Technical Lead

Australian Retirement Trust; City of Brisbane; Hybrid; AUD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

14% superannuation

Training and development

Hybrid work model

End of trip facilities

Yoga and multi-faith room

Parent and carer rooms

Quiet rooms

BrewHub coffee facilities

Collaborative team spaces

Job summary

Australian Retirement Trust is seeking a Technical Lead to provide senior technical leadership across digital platforms in Brisbane or Sydney. You will influence platform direction, lead design activities, and ensure technology outcomes align with enterprise standards and strategy.

You’ll mentor teams, promote governance, and drive a culture of accountability and innovation in a hybrid work environment with both hub days and remote work.

Qualifications

• It goes without saying you’ll be a great communicator with top notch interpersonal skills.
• You’ll pick up problems quickly and come up with creative solutions.
• Experience in solution architecture, technology architecture, systems analysis, or similar roles.
• Experience leading, mentoring, and influencing technical teams.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and complex stakeholder requirements.
• Experience designing and managing solutions across on-premises, outsourced, and cloud environments.
• Knowledge of governance frameworks and enterprise decision-making processes.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership across platform design, architecture alignment, and solution delivery.
• Partner with stakeholders, vendors, architects, and technology specialists to define and deliver technology solutions.
• Lead design activities and ensure solutions align with enterprise architecture and governance.
• Contribute to platform roadmaps and define strategic technology vision.
• Assess emerging technologies and identify opportunities to improve capability and efficiency.
• Develop and review solution designs and technical decisions with guidance.
• Manage technical risks and support informed decision-making.
• Mentor and coach technical teams in architectural and engineering practices.
• Promote innovative thinking while balancing operational stability and delivery outcomes.
• Support compliance with security, regulatory, financial, and organisational policies.

Skills

Technical leadership

Solution architecture

Azure

.NET development

Sitecore XM/XM Cloud

XP development

React Native

Identity and Access Management

AI-assisted engineering tools

Platform Engineering / SRE

Observability / performance

Mentoring / coaching

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Formal qualifications in solution architecture / systems analysis

Tools

Azure

Sitecore XM

Sitecore XP

Sitecore XM Cloud (XMC)

Azure & .NET development

Ping / Entra ID / OAuth / OIDC

GitHub Copilot / Microsoft Copilot

Job description

Australian Retirement Trust – Brisbane QLD

We’re all about helping our members make the most of their money. And while they go after their goals, you can too. As a Technical Lead, you’ll provide senior technical leadership across digital platforms, ensuring technology solutions align with Australian Retirement Trust’s technology and business strategy and deliver positive member outcomes Working closely with architects, delivery teams, vendors, and business stakeholders, you’ll lead solution design activities, influence platform direction, and ensure technology outcomes align with enterprise standards and best practice.

You’ll thrive in an environment where innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement are encouraged. This is an opportunity to leverage your extensive technology experience to solve complex challenges, assess emerging technologies, and contribute to platform roadmaps that support long-term organisational success.

You’ll also play an important leadership role by providing technical guidance and mentoring team members, promoting governance standards, and helping foster a culture of accountability, stability, and innovation across Technology.

This role is a permanent opportunity and is based in Brisbane or Sydney.

Responsibilities
Day to day, you’ll:

• Provide technical leadership across platform design, architecture alignment, and solution delivery.
• Partner with stakeholders, vendors, architects, and technology specialists to define and deliver effective technology solutions.
• Lead design activities and ensure solutions align with enterprise architecture, standards, and governance requirements.
• Contribute to platform roadmaps and help define the strategic vision for technologies within your domain.
• Assess emerging technologies and identify opportunities to improve capability, efficiency, and business outcomes.
• Develop, document, and review solution designs, technical decisions, and supporting artefacts, providing expert guidance to ensure quality, consistency, and compliance with best practice.
• Manage technical risks, perform impact assessments, and support informed decision-making.
• Mentor, coach, and support technical team members in sound architectural and engineering practices.
• Promote innovative thinking while balancing operational stability and delivery outcomes.
• Support compliance with security, regulatory, financial, and organisational policies.

Qualifications
It goes without saying you’ll be a great communicator with top notch interpersonal skills. We’ll also expect you to pick up problems and come up with quick, creative ways to solve them. It’s quite likely you tick some of the following boxes too:

• You hold a relevant bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Your experience includes working within Agile delivery environments such as SAFe or Scrum.
• You’ll bring strong knowledge of solution architecture processes, methods, and frameworks.
• You’re highly experienced in technology architecture, systems analysis, or similar roles within a large or mid‑sized organisation.
• You have demonstrated success leading, mentoring, and influencing technical teams.
• Your ability to manage competing priorities and complex stakeholder requirements is well developed.
• You’ll possess exceptional analytical and problem‑solving capabilities.
• You’re experienced designing and managing solutions across on‑premises, outsourced, and cloud environments.
• You have strong communication skills and can engage effectively with business stakeholders, vendors, technical specialists, and leaders.
• Your background may include experience within superannuation or financial services environments.
• You’ll ideally hold formal qualifications or certifications in solution architecture, systems analysis, or related disciplines.
• You’re knowledgeable in technology governance frameworks and enterprise decision‑making processes.
• You will bring proven experience working with the latest versions of Sitecore XM, XP, and XM Cloud (XMC), together with strong expertise in Azure and .NET development.
• Experience with the following will be highly regarded: React Native experience; Identity and Access Management (Ping, Entra ID, OAuth/OIDC); AI‑assisted engineering tools such as GitHub Copilot or Microsoft Copilot; Platform Engineering, SRE, observability, and performance engineering experience.

Our 2.4 million members trust us to take care of around $375 billion in retirement savings. And we help them take charge of their finances and face the future with confidence. Our inclusive culture means you’ll be valued and heard in a respectful workplace. We’ve created an environment where you can be yourself and do amazing work. It’s that simple.

Everyone is welcome to apply. We value diverse thinking, cultures, perspectives, backgrounds, and abilities.

We don’t want to leave you with a monstrous wait. So, you’ll hear from us after the closing date to find out whether you’ve made it through to the next round or not. Being fair and up‑front is important to us – and recruitment is no different.

Bring your potential to Australian Retirement Trust and unleash our monster possibilities:

• You’ll get 14% super as standard, to help your future come alive.
• Unleash your potential and build a career to be proud of through excellent training and development opportunities.
• Balance your work between in‑person days at our purpose‑built hubs and working from home.
• In the office, enjoy end of trip facilities, a yoga and multi‑faith room, parent and carer rooms, quiet rooms, BrewHub coffee facilities, and collaborative team spaces.

We use technology, including artificial intelligence (AI), to support parts of our recruitment process – such as reviewing applications, supporting screening interviews, reference checking, and matching skills to roles. All final hiring decisions are made by people.

By applying, you agree to the use of these technologies as part of the recruitment process.