Senior Solution Architect - Enterprise Architecture (Hybrid)

QBE Insurance Group; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid Working

Life Leave

Parental Leave

Discounts

Job summary

QBE Insurance Group invites an experienced Lead Solution Architect to shape end-to-end technology architectures for strategic initiatives. You will translate business needs into scalable designs, guide critical design decisions and strengthen architecture practices across domains.

Reporting to the Principal Enterprise Architect, you will collaborate with business and technology stakeholders, delivering secure, reusable solutions while balancing cost, risk and operational requirements.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience designing end-to-end solutions across application, integration, data, infrastructure, security and cloud domains.
• Strong knowledge of modern technologies including Azure, microservices, containers, SPAs and REST APIs, plus legacy platforms.
• Proven delivery experience in large-scale transformation programs using Agile, Waterfall and hybrid approaches.
• Ability to apply architecture principles, standards and governance pragmatically while managing risk, cost, complexity and operational requirements.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills across business teams, technology partners and vendors.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Translate business requirements into clear solution architectures, application structures, integration patterns and technology choices.
• Collaborate with delivery teams, platform owners, architects and service providers to create practical technology designs.
• Lead architectural decisions and manage trade-offs across business value, delivery constraints, risk and operational needs.
• Define application structures, integration patterns and technology choices that support immediate and long-term outcomes.
• Maximise reuse, simplify the technology landscape and reduce complexity across enterprise capabilities.
• Contribute to architecture strategies, standards, principles, roadmaps and future technology adoption plans.
• Identify and manage architectural risks, assumptions, dependencies and key design decisions.
• Promote consistent architecture methods, governance processes and continuous improvement practices.
• Share knowledge, mentor peers and strengthen the Solution Architecture community.
• Build trusted stakeholder relationships and influence strategic technology decisions.

Skills

Azure

Microservices

Containers

Single-page Applications

REST APIs

Agile delivery

Stakeholder management

Analytical thinking

Architectural leadership

Job description

QBE Insurance Group invites an experienced Lead Solution Architect to shape end-to-end technology architectures for strategic initiatives. You will translate business needs into scalable designs, guide critical design decisions and strengthen architecture practices across domains.

Reporting to the Principal Enterprise Architect, you will collaborate with business and technology stakeholders, delivering secure, reusable solutions while balancing cost, risk and operational requirements.