Solution Architect - Government, Cloud & Security Canberra

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

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.