Solutions Architect

QJumpers Recruitment Services; Hamilton; Hybrid; NZD 108,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Wintec is evolving its digital environment to better support learning, teaching, and organisational outcomes. We’re looking for an experienced Solutions Architect to design, build, and improve our applications and data platforms.

This hands-on role spans architecture, delivery and stakeholder engagement, ensuring solutions are practical, scalable, and aligned with our strategic direction. You’ll lead design of application, integration, and data solutions and work with delivery teams to implement

Qualifications

• Experience as a Solutions, Application, or Data Architect.
• Hands-on technical experience with architecture and delivery.
• Experience with application, integration and data platforms.
• Experience with cloud technologies (Azure, AWS).
• Strong stakeholder engagement and influencing ability.

Responsibilities

• Design end-to-end solutions across applications, integration and data.
• Work hands-on with teams to build, refine, and troubleshoot solutions.
• Engage with stakeholders and translate needs into practical outcomes.
• Facilitate solution design discussions and technical decision-making.
• Design and evolve data platforms, pipelines, and flows.
• Create and maintain clear architecture documentation.
• Support architecture governance and design assurance.
• Work with Digital Solutions, Digital Platforms, and Technology Services teams.
• Provide clear advice to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Support ongoing improvement and optimisation of solutions.

Skills

Solutions Architect experience

Stakeholder engagement

Cloud technologies

Job description

Wintec is evolving its digital environment to better support learning, teaching, and organisational outcomes. We’re looking for an experienced Solutions Architect to play a key role in designing, building, and improving our applications and data platforms.

This is a hands-on role where you’ll work across architecture, delivery and stakeholder engagement – helping ensure solutions are practical, scalable, and aligned with our strategic direction. You’ll lead the design of application, integration, and data solutions, while staying close to delivery – working alongside teams to help build, implement, and continuously improve what’s delivered.

You’ll also take responsibility for shaping our data infrastructure and architecture, helping us make better use of our information and enabling more informed decision-making.

Just as importantly, you’ll bring strong communication and relationship skills, working with a wide range of people across Digital and the wider organisation to ensure solutions are well understood and supported.

The appointing salary for this role will be between $108,400 and $135,400, dependent on skills and experience.

The Solutions Architect is based in our Digital Solutions team reporting to the Manager – Digital Solutions and will be responsible for:

• Design end-to-end solutions across applications, integration and data
• Work hands-on with teams to build, refine, and troubleshoot solutions
• Engage with stakeholders and translate needs into practical outcomes
• Facilitate solution design discussions and technical decision-making
• Design and evolve data platforms, pipelines, and flows
• Create and maintain clear architecture documentation
• Support architecture governance and design assuranceWork with Digital Solutions, Digital Platforms, and Technology Services teams
• Provide clear advice to technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Support ongoing improvement and optimisation of solutions

To be successful in this role you will have:

• Experience as a Solutions, Application, or Data Architect
• Strong mix of architecture and hands on technical experience
• Proven stakeholder engagement and influencing ability
• Experience with application, integration and data platforms
• Experience with cloud technologies (e.g. Azure, AWS)
• Pragmatic approach balancing strategy and delivery

As an inclusive and supportive employer, we value diversity and want to encourage anyone interested to apply, regardless of whether you tick all the boxes or not.

We know that people from underrepresented groups and women in particular don't apply for roles if they're not a 100% match, but we're not looking for perfection, we're looking for potential.

We want to see the real you in your application and welcome the real you on board if you come and work with us. Skills are gained across many areas of life, not just in formal employment. If you can demonstrate the skills listed in the ad, but the experience was gained through whānau life, community or mahi aroha (volunteering) we encourage you to apply and share your story with us in your Cover Letter.

For more information, please view the Position Description below.

Wintec is committed to giving effect to Te Tiriti o Waitangi and delivering services in a manner that responds to the needs of Māori learners and their whānau, as well as the aspirations of iwi and Māori communities throughout our region (including Māori employers). To deliver effectively on this commitment, we recognise the need for a culturally competent and confident workforce vertically and horizontally across our organisation.

As a responsible employer and education provider, Wintec is committed to the protection of children and vulnerable persons and applies relevant policy and practice to meet this commitment. Applicants for this position should have NZ residency or a valid NZ work visa and will be required to undergo pre-employment checks; Successful candidates will be required to undergo relevant vetting and employment checks.

Advertising will close on October 16; however, we will be assessing applications as they come in, and this role will be closed earlier if we receive a suitable candidate.