Principal Solution Architect

Telstra Corporation; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 3,000,000 - 5,400,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Annual bonus

Job summary

Telstra is seeking a Principal Solution Architect to steer enterprise platform architecture and strategic technology direction. You will shape target state designs for scalable platform capabilities, focusing on MFEs, BFF orchestration, WFLaaS, and open APIs, while aligning with TRAM and security standards.

You will work with product and engineering leads to accelerate delivery, drive architectural governance, and uplift developer experience across the organization.

Qualifications

• Senior Experience in software engineering and solution architecture within large enterprises.
• Proven ability to lead architectural decisions across multiple teams and platforms.
• Experience designing enterprise-scale cloud-native architectures (AWS) and platform components.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain target solution architectures for platform capabilities.
• Drive end-to-end architectural governance and technical roadmaps.
• Lead design of reusable platform services, API ecosystems, and developer tooling.
• Ensure security, reliability, and performance across the platform stack.

Skills

Solution architecture

Enterprise platform

Cloud-native

AWS

Microservices

Job description

Employment Type Permanent Closing Date 29 Oct 2026 11:59pm

Job Title Principal Solution Architect

Job Summary In this role you are the technical authority responsible for shaping the strategic vision, architectural direction, and target state solution designs for enterprise-wide platform capabilities. Operating within the Platform Software Engineering (PSE) patch, you will define and evolve the architecture of strategic engineering platforms that enable product teams to build, integrate, test, deploy, and operate solutions at scale. This includes driving architectural outcomes across developer experience, integration, cloud platforms, engineering tooling, software delivery lifecycle (SDLC), test automation, observability, security, and reusable platform services.

Job Description

About Us

At Telstra, our purpose is to build a connected future so everyone can thrive. It is a future that will not happen on its own. It has to be delivered, and Telstra brings together the people, platforms and technology needed to create it. As Australia's leading telecommunications and technology company, we are transforming how millions of customers connect through world-class digital experiences, cloud-native platforms, AI-enabled capabilities and next-generation technologies. Our Technology team is at the heart of this transformation, creating scalable, secure and reusable platforms that power customer, product, sales, service and operational experiences across Telstra. We are looking for an experienced Principal Solution Architect - Platform Architecture to help shape the next generation of enterprise platforms and digital capabilities that will enable Telstra's future growth and innovation.

The Opportunity

You will provide architectural leadership for platform capabilities such as Micro-Frontends (MFEs), Backend-for-Frontend (BFF) orchestration, Workflow-as-a-Service (WFLaaS), TMF Open APIs, cloud-native services, integration patterns, and engineering accelerators. Working closely with Group Owners, Chapter Type Leads, Product Owners, and Engineering Leads, you will ensure platform investments align with the Telstra Reference Architecture Model (TRAM), deliver operational resilience, and accelerate engineering productivity and delivery outcomes across the enterprise.

Accountabilities

Strategic Platform Vision & Architectural Leadership Drive 1-to-3 Year Platform Roadmaps: Formulate and maintain the target solution architecture for platform capabilities, ensuring alignment with enterprise business outcomes and technology direction. Modular Platform Design: Define architectural blueprints for reusable enterprise services, including workflow engines (WFLaaS, TOE), API gateways, and component marketplaces. Reference Architecture Alignment: Enforce compliance with the Telstra Reference Architecture Model (TRAM), TM Forum (TMF) Open API standards, and enterprise design patterns. End-to-End Solution Architecture & Technical Governance Complex Solution Delivery: Lead end-to-end architecture across multi-domain initiatives involving MFE/BFF front-end layers, microservices backends, and cloud Non-Functional & Security Architecture: Ensure solutions embed high availability, disaster recovery, zero-trust security guardrails, and privacy-by-design from inception. Developer Experience & Operational Excellence Uplift Developer Experience (DQX) Enablement: Collaborate with engineering leads to architect internal developer portal capabilities, CI/CD integration patterns, and test data management (1TDM). Observability Standardisation: Architect comprehensive telemetry, distributed tracing, and structured logging frameworks across platform components using Splunk and New Relic. Technical Debt & Legacy Modernisation: Identify architectural bottlenecks, drive cloud cutovers (Aztech/Cloud Gateway), and formulate decommissioning strategies for legacy middleware.

Must Have Senior Experience

Senior Experience in software engineering and solution architecture, with at least 3–5 years in a Lead or Principal Solution Architect capacity within a large enterprise or telecommunications ecosystem. Proven experience delivering complex solutions involving multiple systems, teams, platforms and business domains. Strong understanding of architecture principles, distributed systems and modern software engineering practices. Experience influencing architecture decisions across large and complex organisations. Demonstrated track record of architecting large-scale, enterprise platform components, API ecosystems, or developer platform initiatives. Strong experience designing enterprise platforms and reusable business capabilities. Experience applying capability-based architecture and domain-driven design principles. Strong understanding of platform operating models and platform lifecycle management Extensive experience designing enterprise-scale cloud-native architectures on AWS, including application modernization, integration, event-driven architectures, and platform engineering practices.

Why Telstra?

At Telstra, you can thrive your way. We foster innovation, experimentation, continuous learning and flexible ways of working. We believe diverse perspectives create better solutions and help us build a more connected future. Join a team where you will have the opportunity to solve complex problems at scale, shape strategic technology platforms and influence the digital experiences of millions of customers. Build the future with us. We're an iconic Aussie brand with a global footprint. From our earliest days in the Postmaster General’s Office to the Australian icon we are today, the heart of Telstra has never changed. We’ve always been committed to being a great place to work as we make the world a better place too. Working at Telstra, we all have the why. Whether it’s endless career opportunities, an amazing work-life balance or being able to make a difference, we all know why we’re motivated to be our best here. Our people find purpose and pride in being part of Telstra, because we support the things that matter most. We are committed to making it easy for everyone to apply. If you require accessibility support or adjustments during the recruitment process, please send an email to Disability and Accessibility inbox. [e-mail]. In a business as big and diverse as ours, there’s a huge breadth of career paths available. Uncover opportunities, broaden your experience, and discover the many areas of our organization there is to explore. > Explore our teams https://www.telstra.com.au/careers/our-teams