Senior Solution Architect

NEC Australia; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

NEC Australia is seeking a Senior Solutions Architect to lead enterprise infrastructure engagements. You will design end-to-end solutions, guide technical teams, and engage with clients across pre-sales and project delivery, ensuring architecture integrity throughout the lifecycle.

The role emphasizes cross-functional collaboration, stakeholder management, and the ability to translate business needs into commercially sound designs in complex enterprise environments.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of architectural experience designing and delivering complex IT infrastructure solutions.
• Experience with HPE and Cisco technologies in enterprise environments.
• Ability to lead both pre-sales engagements and delivery.
• Stakeholder engagement across senior business and technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end solution design for complex IT environments.
• Act as Technical Lead during pre-sales and delivery phases.
• Run client workshops, demonstrations and presentations.
• Contribute to bids, proposals, and tender responses as SME.
• Create accurate cost models, solution scopes, and architecture docs.
• Mentor associate architects/engineers.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

Pre-sales leadership

Client engagement

Multi-cloud solutions

Solution design

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in IT/Computing

Relevant certifications (TOGAF, ITIL)

Tools

HPE servers/storage

Cisco networking

Aruba/FortiNet tech

AWS/Azure cloud

Job description

We're seeking a highly experienced Senior Solutions Architect with deep capability across enterprise infrastructure, particularly in HPE and Cisco technologies. This role suits a seasoned architect who thrives in client-facing engagements, excels in solution design, and can confidently lead both pre-sales and project delivery activities.

The ideal candidate will bring a strong blend of technical expertise, commercial awareness, and consulting experience, paired with the ability to engage stakeholders at all levels and operate as a trusted advisor. They will be comfortable working within complex enterprise environments, developing end-to-end solutions, and ensuring technical integrity throughout the solution lifecycle.

Skills & Experience

Technical Leadership & Architecture Expertise

• 7+ years architectural experience designing and delivering complex IT infrastructure solutions, ideally in a Managed Services environment.
• Proven experience with HPE server and storage platforms, Cisco networking, and complementary enterprise technologies (e.g. Aruba, Fortinet, virtualisation, cloud platforms).
• Demonstrated capability in installing, configuring and integrating infrastructure technologies across on-prem, hybrid, and multi-cloud environments.
• Ability to serve as Technical Lead during both pre-sales engagements and delivery phases, providing solution design, technical oversight, and guidance to engineering teams.

Client Engagement & Consulting Skills

• Strong customer-facing presence, able to build trusted advisor relationships and clearly articulate technical concepts to business and technical stakeholders.
• Skilled at uncovering client business requirements and translating them into high-quality, commercially sound solution designs.
• Experience facilitating client workshops, solution demonstrations and presentations.
• Ability to work on billable customer engagements, with a focus on great customer outcomes.
• Extensive background contributing to bids, proposals and tender responses as a subject matter expert.
• Ability to produce accurate cost models, solution scopes, and architecture documentation.
• Demonstrated success influencing clients and supporting sales teams to drive solution adoption.
• A collaborative mindset with a passion for lifting capability across the architecture team.
• Experience mentoring associate architects or engineers, supporting their development in both technical skills and consulting capability.

Qualifications & Certifications

Highly regarded:

• Certifications across HPE, Cisco, Aruba, and Fortinet technology stacks.
• AWS, Microsoft Azure certifications (preferred).
• TOGAF and/or ITIL certifications.
• Relevant tertiary qualifications (undergraduate or postgraduate).

Professional Strengths

• Ability to manage complex stakeholder environments and navigate organisational challenges.
• Strong problem-solving skills, with the capacity to work confidently with new technologies and architectural frameworks.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, including high-quality documentation and presenting to senior audiences.
• Thrives under pressure, with the ability to meet tight deadlines while maintaining quality outputs.

Our Company

NEC is a leading global software and solutions technology business. Over the last 50+ years of business here in Australia, NEC has helped future-proof organisations in a dynamic and fast changing business environment, driving growth and efficiencies through smart technology solutions, manage risk, solve workforce issues and help businesses improve their customer and employee experience. Working with government agencies and private enterprise, NEC streamlines and simplifies the complex technology requirements, working in areas including health, transport, construction, manufacturing, emergency services, corrections and law enforcement and many more.

Join Us & Make an Impact!

NEC is committed to achieving a diverse workforce and strongly encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders.