Solution Architect (AI & Platforms)

Liquid Interactive; City of Brisbane; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Liquid Interactive, Brisbane-based AI and digital transformation consultancy, seeks a senior Solution Architect to shape opportunities from discovery to production across enterprise AI initiatives. You’ll operate at the intersection of strategy, architecture and delivery, guiding multidisciplinary teams and clients through secure, scalable solutions.

As our AI capability grows, you’ll focus on cloud, identity, data, and assurance, turning concepts into production-ready architectures and reusable

Qualifications

• Hands-on cloud architecture across Azure and/or AWS.
• Experience taking prototypes through to production at enterprise scale.
• Strong knowledge of identity, integration, security, deployment and non‑functional architecture.
• Experience in government, regulated or similarly high‑assurance environments.
• Knowledge of AI, automation, conversational AI or LLM-based solutions and responsible AI considerations.

Responsibilities

• Shape complex AI and enterprise technology opportunities with Partners and multidisciplinary teams.
• Bring an architecture lens into discovery, problem definition and early solution design.
• Design production-ready architectures across applications, cloud, data, integration, identity and security.
• Develop clear concepts of operations describing how solutions will work in practice.
• Determine where AI adds value and where deterministic approaches are better.
• Shape prototypes and technical spikes to validate assumptions before major delivery.
• Design enterprise AI and conversational AI solutions with controls, boundaries and assurance.
• Ensure pilots have a credible pathway into production and scale.
• Embed security, privacy, auditability and risk into architecture from the outset.
• Work across Azure and AWS environments, including identity platforms like Entra ID and IAM.
• Provide architectural leadership as solutions move from shaping to delivery.

Skills

Azure/AWS

Solution architecture

Security

Identity/Access

AI & automation

Client engagement

Governance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/IT

Tools

AWS IAM

Microsoft Entra ID

Job description

This is solution architecture for someone who wants to shape new ways of doing things.

At Liquid, we’re looking for a senior Solution Architect to help take ambitious AI and digital solutions from opportunity through to production.

You’ll work at the intersection of strategy, architecture and delivery – helping clients and multidisciplinary teams make sense of complex opportunities, explore what’s technically possible, and design solutions that can be deployed securely and successfully at enterprise scale.

Liquid is a Strategic Design and Digital Transformation consultancy based in Brisbane, working on national projects across government, health, education and beyond. We bring together strategy, design, technology and delivery to solve complex problems and create meaningful outcomes for people.

As our AI capability grows, we need strong enterprise architecture, cloud, security and assurance expertise to help turn compelling ideas and prototypes into solutions that are genuinely ready for production.

Why this role is different

This isn’t an architecture role where you’re handed defined requirements and asked to design the technology. You’ll get involved earlier.

Working alongside our Partners, designers, delivery teams and clients, you’ll help shape solutions that balance user needs, commercial realities, risk and technology.

A major focus will be AI and automation, particularly in complex or sensitive environments such as government, health and human services.

You’ll make sure solutions are born deployable – considering cloud infrastructure, identity and access, integrations, security, data, monitoring, assurance, cost and scale from the beginning.

You’ll also help strengthen Liquid’s broader AI and enterprise technology capability by turning what we learn into reusable architecture patterns, approaches and intellectual property.

What you’ll be doing

Shape complex AI and enterprise technology opportunities alongside Partners and multidisciplinary teams.

Bring an architecture lens into discovery, problem definition and early solution design.

Design production‑ready architectures across applications, cloud, data, integration, identity and security.

Develop clear concepts of operations describing how solutions will work in practice.

Determine where AI adds value, where deterministic approaches are better and where humans need to remain in the loop.

Shape prototypes and technical spikes to validate assumptions before major delivery commitments.

Design enterprise AI and conversational AI solutions with appropriate controls, information boundaries and assurance.

Ensure pilots and proofs of concept have a credible pathway into production and scale.

Embed security, privacy, auditability, risk and assurance into architecture from the outset.

Work across Azure and AWS environments, including identity platforms such as Microsoft Entra ID and AWS IAM.

Provide architectural leadership as solutions move from shaping into delivery and production.

Support proposals, pursuits, estimates and senior client conversations.

Develop reusable architecture, platform, assurance and deployment patterns.

What we’re looking for

You’ll be an experienced Solution Architect who combines technical depth with strong consulting instincts.

You’ll bring:

Hands‑on cloud architecture experience across Azure and/or AWS.

Experience taking systems from prototype or pilot through to production and scale.

Strong knowledge of identity, integration, security, deployment and non‑functional architecture.

Experience applying secure‑by‑design, risk management and information assurance principles.

Experience working in government, regulated or similarly high‑assurance environments.

Knowledge of AI, automation, conversational AI or LLM‑based solutions and the considerations involved in deploying them responsibly.

An understanding of responsible AI, including safety, accountability, explainability and human oversight.

Confidence working with clients and commercial leaders before requirements are fully defined.

Strong communication skills and the ability to move comfortably between executive conversations and detailed technical discussions.

Commercial judgement and the ability to balance value, feasibility, risk and delivery realities.

This role is unlikely to suit someone whose experience has primarily been architecture governance or documentation removed from hands‑on solution shaping.

Nice to have

Experience establishing a Centre of Excellence, reusable technology platform or enterprise operating model.

TOGAF, Azure Solutions Architect, AWS Solutions Architect or relevant security qualifications.

Experience designing across both Azure and AWS.

Experience with low‑code or automation platforms such as Microsoft Power Platform or UiPath.

Consulting, advisory or SME experience requiring breadth, autonomy and self‑direction.

How we work

At Liquid, we believe in radical simplicity – cutting through complexity to create solutions that work for real people.

Our strongest work happens when different disciplines work together. Architecture doesn’t replace strategy, service design or delivery; it makes each of them stronger by bringing another perspective to the problem.

You’ll do well here if you enjoy solving difficult problems before all the answers are known, can go deep technically without losing sight of people and outcomes, challenge assumptions collaboratively, and care about creating things that work in the real world – not just on a diagram.

For the right person, this is an opportunity to play a significant role in the next stage of Liquid’s AI capability, shaping not only individual solutions but the architecture patterns and ways of working we use to deliver them.