply to permanent or fixed term employment opportunities.