Principal Solutions Architect

True North Solutions; Brisbane; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

True North Solutions in Brisbane is seeking a Principal Solutions Architect to lead end-to-end solution design across complex technology and digital delivery initiatives. The role blends on-site collaboration with work-from-home elements in a hybrid setup and requires translating business requirements into robust architectures.

You will mentor architects, influence senior stakeholders, and drive standards-driven outcomes while guiding delivery, product, and engineering teams to ensure secure,

Qualifications

• 10+ years of digital architecture, development and delivery experience.
• 2+ years of team leadership, technical leadership.
• Experience in leveraging AI assisted development.
• Knowledge of Delivery architectures related to continuous integration and delivery.
• Strong Stakeholder influence, facilitating workshops, and providing clear, pragmatic advisory on technology and digital delivery.
• Hands‑on background in Software Development, with the ability to collaborate effectively with engineering teams and understand modern development practices and tools.
• Proven Integration experience, covering API design, data flows, system interoperability, and integration patterns across cloud and on‑premise environments.
• Experience leading or influencing architecture in complex environments (e.g., enterprise, government, or large transformation programs).

Responsibilities

• Lead end‑to‑end solution design across complex technology and digital delivery initiatives.
• Translate business requirements into solution architectures.
• Guide integration approaches and ensure architectures are robust, scalable, and secure.
• Work with delivery, product, engineering and business stakeholders to deliver standards‑driven outcomes.
• Provide consulting support to senior leaders and mentor other architects.
• Contribute to governance and architecture practices, patterns and documentation.
• Identify and manage technical risks and support implementation teams.

Skills

Digital architecture

Team leadership

AI-assisted development

CI/CD knowledge

Stakeholder management

Hands-on software development

API integration

Architecture leadership

Job description

Company Description: Our Customer is a leader in it's industry and is currently reshaping its business to deliver on it's business strategy. The role, provides a wonderful opportunity to join the team in a truly influencing and accountable capacity to shape future architecture direction and build valuable credibility and influence with senior stakeholders.

Role Description The Principal Solutions Architect is a permanent role based in Brisbane, QLD, with a hybrid working arrangement that combines on‑site collaboration and some work from home. This role leads end‑to‑end solution design across complex technology and digital delivery initiatives, ensuring architectures are robust, scalable, secure, and aligned with business objectives. Day‑to‑day responsibilities include translating business requirements into solution architectures, guiding integration approaches, and working closely with delivery, product, engineering, and business stakeholders to ensure predictable, standards‑driven outcomes.

The Principal Solutions Architect will provide consulting support to senior leaders, mentor other architects and technical specialists, and contribute to continuous improvement of architecture practices, patterns, and governance. The role also involves producing clear architecture documentation, managing technical risks, and supporting implementation teams to deliver solutions.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of proven digital architecture, development and delivery experience.
• 2 + years of team leadership, technical leadership
• Experience in leveraging AI assisted development
• Knowledge of Delivery architectures related to continuous integration and delivery
• Strong Stakeholder influence, facilitating workshops, and providing clear, pragmatic advisory on technology and digital delivery.
• Hands‑on background in Software Development, with the ability to collaborate effectively with engineering teams and understand modern development practices and tools.
• Proven Integration experience, covering API design, data flows, system interoperability, and integration patterns across cloud and on‑premise environments.
• Experience leading or influencing architecture in complex environments (e.g., enterprise, government, or large transformation programs).