Solution Architect

CSIRO; Canberra; On-site; AUD 136,000 - 159,000; Full time

Job summary

CSIRO Information Management & Technology (IMT) seeks a Solution Architect to design and guide the implementation of robust, scalable, and cost-effective technology solutions that align with business needs across multiple projects.

You will ensure architectural consistency with enterprise strategy, collaborate with stakeholders, and produce comprehensive solution documentation, interface diagrams, and security considerations. This is a fixed-term role across Australian capital cities.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to translate business needs into scalable technology designs.
• Experience creating information and technology solution designs.
• Understanding of enterprise architecture standards and roadmaps.

Responsibilities

• Design integrated solutions across diverse projects including applications, cyber security, and infrastructure modernization.
• Ensure architectural alignment with enterprise strategies and cyber frameworks.
• Produce architecture documentation and security considerations.
• Evaluate options for technology integration and reuse.
• Provide architectural oversight across concurrent projects from initiation to delivery.
• Collaborate with analysts, project managers, leads, developers and testers to ensure correct implementation.

Skills

Architectural design

Enterprise architecture

SAP expertise

Power Platform

Azure

Documentation

Automation

Stakeholder collaboration

Job description

Acknowledgement of Country

CSIRO acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land, sea and waters, of the area that we live and work on across Australia. We acknowledge their continuing connection to their culture and pay our respects to their Elders past and present. View our vision towards reconciliation.

Acknowledgement of Country

CSIRO acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land, sea and waters, of the area that we live and work on across Australia. We acknowledge their continuing connection to their culture and pay our respects to their Elders past and present. View our vision towards reconciliation.

Role highlights

• Design secure, scalable solutions that deliver business value
• Shape enterprise technology outcomes across diverse projects
• Specified term opportunity till 30/06/28

About CSIRO

As Australia's national science agency, CSIRO is solving the greatest challenges through innovative science and technology. Many of our iconic innovations were once considered impossible until someone, just like you, joined us and took on the challenge.

Visit CSIRO.au for more information.

The opportunity

As a Solution architect in CSIRO Information Management & Technology (IMT) team you will be responsible for designing and guiding the implementation of robust, scalable, secure, and cost-effective technology solutions that meet business needs.

This role works across multiple projects, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture standards, IT strategy, and best practices while collaborating closely with stakeholders from business, architecture, delivery, and operations teams.

High-level duties include

• Design integrated solutions across a range of projects including business applications, cyber security initiatives, and infrastructure modernisation, considering functional and non-functional requirements
• Ensure architectural consistency and alignment with enterprise strategies, cyber frameworks, infrastructure standards, architecture principles and roadmaps.
• Produce high-quality architecture documentation including solution overviews, interface diagrams, and security considerations.
• Identify and evaluate options for technology integration, reuse, or innovation.
• Work across multiple concurrent projects providing architectural oversight and assurance from initiation through delivery.
• Collaborate with Business Analysts, Project Managers, Technical Leads, Developers, and Testers to ensure designs are understood and implemented correctly.

Role particulars

Location and office arrangements: All Australian capital cities with CSIRO sites considered. Salary: AU$135,571 – AU$158,863 per annum (pro rata for part-time), plus 15.4% superannuation. Tenure & work schedule: Specified Term until 30/06/2028. Reference: 103571.

As the successful candidate, you will bring:

Essential Criteria

• The ability to blend and translate business needs and outcomes to align to system elements thus assuring the people, organisations, information, cyber and application needs are accommodated and directly related to business needs.
• Demonstrated ability to understand and lead conversations across the following considerations: o Alignment of business outcomes to operations, information and technology designs
• Development of information and technology solution designs that are desirable, viable, feasible, and aligned to organisations enterprise architecture.
• A good understanding key technologies and their licencing models specifically SAP and Power Platform and Azure
• Demonstrated experience in development of System and Solution Design documentation
• Solid understanding of automation practices and application architectures
• Experience producing simple diagrams to convey complex technical problems
• Demonstrated knowledge, understanding and commitment to principles of Workplace Diversity; Equal Employment Opportunity; Occupational Health, Safety and Environment; and Employee Participation.

Desirable

• Experience or the ability to demonstrate a commitment to delivering outcomes in innovation centric environments is highly desirable.

For full details about this role, and other criteria, please review the Position Description.

Not sure if you meet all the criteria?

While it is CSIRO policy that the successful candidate must meet all the essential criteria, there are many ways to demonstrate this. Don’t let the list discourage you. If you are unsure about applying, please reach out to the contact person in the Position Description.

Setting you up for success

We are committed to providing a recruitment process that is fair, equitable and accessible to everyone. We recognise that it may be helpful for us to adjust our process to make it equitable for your individual situation. Please contact [e-mail] and let us know how we can support you.

Life at CSIRO and flexible work arrangements

We work flexibly at CSIRO , offering a range of options for how, when and where you work. We can discuss flexible work arrangements with you during the recruitment process. CSIRO also offers a range of leave entitlements, benefits and career development opportunities. To find out more, visit Careers at CSIRO .

Inclusion and belonging

Solving Australia's greatest challenges takes a diversity of minds and lived experiences. We know diverse teams are more effective and deliver more innovative outcomes. As an equal employment opportunity organisation, we are committed to creating diverse and inclusive teams where people feel they belong. We recognise true diversity encompasses all ages, abilities, cultures, faiths, levels of education, genders, sexualities, diversity of thought and much more. We focus on hiring people who share our values of People First, Further Together, Making it Real and Trusted.

CSIRO holds Platinum Status for the Australian Workplace Equality Index for LGBTQIA+ inclusion, and a Science in Australia Gender Equity Bronze Award.

Eligibility

This is a security assessed position, applications for this position are open to Australian Citizens with the successful candidate being required to be able to obtain and maintain a security clearance at the Negative Vetting 1 level. Appointment to this role is subject to provision of a national police check and may be subject to other security/medical/character requirements.

Child safety

CSIRO is committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people involved in our activities and programs. View our Child Safe Policy.

Applications close

Wednesday 23 of September 2026, 11pm AEST