Solution Architect

EnergyAustralia; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 130,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance recognition and incentive programmes

Employee discounts on electricity and gas

20 weeks’ paid parental leave

Flexible working arrangements

Supportive leaders and culture

Job summary

EnergyAustralia seeks a Solution Architect for Trading & Operations to provide solution leadership and advisory, developing and implementing solutions. Key responsibilities include coordinating application architecture activities, ensuring alignment with roadmaps, and providing expert guidance. Candidates should have experience in large-scale solution architectures, cloud migrations, and strong communication skills. Benefits include performance recognition, employee discounts, and gender-equal parental leave.

Qualifications

• Prior experience with setting collaboration frameworks and leading technical teams.
• Experience delivering successful solution architectures in large scale environments.
• Proven experience leading cloud migrations of SaaS products.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate application & information solution architecture activities.
• Ensure solutions align to program blueprints and roadmaps.
• Provide expert guidance to delivery teams.

Skills

Solution architecture delivery

Cloud-based architecture

Communication skills

Collaboration frameworks

Cross-functional teamwork

Education

Tertiary qualifications in Technology

AWS Certifications

Job description

Solution Architect – Trading & Operations

Reporting into the Enterprise Architect – Trading, the Solution Architect will provide solution leadership and advisory, develop and implement solutions aligned to organisational roadmaps ensuring a cost-effective target business state and optimised business value delivery.

Key responsibilities include:

• Coordinate and orchestrate application & information solution architecture activities and deliverables to meet the demands and expectations of the Trading & Ops Business Unit
• Ensure solutions are aligned to the program blueprints and roadmaps / future states
• Manage the architectural impacts of business change
• Recommend solutions that improve cost effectiveness and flexibility of the portfolio
• Provide thought leadership on solution architecture, specifically within the application & information domain, and foster an environment of continuous improvement within IT and for EnergyAustralia’s enterprise data platforms
• Review, provide analysis, position and response to technical papers as requested by the Chief Architect or Enterprise Architects
• Provide expert guidance to delivery teams

Qualifications

You will have prior experience with setting collaboration frameworks, creating solution prototypes, solution development control and leading and influencing technical teams, all with a data focus. Additionally, you will have some of the following:

• Demonstrated experience delivering successful solution architectures in large scale environments / enterprises including exposure to modern cloud-based architecture
• Tertiary qualifications in Technology or similar & AWS Certifications
• Proven experience designing enterprise solutions across Customer, Corporate &/or Trading departments in complex organisational environments
• Proven experience leading cloud migrations of SaaS products, ensuring scalability, security, and minimal disruption to service delivery
• Ability to translate technical information into an easily digestible form
• Excellent communication skills – an open and collaborative communicator with proven ability to influence outcomes based on clear and concise messaging
• Highly collaborative, consultative and ability to work across cross-functional teams such as Agile or DevSecOps
• Experience in energy/utilities is highly favourable

We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability, and those from the LGBTQ+ community.

Benefits

• Performance recognition and incentive programmes - tailored to different roles and teams to reward great work through the year
• Employee discounts on electricity and gas, plus savings on major brands and products
• 20 weeks’ paid parental leave – completely gender-equal
• Energise Program – flexible working that’s team-centric, enabling teams to agree and succeed together
• Supportive leaders and a down-to-earth culture where you can be your authentic self.