Senior Microservices & AI Platform Architect

XPT Software Australia Pty Ltd; Canberra; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

XPT Software Australia Pty Ltd in Canberra is seeking a Lead Microservices & AI Technical Architect to provide technical leadership for cloud-native, microservices and AI platforms. The role drives modern engineering practices, AI-enabled SDLC, DevSecOps and platform governance across delivery teams.

The successful candidate will advance microservices architecture, containerisation and enterprise automation, while guiding capability transfer to delivery partners and executives.

Qualifications

• Experience designing and governing cloud native, microservices and event-driven architectures.
• Expertise in AI-enabled solution delivery, including deployment and operationalisation of enterprise AI capabilities.
• Strong software and platform engineering capability with modern development frameworks and CI/CD.
• Leadership in enterprise modernization, influencing architecture decisions and delivering improvements.
• Proven ability to lead multidisciplinary teams and communicate with senior executives.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and architectural authority for cloud-native, microservices and AI platforms.
• Lead establishment of AI delivery practices including AI-enabled lifecycle, DevSecOps and observability.
• Drive platform modernization, containerisation and integration of enterprise systems.
• Foster knowledge transfer and governance to raise engineering maturity.
• Engage stakeholders and translate business requirements into practical technology outcomes.

Skills

Cloud architectures

Microservices design

AI engineering

DevSecOps

CI/CD

Observability

Security by design

Leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Technology modernization

Tools

Kubernetes

OpenShift

AKS

EKS

GKE

Job description

XPT Software Australia Pty Ltd in Canberra is seeking a Lead Microservices & AI Technical Architect to provide technical leadership for cloud-native, microservices and AI platforms. The role drives modern engineering practices, AI-enabled SDLC, DevSecOps and platform governance across delivery teams.

The successful candidate will advance microservices architecture, containerisation and enterprise automation, while guiding capability transfer to delivery partners and executives.