Senior Domain Architect & Strategy Leader

Softtest Pays Pty Ltd; Western Australia; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) is seeking an experienced Enterprise Architect to lead the architecture for defined business or technology domains within the organisation.

The role focuses on translating strategy into domain architecture, guiding cross-program delivery, and ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture, security requirements and regulatory standards. Strong leadership and governance capabilities are essential.

Qualifications

• Minimum 8+ years of experience designing and delivering complex finance and/or ERP solutions with leadership at principal architect level
• Ability to translate strategy and business requirements into coherent domain architecture and strategic direction
• Experience developing architecture principles, patterns, standards and governance across programs and delivery
• Ability to analyse complex architectural issues and provide evidence-based senior stakeholder recommendations
• Strong understanding of enterprise technology environments, financial management processes, regulatory standards and compliance
• Proven senior stakeholder leadership and communication to influence executives and teams

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain and communicate architecture strategy and roadmaps for the defined domain.
• Provide authoritative architectural guidance and technical leadership across programs and initiatives.
• Ensure architectures align with enterprise strategy, security requirements and organisational priorities.
• Lead architectural analysis of complex problems and recommend transition approaches.
• Establish domain architecture principles, patterns, standards and guardrails for consistency.
• Review designs and decisions, identify dependencies, risks and opportunities.
• Collaborate with enterprise, solution, security architects, data leads and delivery teams for end-to-end coherence.
• Influence investment decisions by outlining architectural impacts and dependencies.
• Represent the domain in architecture governance forums and support decision-making.
• Monitor emerging technologies and organisational capability needs for impact assessment.
• Lead resolution of significant architectural issues and mentor other architects.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

Stakeholder leadership

Architecture governance

Technical leadership

Strategic direction

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT / related field

Job description

National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) is seeking an experienced Enterprise Architect to lead the architecture for defined business or technology domains within the organisation.

The role focuses on translating strategy into domain architecture, guiding cross-program delivery, and ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture, security requirements and regulatory standards. Strong leadership and governance capabilities are essential.