Technical Architect

CareCone Group; Canberra; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

CareCone Group in Canberra, ACT, is seeking a Lead Microservices and AI Technical Architect to drive cloud-native, scalable platforms that power critical federal services. You will lead enterprise modernization, design event-driven architectures, and steer AI initiatives from concept to production, mentoring dispersed teams and aligning technology with business strategy.

This 12-month role emphasizes security by design, SRE-like reliability, and strong stakeholder engagement across delivery

Qualifications

• Extensive experience designing cloud-native microservices architectures at scale.
• AI engineering expertise including enterprise AI deployment and semantic search.
• Strong DevSecOps, CI/CD, testing, observability and security by design.
• Proven leadership of multidisciplinary teams and executives.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement and govern cloud-native microservices and event-driven platforms.
• Lead enterprise modernization, driving reliability, security and scalability.
• Coach and align delivery teams across regions, incl. partners and executives.
• Oversee container platforms (Kubernetes/OpenShift/AKS/EKS/GKE) and platform automation.
• Drive Agile delivery and continual improvement.

Skills

Cloud native

Microservices

Event-driven architecture

AI engineering

Platform engineering

DevSecOps

CI/CD

Observability

Security by design

Stakeholder engagement

Leadership

Tools

Kubernetes

OpenShift

AKS

EKS

GKE

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Position- Lead Microservices and AI Technical Architect

Location- ACT

Duration- 12 Months with 2 Extensions

Hello Professionals ! We are looking for an "Lead Microservices and AI Technical Architect " for one of our Federal Client based in Canberra, ACT.

Job Description:

• 1.Extensive experience designing, implementing and governing cloud native, microservices and event driven architectures within complex enterprise environments, delivering scalable, resilient and secure business critical platforms.
• 2.Demonstrated expertise in AI engineering and AI enabled solution delivery, including the development, deployment and operationalisation of enterprise AI capabilities, semantic search, machine learning solutions and responsible AI practices.
• 3.Strong software engineering and platform engineering capability, including modern development frameworks, DevSecOps, CI/CD, automated testing, observability, security by design and operational excellence.
• 4.Proven ability to lead enterprise technology modernisation and transformation initiatives, providing technical direction, influencing architecture decisions and delivering measurable improvements in platform reliability, security, scalability and engineering maturity.
• 5.Exceptional stakeholder engagement, communication and leadership skills, with demonstrated experience leading multidisciplinary teams, delivery partners and senior executives and translating complex business requirements into practical technology outcomes.
• 1.Experience designing, implementing and operating container platforms using technologies such as Kubernetes, OpenShift, AKS, EKS or GKE, including platform automation, governance and workload management.
• 2.Experience with cloud platform modernisation, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), platform engineering, observability tooling and enterprise scale automation practices.
• 3.Experience leading delivery within Agile environments, including coaching geographically dispersed teams, driving capability uplift and fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation and continuous improvement.

Note : Must be an Australian Citizen. Must have Baseline.