Senior AI Technical Consultant

Elysium Digital; Canberra; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Elysium Digital is seeking a Senior AI Technical Consultant / Technical Architect to lead enterprise-scale modernization, driving microservices, event-driven architectures and AI-enabled practices across the software delivery lifecycle, collaborating with senior stakeholders to translate business goals into technology solutions.

The role emphasizes cloud-native design, Azure environments, platform engineering, DevSecOps, CI/CD, observability and governance, while mentoring teams and shaping

Qualifications

• Cloud-native architecture design and implementation.
• Enterprise microservices and event-driven architecture.
• Large-scale Azure environments and cloud transformation programs.
• AI engineering, machine learning, semantic search or enterprise AI solutions.
• DevSecOps, CI/CD pipelines and platform engineering practices.
• Architecture governance, security-by-design and engineering excellence.
• Leading multidisciplinary teams and influencing senior stakeholders.
• Driving technology modernisation and organisational capability uplift.
• Kubernetes and container platforms (AKS, OpenShift, EKS or GKE).
• Platform engineering and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE).
• Observability and enterprise automation practices.
• Experience implementing AI and Generative AI solutions using modern cloud platforms.
• Federal Government or large enterprise experience.
• Agile delivery leadership across distributed teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership for the design and governance of cloud-native, microservices and event-driven architectures.
• Drive the adoption of modern engineering practices, including DevSecOps, CI/CD, automated testing and observability.
• Lead the integration of AI-enabled capabilities across the software development lifecycle.
• Guide engineering teams in implementing scalable, resilient and secure enterprise platforms.
• Influence architecture decisions and technology roadmaps across large transformation programs.
• Establish reusable architecture patterns, standards and engineering governance frameworks.
• Support capability uplift through mentoring, coaching and knowledge transfer.
• Engage with senior stakeholders and executives to translate business objectives into technology solutions.

Job description

We are seeking a Senior AI Technical Consultant / Technical Architect to join our team to support a significant business application transformation program. This position will require you to drive the establishment of enterprise scale microservices and event driven architecture capabilities while embedding AI-enabled engineering practices across the software delivery lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership for the design and governance of cloud-native, microservices and event-driven architectures.
• Drive the adoption of modern engineering practices, including DevSecOps, CI/CD, automated testing and observability.
• Lead the integration of AI-enabled capabilities across the software development lifecycle.
• Guide engineering teams in implementing scalable, resilient and secure enterprise platforms.
• Influence architecture decisions and technology roadmaps across large transformation programs.
• Establish reusable architecture patterns, standards and engineering governance frameworks.
• Support capability uplift through mentoring, coaching and knowledge transfer.
• Engage with senior stakeholders and executives to translate business objectives into technology solutions.

About You

You are a highly experienced Architect, Principal Engineer or Technical Lead with a proven track record delivering enterprise-scale modernisation initiatives.

• Cloud-native architecture design and implementation.
• Enterprise microservices and event-driven architecture.
• Large-scale Azure environments and cloud transformation programs.
• AI engineering, machine learning, semantic search or enterprise AI solutions.
• DevSecOps, CI/CD pipelines and platform engineering practices.
• Architecture governance, security-by-design and engineering excellence.
• Leading multidisciplinary teams and influencing senior stakeholders.
• Driving technology modernisation and organisational capability uplift.

Highly Desirable

• Kubernetes and container platforms (AKS, OpenShift, EKS or GKE).
• Platform engineering and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE).
• Observability and enterprise automation practices.
• Experience implementing AI and Generative AI solutions using modern cloud platforms.
• Federal Government or large enterprise experience.
• Agile delivery leadership across distributed teams.

Technology Environment

We are particularly interested in candidates with experience across:

• API Management
• DevSecOps
• CI/CD Toolchains
• Observability Platforms
• AI / Generative AI
• Semantic Search

Security Requirements

• Australian Citizenship is required, with the ability to obtain and maintain a Baseline Security Clearance. Existing clearance holders are strongly encouraged to apply