Senior Software Architect: C#/.NET Microservices & Events

DXC Technology Australia & New Zealand; Western Australia; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

DXC Technology Australia & New Zealand is seeking a Software Architect to turn concepts into detailed, implementable designs. You will produce structured designs covering services, event flows, APIs, and data models for engineering teams.

This hands-on role emphasizes clear, build-ready specifications and collaboration with multi-vendor delivery leads. The role requires expertise in C#/.NET, microservices, and real-time processing, plus ability to work across client architectures to ensure

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Software Architect in complex distributed systems.
• Strong ability to produce low-level, developer-ready designs.
• Experience with event-driven and real-time processing environments.
• Strong systems thinking across end-to-end workflows.

Responsibilities

• Produce Detailed Technical Designs that break down solution architecture into clear, build-ready components.
• Define microservices, event-driven interactions, APIs, data models, and system behaviours.
• Design for real-time and near-real-time systems, including asset state, routing, and event processing.
• Apply architectural patterns such as event-driven architecture, actor model, and distributed systems design.
• Ensure alignment with performance, scalability, reliability, and safety requirements.
• Collaborate with engineers and delivery leads to shape Epics and User Stories grounded in architecture.
• Lead design walkthroughs, reviews, and technical decision-making.
• Provide hands-on support during delivery to ensure designs are correctly implemented.

Skills

C# / .NET

Event-driven architecture

Distributed systems

API design

Real-time processing

Low-level designs

GitHub CI/CD

Actor model / Akka.NET

Tools

RabbitMQ

Kafka

Azure Service Bus

SQL Server

Job description

DXC Technology Australia & New Zealand is seeking a Software Architect to turn concepts into detailed, implementable designs. You will produce structured designs covering services, event flows, APIs, and data models for engineering teams.

This hands-on role emphasizes clear, build-ready specifications and collaboration with multi-vendor delivery leads. The role requires expertise in C#/.NET, microservices, and real-time processing, plus ability to work across client architectures to ensure