Solution Architect

Synergy Group; Canberra; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Synergy Group, Canberra-based, is seeking a Manager-level Solution Architect for a full-time permanent opportunity. You will design end-to-end architectures across government and enterprise projects from Canberra, growing your solution architecture experience in a collaborative consulting environment.

You will work with multidisciplinary teams, translate business needs into architecture options, and produce high-quality artefacts while ensuring alignment with security requirements.

Qualifications

• Deliver solution architectures with autonomy and quality designs.
• Platform-agnostic architecture across applications, data, infrastructure and cloud.
• Familiar with architecture frameworks and security-by-design considerations.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and clear communication with technical and non-technical audiences.
• Consulting mindset with client-focused approach and ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Experience in Australian government/public sector is advantageous.
• Eligible for Australian Government security clearance (Australian citizenship required).
• Tertiary qualifications and/or cloud architecture certifications.

Responsibilities

• Design solution architectures meeting client business, technical and security requirements.
• Translate business needs into architecture options, trade-offs and recommendations.
• Produce artefacts: solution designs, options analyses, target-state models and design documentation.
• Ensure designs align with client enterprise architecture standards and security requirements.
• Build effective relationships and communicate architecture concepts clearly to diverse audiences.
• Collaborate with delivery teams, vendors and specialists to keep designs practical and implementable.
• Share knowledge and mentor junior consultants; contribute to architecture methods and reusable assets.
• Support business development by contributing architecture input to proposals and estimates.

Skills

Solution architecture

Stakeholder engagement

Cloud & infra

Security by design

Frameworks & standards

Client advisory

Education

Tertiary qualifications in architecture/related discipline

Cloud architecture certifications (Azure/AWS/GCP)

Tools

TOGAF framework

Cloud platforms (Azure/AWS/GCP)

Job description

Full-time permanent opportunity | Canberra-based | $120,000 - $150,000 package (including super)

• Design practical, secure and scalable solutions
• Work with diverse multidisciplinary teams on interesting problems
• Grow in a collaborative consulting environment

Build your solution architecture experience across varied government technology projects.

Join Us to Deliver Work That Matters

As a Solution Architect at the Manager level, you are an experienced practitioner who delivers technical designs competently and largely independently. You are trusted to design solutions end-to-end and make sound design choices on your own, working within a multidisciplinary team to shape technical designs for the client.

You apply sound judgement to identify complex or high-risk design decisions, working with the lead architect to design solutions that meet client business, technical and security requirements.

What You'll Do

• Design solution architectures that meet client business, technical and security requirements, working with a good degree of autonomy across your assigned work streams.
• Translate business needs and stakeholder priorities into clear specifications architecture options, trade-offs and recommendations, escalating the most complex decisions to senior architects where appropriate.
• Produce high-quality architecture artefacts - solution designs, options analyses, target-state models, transition views and design documentation - ready for review by senior colleagues and client stakeholders.
• Ensure your designs align with client enterprise architecture, standards, and relevant Australian Government frameworks and security requirements.
• Build effective working relationships with client stakeholders, communicating architecture concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Collaborate with delivery teams, vendors and specialists to keep designs practical, implementable and carried through delivery with integrity.
• Share knowledge and provide informal guidance to more junior consultants and contribute to the team's architecture methods and reusable assets.
• Support business development by contributing architecture input to proposals and estimates where required.

What You'll Bring

• Solid experience delivering solution architecture on client engagements with limited supervision, and a track record of producing quality designs that stand up to senior review.
• Sound, platform-agnostic architecture fundamentals across applications, integration, data, infrastructure and cloud, with the judgement to select appropriate technologies for the problem at hand.
• Working knowledge of architecture frameworks and practices (e.g. TOGAF or similar methods, common design patterns and well-architected frameworks, and non-functional and security-by-design considerations).
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills, with the confidence to advise client teams and work effectively in complex environments.
• A consulting mindset - commercially aware, adaptable, client-focused and comfortable managing concurrent priorities.
• Experience working within Australian government or public sector environments, and familiarity with their standards and delivery contexts (highly regarded).
• You must hold, or be eligible to obtain, an Australian Government security clearance. Please note that Australian citizenship is a requirement for obtaining an Australian Government Security Clearance.
• Relevant tertiary qualifications and/or industry certifications in an architecture, technology or related discipline. Cloud Solution Architecture certifications in Azure, AWS or GCP are highly desired.

About the Opportunity

This role is based in Canberra and offers the opportunity to shape architecture across multiple government and enterprise engagements, with room to grow into broader enterprise architecture and technical leadership responsibilities. We’ll support relevant learning across cloud certifications, security accreditation processes and architecture frameworks.

About Synergy Group

At Synergy Group, we’re challengers, collaborators and problem solvers. Our culture is built on curiosity, creativity, integrity and a belief in potential. We partner closely with clients to shape solutions that tackle Australia’s complex challenges, and we attract people who want their work to matter.

Synergy Group is committed to equal opportunity and building an inclusive workforce. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. If you need adjustments or support during the application process, please reach out to our recruitment team.