Strategic Technical Architect & Lead - Brisbane (Contract)

Emanate Technology; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Queensland Government is seeking an experienced Technical Architect to lead a strategic review of an enterprise platform and recommend future technology investments and transformation plans. You will work with business stakeholders, ICT teams, vendors and support partners to map the current landscape, identify risks, and shape a future-state architecture roadmap.

The role requires independent technical leadership, strong documentation of current architectures, and the ability to present findings

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Technical Architect, Solution Architect or Enterprise Architect.
• Strong capability in documenting current-state architectures and identifying technical risks, dependencies and constraints.
• Experience undertaking architecture assessments, technology reviews and solution evaluations.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement, communication and facilitation skills.
• Experience assessing cloud platforms, SaaS solutions and modern enterprise technologies.
• Strong understanding of application architecture, integration patterns and enterprise systems.
• Experience developing business cases, options analyses and executive recommendations.

Responsibilities

• Assess current technology capabilities against business and operational requirements.
• Document current-state architecture, including technical dependencies, constraints and areas of technical debt.
• Identify technology risks, vulnerabilities and operational issues impacting business outcomes.
• Engage with business stakeholders, ICT teams, vendors and support providers to gather requirements and understand future needs.
• Validate technical assumptions and requirements identified through business analysis activities.
• Research and assess contemporary cloud, SaaS and enterprise technology solutions.
• Evaluate interoperability and integration requirements with existing enterprise and government platforms.
• Develop and assess solution options, including enhancement, replacement and transformation approaches.
• Provide architecture recommendations aligned with industry best practice and organisational objectives.

Skills

Technical Architecture

Enterprise Architecture

Stakeholder Engagement

Cloud & SaaS

Architecture Documentation

Governance Presentation

Job description

Queensland Government is seeking an experienced Technical Architect to lead a strategic review of an enterprise platform and recommend future technology investments and transformation plans. You will work with business stakeholders, ICT teams, vendors and support partners to map the current landscape, identify risks, and shape a future-state architecture roadmap.

The role requires independent technical leadership, strong documentation of current architectures, and the ability to present findings