Solution Designer

Accenture Australia; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work arrangements

Career development program

Global career opportunities

Parental leave

Job summary

Accenture Australia is seeking a Solution Designer to identify and evaluate architecture patterns across multiple domains, defining reference architectures and procedures for development.

Role requires Australian citizenship and security clearance due to the secure nature of work. You will work with product and engineering teams to design scalable, secure solutions, including RESTful APIs and multi-cloud considerations.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of IT architecture experience.
• Experience with OAuth, OIDC and cloud infrastructure (preferably AWS).
• Experience in microservices architecture.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple projects.

Responsibilities

• Evaluates and provides advice on trade-offs in cost, performance and scalability.
• Provide input to technical designs, security and audit logging plans.
• Participate in QA reviews and code reviews.
• Translate business strategies into tactical and strategic initiatives across domains.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to define technical requirements and ensure alignment with business objectives.
• Develop technical documentation, including UML diagrams and artefacts.
• Ensure compliance with industry best practices and regulatory requirements.

Skills

Solution design

Architecture

DevOps

Cloud architecture

REST APIs

Security

UML

Education

Bachelor’s degree in IT or related field

Tools

Sparx EA

PlantUML

Lucidchart

UML tools

Job description

About Accenture

Accenture is a global professional services company with leading capabilities in digital, cloud and security. Find out more about us at

What You’ll Do

We are looking for a Solution Designer that has experience in identifying and evaluating alternative architectures, including defining architecture patterns across multiple domains, policies, standards, principles, reference architecture and procedures for development.

Due to the secure nature of this role, we are looking for candidates that has Australian citizenship and has security clearance.

Key Responsibilities

• Evaluates and provides advice on the trade-offs in cost, performance and scalability, related to solutions.
• Provide input to build artefacts such as technical designs, security and audit logging plans, and Software solution architecture.
• Participate in Quality Assurance reviews and undertake recommended outcomes, including performing code reviews.
• Understands and translates complex business strategies and drivers into tactical and strategic initiatives across multiple areas of specialisation.
• Working with stakeholders and overseeing/contributing to analysis and requirements and defining Non-Functional Requirements (NFRs).
• Expertise with digital business and enabling technology models e.g. DevOps; Agile; cloud models (SaaS, PaaS, IaaS) and resilience engineering.
• Expertise in development frameworks such as .Net, Java and Angular.
• Design and implement solutions including RESTful APIs to support authentication and authorisation, informed by understanding of RESTful patterns and database design.
• Collaborate with other teams to define technical requirements and ensure that solutions are aligned with business objectives.
• Collaborate directly with the Product Management Group to inform priority, risk and solution.
• Develop technical documentation, including UML diagrams and other artifacts.
• Ensure compliance with industry best practices and regulatory requirements
• Technical representation of solutions with stakeholders and senior executives

Here’s what you need

• Minimum of 3 to 5 years of experience in IT architecture, including experience with OAuth, OIDC, and cloud infrastructure (preferably AWS)
• Knowledge of technical documentation tools preferably Sparx Enterprise Architect (EA) and experience creating UML diagrams (e.g. PlantUML, Lucidchart)
• Experience in microservices architecture
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Experience working in large enterprise environment, preferably Government
• Experience designing solutions involving PKI and integrating with Certificate Authorities desirable
• Australian citizenship with active security clearance

Benefits of working at Accenture

• 18 weeks paid parental leave
• Long & short-term career break opportunities
• Structured career development program
• Local and international career opportunities.
• Certified as a Family Inclusive Workplace
• Flexible Work Arrangements - centered around Accenture’s Truly Human ethos and our commitment to supporting the health and wellbeing of our people.
• We are proud to be in the top 3 of last year’s Diversity & Inclusion Index!

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