Principal Information Technology Architect

Western Power; Perth; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work arrangements

Additional leave options

Salary packaging and gym membership

Wellness leave days

Paid parental leave

Employee recognition program

Supportive team culture for renewable,

Discounted health insurance

Job summary

Western Power seeks a Principal Information Technology Architect to lead senior-level IT architecture across its technology landscape in Perth. The role focuses on shaping robust, secure, scalable solutions aligned with technology strategy and business priorities.

You will guide architecture across applications, integration, data, and platforms, driving cloud-enabled designs and cohesive end-to-end solutions in on-premise, hybrid, and cloud environments.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience as a Principal, Lead, or Senior IT Architect designing solutions across infrastructure, cloud, applications, integration, data and platforms.
• Strong understanding of modern IT architectures, including API-led integration and data platforms.
• Cloud fluent and able to design cloud-enabled solutions with governance and security.
• Proven ability to lead solution design and guide delivery teams through complex initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Provide senior architecture leadership across IT domains, formulating roadmaps and programs.
• Lead design of IT solutions meeting business and operational requirements.
• Collaborate with Cloud, Infrastructure, Security, and Control Systems Architects for end-to-end coherence.
• Ensure IT solutions leverage cloud capabilities while respecting constraints and security.
• Define and maintain IT reference architectures, patterns, and standards.
• Act as design authority reviewing designs and guiding delivery teams.
• Develop technology roadmaps and input sequencing and risk.
• Participate in architecture governance forums and reviews.

Skills

Senior IT Architect

Cloud fluency

Solution design

Stakeholder communication

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure)

API management tools

Job description

Location: Perth Office - CBD, WA, AU

25 Oct 2026

Principal Information Technology Architect – Permanent - Perth

Step into a pivotal and extendable 12-month fixed term with opportunity as Principal Technology Architect, where you’ll provide senior technical leadership across Western Power’s information technology landscape.

In this role, you’ll shape and guide IT solution architectures that enable business capabilities across applications, integration, data, and platforms. You’ll ensure solutions are robust, secure, scalable, and aligned to technology strategy and ready to delivery on our business partner priorities.

Cloud is a key enabler of Western Power’s technology and works alongside substantial private cloud, networking, security, SaaS, PaaS and Operational Technology. You’ll be cloud fluent and working closely with peer architects in cyber and cloud to ensure IT solutions operate effectively as integrated hybrid platforms.

You’ll form part of a Technology Infrastructure Platform team that act as a trusted design authority, FinOps and Cloud Centres of Excellence uplifting our Platforms Capabilities.

Your Role in Action

Provide senior architecture leadership across the information technology domains, formulating the roadmap and the program that powers Western Power’s Technology Infrastructure Platforms.

Lead the design of IT solutions that meet business and operational requirements, ensuring alignment to technology standards, and principles.

Collaborate closely with Cloud, Infrastructure, Security, and Control Systems Architects to ensure end to end solution coherence across on premise, hybrid, and cloud environments.

Ensure IT solutions appropriately leverage cloud capabilities, while respecting architectural boundaries, operational constraints, and security requirements.

Define and maintain IT reference architectures, patterns, and standards to support consistent, high quality solution design.

Act as a design authority for IT initiatives, reviewing solution designs, guiding delivery teams, and ensuring alignment to architectural guardrails.

Lead the development of technology and domain roadmaps, providing input into sequencing, dependencies, and architectural risk.

Support architecture governance by participating in forums and reviews that assure design quality, compliance, and long term sustainability.

Partner with delivery teams and vendors to ensure solutions are implemented in line with architectural intent.

Foster innovation by evaluating emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence, and guiding the safe adoption of new capabilities across corporate and operational technology while balancing business benefits, risk and operational requirements.

Mentor and uplift capability across technology teams by sharing best practice, supporting design development, and contributing to architecture artefacts and documentation.

What Makes You a Great Fit

Extensive experience as a Principal, Lead, or Senior IT Architect, designing solutions across Infrastructure, cloud, applications, integration, data, and platforms in large, complex organisations.

Strong understanding of modern IT architectures, including API led integration, automation, orchestration, data platforms, enterprise applications, and cloud enabled solutions.

Cloud fluent, with the ability to work effectively with Cloud architects and engineering teams to design solutions that leverage cloud services appropriately.

Proven ability to lead solution design, influence technical direction, and support delivery teams through complex initiatives.

Practical judgement on artificial intelligence and data capability, including the ability to separate genuine business value from vendor claims, and to put the right safeguards in place so adoption can move forward with confidence.

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate business needs into pragmatic technical designs.

Effective communicator and collaborator, able to engage with architects, engineers, vendors, and senior stakeholders.

By joining Western Power, you will contribute to powering a cleaner energy future. We are dedicated to fostering career development and promoting a healthy work-life balance, empowering you to drive innovation as we develop a network that will serve the Western Australian community for generations. Y ou will also benefit from a range of perks and opportunities, including:

• Over 50% of our employment opportunities are driven by career progression.
• Flexible work arrangements to support part-time work, working hours and working from home arrangements.
• The opportunity to purchase up to four weeks of additional leave per year.
• Access to salary packaging, social club activities, and discounted health insurance and gym membership.
• An award-winning employee recognition and benefits programme.
• An innovative team culture that’s enabling the transition to renewable energy and decarbonisation.
• In addition to standard leave, enjoy three wellness leave days each year.
• 22 weeks paid parental leaveand 5 days of First Nations cultural leaveto support family and cultural connections.

Applications close on 9 November 2026

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We value diversity and inclusivity, encouraging applications from all backgrounds, including women, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and LGBTQIA+ communities.As a WORK180 -endorsed employer for women, we are proud of our commitment to inclusion. You can learn more about this through our Reconciliation Action Plan and Disability Access and Inclusion Plan.