Modern Workplace Technical Architect

Avanade Inc.; Canberra; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Avanade Inc. in Canberra seeks a Senior Modern Workplace Technical Architect to lead end-to-end architecture across Microsoft Modern Workplace transformations.

You will align solution components with target architecture, security requirements, and Microsoft technology roadmap, guiding governance and design decisions across Identity, End User Computing, Collaboration, and Cloud Services. You will collaborate with client stakeholders, security teams, and delivery leads to ensure architectural

Qualifications

• Experience leading architecture across Microsoft Modern Workplace transformations.
• Proven ability to govern multi-workstream programs with architecture oversight.

Responsibilities

• Provide overarching architecture leadership across Modern Workplace workstreams.
• Define and govern target-state Microsoft 365 architecture for the client environment.
• Review designs and provide feedback on architecture decisions and standards.
• Lead architecture workshops and technical design reviews with client stakeholders.
• Manage dependencies across EUC, identity, security, governance, and cloud services.
• Support transition to operations and handover activities.

Skills

Microsoft 365 Architecture

Entra ID

Intune / Endpoint Management

Teams / Phone

Exchange Online

SharePoint Online / OneDrive

Purview

Windows 365 / Cloud PC

Identity & Access Management

Security & Compliance Architecture

Azure Cloud

Enterprise Architecture Governance

Architectural Governance

Stakeholder Management / Workshops

Job description

Role Description

This role provides an opportunity to lead the architecture of complex Microsoft Modern Workplace transformations, working with senior client stakeholders and multidisciplinary delivery teams to shape secure, scalable, and operationally sustainable solutions. The Modern Workplace Technical Architect provides end-to-end technical leadership across the client program, ensuring solution components are aligned to the target architecture, security requirements, operational objectives, and Microsoft technology roadmap. The role is responsible for maintaining architectural integrity across multiple workstreams including Identity, End User Computing, Collaboration, Unified Communications, Information Governance, Compliance, and Cloud Services. Working closely with client stakeholders, security teams, solution architects, and delivery leads, the Modern Workplace Technical Architect provides governance, design assurance, technical decision-making, and architecture oversight throughout the design, build, testing, and deployment phases of the program. You must be an Australian citizen to apply; security clearance is highly regarded.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide overarching architecture leadership across the Modern Workplace workstreams.
• Provide architecture direction and assurance, while workstream solution architects retain responsibility for detailed solution design and delivery artefacts.
• Define and govern the target-state Microsoft 365 architecture for the client environment.
• Ensure solution alignment across Microsoft 365, Entra ID, Intune, Teams, Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, OneDrive, Purview, and Windows 365 services.
• Review and provide feedback on solution designs, architecture decisions, and technical standards with client technical representatives.
• Lead architecture workshops and technical design reviews with client stakeholders.
• Manage technical dependencies across EUC, identity, security, collaboration, governance, and cloud services.
• Ensure solution alignment with security, compliance, operational, and support requirements.
• Support technical risk management, issue resolution, and architectural governance activities.
• Provide guidance on Microsoft roadmap considerations, service limitations, and design trade-offs.
• Support transition to operations and technical handover activities.

Key Skills

• Microsoft 365 Solution Architecture
• Microsoft Entra ID
• Microsoft Intune and Endpoint Management
• Microsoft Teams and Teams Phone
• Exchange Online
• SharePoint Online and OneDrive
• Microsoft Purview
• Windows 11 and Windows Autopilot
• Windows 365 and Cloud PC
• Identity and Access Management
• Security and Compliance Architecture
• Cloud Architecture (Azure)
• Enterprise Architecture Governance
• Technical Design Authority Leadership
• Stakeholder Management and Architecture Workshops

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