Senior Solutions Architect - 12 Month Fixed Term

Reserve Bank of Australia; Sydney; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Reserve Bank of Australia is seeking a Senior Solutions Architect to uplift technology standards and controls across the RITS ecosystem. This 12‑month fixed‑term role will define high‑level architectures, drive certification, and collaborate with business and IT teams to ensure secure, reliable payment infrastructure.

You will lead conceptual and solution architectures, manage dependencies, and contribute to automation and DevOps practices within a complex financial domain.

Qualifications

• Define solutions architectures, high‑level designs, and impact assessments for initiatives and systems.
• Own Architecture deliverables and ensure endorsement by stakeholders.
• Collaborate with analysts to define business requirements and develop high level designs.
• Scope initiatives with project managers to align with architectural objectives.
• Produce architectures for complex solutions including infrastructure, cloud, on‑premise and hybrid.

Responsibilities

• Drive Architectural Certification process to completion for key project deliverables.
• Identify and document dependencies with other projects/systems.
• Promote and implement controls based on COBIT/ISO 27001.

Skills

Architecture design

Stakeholder management

COBIT/ISO27001

Automation tooling

CI/CD pipelines

Cloud & hybrid

Infrastructure knowledge

Education

Tertiary IT degree

TOGAF certification

Tools

Puppet

Terraform

vRA

Chocolatey

Packer

Azure DevOps Service

Gitlab

Venafi

Hashicorp Vault

VMware

SQL Server

Active Directory

Job description

• Excellent career opportunity to work for Australia's Central Bank.

This is a unique opportunity for you to join Reserve Bank of Australia that owns and operates RITS, Australia's real-time gross settlement system. You will support the Payments Operations Program which is uplifting the operation, IT controls and governance of a payments system that moves around $230 billion dollars between financial institutions each day and ultimately settles all non‑cash payments in Australia.

In the Payments Operations Program, you will work with both business and IT departments which manage RITS to promote the public interest by ensuring the reliable, safe, and efficient functioning of critical national infrastructure, which is essential to support the day‑to‑day business of the Australian economy.

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Solution Architect who will contribute to uplifting technology standards and controls aligned to COBIT 2019, ISO 27001, RBA's Enterprise Control Standard for systems related to the RITS ecosystem. This position is a 12 month Fixed‑Term Contract.

We are looking for a Senior Solutions Architect who:

• Define solutions architectures, high‑level designs, and impact assessments for initiatives and/or systems in the Bank.
• Take ownership of Architecture deliverables for Conceptual and Solution Architecture documents and ensure that they are agreed and endorsed by all stakeholders.
• Work with analysts in defining business requirements, and work with subject matter experts to develop high level designs, in line with the enterprise architecture, patterns and practices. This may occasionally extend to assist with detailed design work.
• Collaborate with project managers and other stakeholders in scoping initiatives, ensuring they are scoped in accordance with architectural objectives and principles.
• Has experience in producing Solution Architectures for complex solutions (including infrastructure, cloud, on‑premise and hybrid solutions)
• Has experience in Architecture design that improved controls based on COBIT/ISO 27001 framework.
• Ability to identify and document / call out dependencies with other projects / systems.
• Drive Architectural Certification process to completion for key project deliverables.
• Has a proven background in Software/Infrastructure automation and an understanding of the tools used to achieve this.

Technical Capabilities

• Understanding of COBIT 2019 and ISO 27001.
• Experience with development principles, tools, and frameworks.
• Experience with Banking or Payment Systems (e.g., SWIFT, NPP, FSS etc.)
• Experience with automation toolsets (e.g., Puppet, Terraform, vRA, Chocolatey, Packer etc).
• Experience with CI/CD toolsets (e.g., Azure DevOps Service, Artifactory, Gitlab etc.)
• Understanding of common infrastructure systems (e.g., Active Directory, SQL Server, Sterling, VMWare, SAN etc.)
• Understanding of certificate lifecycle management tool (e.g., Venafi, Hashicorp Vault etc.)
• Strong interpersonal skills, including teamwork, facilitation, and negotiation.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate, influence and persuade peers and senior stakeholders.
• Understanding of strategic and new and emerging technologies and their practical application.
• Understanding of relevant models, notations and tools.
• Strong experience in resolving solution design and architecture contentions.
• Sound experience in architectural disciplines across a range of complex projects and technologies.

Qualifications

• TOGAF is preferred.
• Tertiary qualifications relevant to the Bank or IT industry.

Be More

Working for an organisation that truly makes a difference to the people of Australia, we can offer development and career opportunities in a collaborative environment that supports your growth, wellbeing and promotes flexibility. Your individual growth and success drives the Bank forward as an organisation. Be more means you can do more, for yourself and for Australia.

Why RBA?

Through the pursuit of national economic policy objectives and associated activities in financial markets and banking, the RBA makes an important contribution to the Australian economy. We also issue Australia's banknotes and operates infrastructure critical to the payments system, all of which contribute to the welfare of the Australian people.

The Reserve Bank of Australia is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace and encourage applications from experienced candidates seeking workplace flexibility.

Few places give you the balance of professional challenge and a management culture that not only supports but encourages you to live a full life outside of work and be more.