Senior Solution Architect

Bailey Abbott Pty Ltd; Darwin; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Access to Employee Assistance Program

Flexible Working Options

Regular team lunches and gatherings

Professional development and learning

Job summary

Bailey Abbott Pty Ltd is seeking a Senior Solution Architect for a 12-month on-site contract in Darwin. You will lead the architecture strategy, govern portfolio-level architectures, and translate insights into achievable business outcomes.

The role emphasizes security governance and enterprise-scale delivery. Applicants should have strong leadership, stakeholder engagement, and proven capability in Architecture development across business and IT domains.

Qualifications

• Experience leading and delivering solution architecture development and governance.
• Ability to define ICT strategies, plans, frameworks and standards.
• Proven track record in analysing costs and benefits of technology solutions.
• Strong skills in presenting architectures using visual and analytical methods.

Responsibilities

• Lead Solution Architecture strategy and translate into outcomes.
• Develop and govern Solution Architecture across portfolios and initiatives.
• Influence and communicate enterprise architecture decisions.
• Drive IT risk and security management through architecture practices.

Skills

Solution architecture

Stakeholder engagement

Enterprise architecture

IT risk & security management

Leadership

Education

Degree in Computer Science or Information Technology

Tools

TOGAF (or similar)

Security frameworks

Job description

Our Company

We exist to bring amazing people together to explore the art of possible.

Bailey Abbott are a progressive and dynamic IT Consultancy business working across both Public and Private sectors. People are at the core of everything we do. We're all about nurturing and inspiring people – ours and our clients. We bring a positive attitude and mindset to everything we do. We confidently use our knowledge and skills to solve problems, finding a better and easier way forward.

We deliver transformational outcomes to take businesses further, fearlessly. Confidence and trust is fundamental to delivering superior outcomes and we take ownership and responsibility for our commitments.

Our People

Our specialist IT Consultants are creative, collaborative, and passionate. We're strong advocates for change, challenging the status quo through new thinking, technology, and practices. Always exploring creative ways to simplify complexity.

Our Career Opportunity

Bailey Abbott now have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Solution Architect to join our Digital Transformation capability for an initial 12 month contract role in Darwin. This is an onsite role, and as such hybrid and remote work will not be considered for this opportunity.

Working as a Senior Solution Architect you will get the opportunity to:

• Lead Solution Architecture Strategy and Translate into Outcomes
• Develop and Govern Solution Architecture, including Portfolio & Initiative Level Architecture
• Communicate, influence, challenge and apply insights to Enterprise Architecture development
• Drive IT Risk & Security Management

Essential experience:

• Demonstrated experience leading and delivering Solution and Technology Architecture development, design, governance, strategy and implementation in a relevant industry.
• Demonstrated application of solution architecture best practice.
• Previous experience in defining and implementing ICT strategies, plans, frameworks and standards.
• Experience analysing capital, operational, total cost of ownership and financial benefits of technology solutions.
• Strong history of successfully building, facilitating and communicating strategies and architectures using appropriate and effective analytical and visual techniques.

Desirable Experience:

• Experience working as an ICT Architect in the Utilities or similar industry.
• Experience working with Operational Technology

Essential Skills

• Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or a related field
• Broad architectural skillset covering business, application, information, technology, security and governance domains, with deep technical skills in solution architecture development
• Deep skills in facilitating fact-based decision-making, including building information and viewpoints to articulate challenges, options and solutions
• Exceptional written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills
• Excellent strategy, technical, analytical and project management skills
• Relevant and industry-recognised architectural certifications
• Excellent leadership, influencing, collaboration, stakeholder engagement, facilitation capabilities
• A genuine 'people first' approach to business

Desirable Skills:

• Industry recognised cyber security certification such as CISSP
• IT Service Management qualifications such as ITIL

REWARDS

• Access to Employee Assistance Program
• Flexible Working Options
• Regular team gatherings including monthly team lunch
• Professional development opportunities and continuous learning
• Financial benefits through Discount Store

Our clients are diverse and so are we. We engage with great talent from all walks of life to bring their extensive and varied experience to help promote innovation. We encourage applications from candidates from all backgrounds to further strengthen Bailey Abbott.

Bailey Abbott. Explore Possible.