Senior AI Architect – Enterprise Govt AI (Onsite 6w)

Cloud Delivered; Melbourne, Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Cloud Delivered is seeking a Senior AI Architect to lead enterprise-scale AI architecture for a major Australian government services program. You will shape AI strategy, reference architectures, and governance across data, models, applications, and security in a large federal context.

Based in Melbourne, VIC or Sydney, NSW, you will be onsite for the first six weeks before transitioning to a hybrid setup. Contract up to 12 months, with extensions possible up to 24 months.

Qualifications

• Enterprise-scale AI architectures in complex environments including strategies, roadmaps, platform references and governance artifacts.
• Generative AI, LLMs, RAG, agentic AI lifecycle management from evaluation to production.
• Secure, resilient AI design with options, risks, controls and enterprise alignment.
• Clear architecture advice to senior stakeholders and governance forums with templates and artefacts.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise AI architecture strategy and reference architectures across data, models, apps, integration and cloud.
• Define guardrails for generative AI, LLMs, RAG and agentic systems at scale and advise governance forums.
• Embed in federal environment with onsite initiation, then transition to hybrid work.
• Produce artefacts, run workshops, and mentor teams on architecture practices.

Skills

Enterprise AI design

AI lifecycle architecture

Secure AI design

Leadership & communication

Education

Architecture/IT degree or cert

Job description

Cloud Delivered is seeking a Senior AI Architect to lead enterprise-scale AI architecture for a major Australian government services program. You will shape AI strategy, reference architectures, and governance across data, models, applications, and security in a large federal context.

Based in Melbourne, VIC or Sydney, NSW, you will be onsite for the first six weeks before transitioning to a hybrid setup. Contract up to 12 months, with extensions possible up to 24 months.