Senior Solution Architect

Powerdata Group; Darwin; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Powerdatagroup in Darwin, Australia, is seeking an experienced Senior Solution Architect to lead enterprise-wide technology and security architecture initiatives. You will shape strategy, governance, and roadmaps across a complex utility environment, engaging executives and technical teams to drive secure, scalable outcomes.

The role requires deep architecture expertise, strong communication, and leadership capabilities, with a focus on risk management and ongoing learning.

Qualifications

• 3 or 4 year science or engineering 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

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of enterprise solution architecture strategies aligned to business objectives.
• Define future-state architecture roadmaps, standards, principles and reference architectures.
• Identify emerging technologies and market trends relevant to utility operations.
• Contribute to the organisation's technology vision and transformation initiatives.
• Translate business requirements into secure, scalable and supportable technology solutions.
• Develop solution, application, technology and infrastructure architectures.
• Conduct architecture reviews and governance activities.
• Ensure compliance with enterprise architecture standards and cybersecurity requirements.
• Evaluate architectural options and provide recommendations to senior stakeholders.
• Maintain architecture artefacts, technology capability maps and dependency models.
• Assess lifecycle risks, technical debt and technology investment opportunities.
• Drive platform rationalisation and simplification initiatives.
• Support ICT investment planning and technology governance processes.
• Engage with executives, business leaders and technical teams.
• Prepare architecture documents, options papers, strategy papers and business cases.
• Facilitate workshops and architecture review forums.
• Build consensus and influence strategic technology decisions.
• Ensure architecture decisions align with cybersecurity requirements.
• Collaborate with security teams to identify and mitigate technology risks.
• Support compliance with governance, risk and regulatory obligations.
• Promote secure-by-design principles across technology initiatives.

Skills

Solution architecture

Stakeholder engagement

Cybersecurity

Leadership

Education

Engineering/Computer Science degree

Architectural certifications

Job description

Darwin, Australia | Posted on 27/10/2026

Location: Darwin, NT (Onsite, with limited flexibility subject to approval)

Security Requirement: AUSCheck or AGSVA NV1 Clearance (or ability to obtain)

About the Role

we are seeking an experienced Senior Solution Architect to join its Strategy and Architecture team within the Technology & Systems division. This role will lead the development, governance and implementation of enterprise-wide technology and security architecture solutions that support strategic business objectives, operational resilience and long-term sustainability.

You will play a key role in shaping technology strategy, architecture standards, governance frameworks and solution roadmaps across a complex utility environment.

Key Responsibilities

Architecture Strategy & Technology Leadership

• Lead the development of enterprise solution architecture strategies aligned to business objectives.
• Define future-state architecture roadmaps, standards, principles and reference architectures.
• Identify emerging technologies and market trends relevant to utility operations.
• Contribute to the organisation's technology vision and transformation initiatives.

Solution Design & Governance

• Translate business requirements into secure, scalable and supportable technology solutions.
• Develop solution, application, technology and infrastructure architectures.
• Conduct architecture reviews and governance activities.
• Ensure compliance with enterprise architecture standards and cybersecurity requirements.
• Evaluate architectural options and provide recommendations to senior stakeholders.
• Maintain architecture artefacts, technology capability maps and dependency models.
• Assess lifecycle risks, technical debt and technology investment opportunities.
• Drive platform rationalisation and simplification initiatives.
• Support ICT investment planning and technology governance processes.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Engage with executives, business leaders and technical teams.
• Prepare architecture documents, options papers, strategy papers and business cases.
• Facilitate workshops and architecture review forums.
• Build consensus and influence strategic technology decisions.

Security & Risk Management

• Ensure architecture decisions align with cybersecurity requirements.
• Collaborate with security teams to identify and mitigate technology risks.
• Support compliance with governance, risk and regulatory obligations.
• Promote secure-by-design principles across technology initiatives.

Requirements

Qualification

3 or 4 year science or engineering 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

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

Ten years relevant technical experience

A commitment to ongoing learning

Industry recognised cyber security certification such as CISSP

IT Service Management qualifications such as ITIL

Experience working as an ICT Architect in the Utilities or similar industry

Experience working with Operational Technology