Sr. Solution Architect (NV1)

XPT Software Australia; Canberra; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade is seeking a Senior Solution Architect to design, coordinate and implement end-to-end technology solutions that align with business outcomes. The role ensures scalability, interoperability and security across complex ICT environments.

Responsibilities include creating reference architectures, guiding development teams, and ensuring peer reviews with stakeholders while maintaining government design standards and security considerations.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years experience in ICT/architecture environments.
• Ability to produce solution architecture and system design documentation.
• Experience working on secure government systems.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Must hold or be able to obtain TOGAF or equivalent certification.

Responsibilities

• Designs scalable, secure, cost-effective technical solutions to meet business needs.
• Defines interfaces and data flows between systems and third-party services.
• Creates architectural diagrams, design documents, and specifications.
• Coordinates implementation efforts and ensures designs are realised.
• Reviews references materials and guidance for architecture practices.

Job description

Job details

The Business Engagement and Design Section within the Data and Service Delivery Governance Branch of Client’s Information Management and Technology Division, has a requirement to fill the role of Senior Solution and Domain Architect responsible for the design, coordination and implementation of end-to-end technology solutions to meet business outcomes. They will ensure the solution has technological compatibility, efficiency, and scalability.

Senior Solution Architect

Key Duties And Responsibilities

Job Specific role description:

• Designs and develops scalable, efficient, secure, and cost-effective technical solutions to meet business infrastructure or functional needs.
• Researches and selects appropriate technologies, platforms and tools that best meet the project's requirements.
• Defines the interfaces and data flows between different systems and third-party services so that each component works together.
• Creates technical documentation, architectural diagrams and specifications to guide development teams and communicate the solution architecture.
• Creating reference architectures including current and target states for each domain, such as landscape views, capability models and roadmaps.
• Coordinates teams during the implementation of the chosen solution, addresses technical challenges, and oversees that the designs are effectively realised.
• Produces design documentation within DFAT’s defined templates, principles, and design guidance. i.e. High-Level Design, Detailed Designs, Solution Overviews, Conceptual Architecture Documents, Product Assessments/Comparisons, undertake technical review of procurements and produce assessments and reports against defined criteria.
• Provides constructive feedback on the departments architectural reference material and guidance, including non‑functional requirements used for technology procurement and extensible patterns.
• Proactively engages in established forums such as the Design Authority (DA), and the Architecture Review Board (ARB), and promotes the engagement in these forums with colleagues.
• Ensures designs are peer reviewed with relevant stakeholders and broadly consulted prior to requesting approval.

Technical Qualifications

• Applicants must have a TOGAF or equivalent industry certification (or the ability to obtain one).
• Applicants should be able to demonstrate a range of technology certifications and/or study undertaken.

About The Team

We develop standard tools, templates and techniques to govern technology design decisions. This covers a range of tasks from conceptual architectures that support business cases, along with patterns, standards, roadmaps, reference architectures and high-level designs. These services ensure our ICT projects meet our business goals and technology strategy with high quality designs.

The team is also dedicated to providing Architectural Assurance services to our department. These efforts ensure that our architectural framework is robust, efficient, and aligned with the department’s strategic goals.

Mandatory Criteria

• Applicants must have a minimum of 5 years working within the ICT industry.
• Applicants must have a minimum of 2 years producing solution architecture/system design documentation.
• Experience working on secure government systems.
• Experience working in complex ICT environments.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Minimum NV1 security clearance.
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Desirable criteria

• Experience working in complex global ICT environments.
• Experience applying Information Security Manual (ISM) and Essential 8 controls through pragmatic design options.
• Experience with cloud computing and complex connectivity and integration patterns.
• Experience with a diverse range of technologies and mix of on site, private cloud, and SaaS technology, and the secure integration of these.