Network Enterprise Architect

Halcyon Knights; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 166,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Halcyon Knights is seeking an experienced Network Enterprise Architect in Adelaide for a 6-month initial contract. The role leads the enterprise network standards, segmentation, and cloud/data centre architecture to support state-wide health services.

You will drive architecture across multiple hospital build programs, liaising with executives, clinical staff, and vendors. Based in Adelaide, you will shape principles, reference architectures and guardrails while ensuring designs align with

Qualifications

• 5+ years as a Network Architect in large, complex enterprise environments.
• Experience writing and governing network standards, reference architectures and patterns.
• Deep knowledge of data centre, Azure cloud, campus, SD-WAN, routing and switching, and segmentation and zero trust.
• Experience giving architecture assurance across multiple concurrent projects.
• Strong stakeholder skills, including confidence with executives and vendors.
• Ability to obtain a National Police Check and Working With Children Check.

Responsibilities

• Developing and getting approval for the new network’s segmentation, private cloud and data centre standards.
• Assuring internal and vendor designs against target architectures across several concurrent programs.
• Building out network principles, reference architectures, patterns and guardrails.
• Shaping procurement through architectural requirements, evaluation criteria and supplier assessments.
• Explaining architecture decisions clearly to clinical, operational and executive audiences.

Skills

Network architecture

Stakeholder management

Architecture governance

Executive communication

Tools

Azure cloud

Data centre

SD-WAN

Routing & switching

Job description

Network Enterprise Architect

Adelaide | 6 month initial contract | Immediate start | NPC and WWCC required

A state government digital health agency is rebuilding the network that supports healthcare services across South Australia. A next-generation core network program and two major new hospital builds are moving into design and planning together. They need an experienced network architect to set the standards, assure the designs and keep all of it consistent.

You’ll sit in the Enterprise Architecture Office. Your work will set the direction for network investment across the state for years to come.

What you’ll be doing

• Developing and getting approval for the new network’s segmentation, private cloud and data centre standards
• Assuring internal and vendor designs against target architectures across several concurrent programs
• Building out network principles, reference architectures, patterns and guardrails
• Shaping procurement through architectural requirements, evaluation criteria and supplier assessments
• Explaining architecture decisions clearly to clinical, operational and executive audiences

Must Have

• 5+ years as a Network Architect in large, complex enterprise environments
• Proven experience writing and governing network standards, reference architectures and patterns
• Deep knowledge of data centre, Azure cloud, campus, SD-WAN, routing and switching, and segmentation and zero trust
• Experience giving architecture assurance across multiple concurrent projects
• Strong stakeholder skills, including confidence with executives and vendors
• Ability to obtain a National Police Check and Working With Children Check

Healthcare, public sector, TOGAF or hospital build experience will help you stand out.

Halcyon Knights is an equal opportunities employment agency, valuing the contributions made by all people and welcomes applications from people with disability, Aboriginal Australians, people of all ages and from culturally diverse backgrounds.