Solutions Architect

DWS Group; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

DWS Group is actively seeking a hands-on Solution Architect in Sydney to lead architectural work across a regulatory technology delivery portfolio. The role collaborates with engineers, platform teams, analysts, and vendors to create practical, buildable solutions for complex enterprise environments.

The position offers a hybrid work style with 3+ days onsite in Sydney. You will define APIs, data contracts, and migration strategies while ensuring robust security and non-functional requirements

Qualifications

• Hands-on architectural experience delivering enterprise-grade solutions.
• Proven API and integration architecture expertise.
• Experience with AWS/AWS EKS and microservices.
• Strong REST/OpenAPI knowledge and security understanding.
• Ability to drive architecture decisions with engineers and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Produce and maintain Solution Architecture Documents (SADs), High-Level Solution Architecture artefacts and Solution Design Documents (SDDs).
• Define REST APIs, interface contracts, OpenAPI/Swagger specifications, request/response models, schemas and error handling.
• Develop system context, component, integration, sequence, data-flow and deployment diagrams.
• Design synchronous and asynchronous integration patterns, including API, event, messaging, batch and file-based interfaces.
• Work with engineering teams to define microservice boundaries, responsibilities and contracts.
• Define system-of-record responsibilities, data ownership, data flows, identifiers, reconciliation requirements and state transitions.
• Analyse impacts to legacy systems and design coexistence approaches between legacy and modern platforms.
• Define migration, transition, cutover, rollback and reconciliation strategies.
• Work with security and identity teams to define authentication, authorisation and security requirements.
• Define non-functional requirements covering availability, resilience, scalability, performance, observability and recoverability.
• Lead technical design workshops and support backlog refinement activities.
• Work directly with developers and technical leads throughout implementation.
• Review detailed designs and implementation approaches for alignment with agreed architecture.
• Resolve solution and integration issues encountered during delivery.
• Maintain architecture decisions, assumptions, dependencies, risks and deviations.
• Support testing, release readiness, operational transition and knowledge transfer activities.

Skills

Hands-on architect

API integration architecture

AWS

OpenAPI/Swagger

REST APIs

Event-driven architecture

Kubernetes

Kafka

Security architecture

Microservices

Tools

Kong API Gateway

Confluent

Salesforce

Snowflake

Oracle

Job description

DWS is seeking a hands-on Solution Architect to join a major regulatory technology delivery portfolio. This role is suited to architects who enjoy working closely with engineers, Technical Business Analysts, platform teams and vendors to deliver practical, buildable solutions across complex enterprise environments.
Where: Sydney, NSW
Type: Permanent, ACN Contractor, or Max Term
Start: ASAP
Style: Hybrid; 3+ days onsite
Salary: Up to $200K package (inc super) for Permanent roles. ACN and Max Term options available.

Key Responsibilities:

• Produce and maintain Solution Architecture Documents (SADs), High-Level Solution Architecture artefacts and Solution Design Documents (SDDs).
• Define REST APIs, interface contracts, OpenAPI/Swagger specifications, request/response models, schemas and error handling.
• Develop system context, component, integration, sequence, data-flow and deployment diagrams.
• Design synchronous and asynchronous integration patterns, including API, event, messaging, batch and file-based interfaces.
• Work with engineering teams to define microservice boundaries, responsibilities and contracts.
• Define system-of-record responsibilities, data ownership, data flows, identifiers, reconciliation requirements and state transitions.
• Analyse impacts to legacy systems and design coexistence approaches between legacy and modern platforms.
• Define migration, transition, cutover, rollback and reconciliation strategies.
• Work with security and identity teams to define authentication, authorisation and security requirements.
• Define non-functional requirements covering availability, resilience, scalability, performance, observability and recoverability.
• Lead technical design workshops and support backlog refinement activities.
• Work directly with developers and technical leads throughout implementation.
• Review detailed designs and implementation approaches for alignment with agreed architecture.
• Resolve solution and integration issues encountered during delivery.
• Maintain architecture decisions, assumptions, dependencies, risks and deviations.
• Support testing, release readiness, operational transition and knowledge transfer activities.

Technical Environment:

• AWS, Amazon EKS, Kubernetes and containerised workloads
• CI/CD, DevSecOps and Infrastructure as Code
• Microservices and service-based architectures
• REST APIs, OpenAPI/Swagger and GraphQL
• Java and modern application frameworks
• Kong API Gateway and enterprise integration technologies
• Kafka, Confluent and event-driven architecture
• Oracle, Snowflake, CDC and enterprise data integration
• Microsoft Entra ID, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, JWT and API security
• Salesforce, observability platforms and enterprise engineering toolsets

To Be Successful You Will Demonstrate:

• Strong recent experience as a hands-on Solution Architect.
• Experience personally producing detailed architecture and technical design artefacts.
• Strong API and integration architecture experience.
• Practical understanding of REST APIs, JSON, OpenAPI and interface contracts.
• Experience with event-driven architecture and asynchronous integration patterns.
• Experience with AWS or comparable enterprise cloud platforms.
• Experience integrating legacy systems with modern platforms.
• Strong understanding of data ownership, system-of-record and migration patterns.
• Experience defining authentication, authorisation and API security requirements.
• Experience working directly with software engineers and technical leads during delivery.
• Ability to work through incomplete or evolving requirements and turn them into practical design decisions.
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple technical stakeholders.

Highly Regarded:

• Government or other highly regulated environments.
• Regulatory, licensing, registration or large transactional platforms.
• AWS / EKS.
• Kafka / Confluent.
• Kong or other enterprise API gateways.
• Salesforce.
• Snowflake.
• Oracle.
• GraphQL / Apollo.
• Legacy modernisation and progressive replacement initiatives.
• Data migration, coexistence and CDC patterns.
• Cross-agency and third-party integrations.

About Us:

Since 1991, DWS has been helping organisations across Australia reimagine what's possible through technology, business, and management consulting. With offices in Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Brisbane, and Canberra, our 300+ locally based consultants bring deep expertise and fresh thinking to every project. We deliver end-to-end solutions spanning IT Consulting, Staff Augmentation, Managed Delivery, Data & Analytics, Cloud, AI and Automation.

Our strength lies in our people; each consultant is carefully selected for their expertise, creativity, and commitment to excellence. Together, we deliver impactful solutions that drive innovation, efficiency, and long-term value. At DWS, we don't just meet expectations, we redefine them.

Applicants must hold Australian Citizenship, Permanent Residency (PR), or other permanent work rights. DWS is unable to sponsor or support visas.

www.dws.com.au