Technical Integration Architect - Senior Manager

PwC New Zealand; Wellington; Hybrid; NZD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus opportunities

Referral bonuses

Retail discounts

Wellbeing allowance

Paid sick leave

Group health insurance

Flexible working

Volunteer leave

Paid parental leave

Job summary

PwC New Zealand is seeking a seasoned Cloud/Data/AI Architect to lead end-to-end design and delivery of large-scale integration, data and AI solutions for major NZ clients across financial services, government and enterprise. You’ll shape strategy, mentor teams and partner with clients to unlock trusted data and scalable architectures.

The role requires 10+ years experience, multi-cloud backgrounds (Azure, MuleSoft), strong leadership and pre-sales involvement, and a commitment to security,

Qualifications

• 10+ years experience leading end-to-end data and integration designs.
• Proven ability to translate business needs into scalable architectures.
• Experience with client workshops and pre-sales is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and delivery of large-scale cloud integration, data and AI solutions, leveraging Azure, MuleSoft and modern architecture patterns across complex enterprise environments
• Architect and implement scalable API-led, microservices and event-driven solutions that connect business-critical platforms, data ecosystems and AI-enabled services
• Engage directly with clients to run workshops, define requirements, and translate business needs into scalable technical solutions
• Provide technical leadership across significant transformation programmes, ensuring solutions meet enterprise standards for security, resilience, performance and operational scale
• Drive the adoption of AI-assisted engineering, DevOps, CI/CD and automation practices to accelerate delivery, improve quality and create sustainable engineering capability
• Support pre-sales and solution shaping, contributing to proposals and building strong client relationships
• Mentor and guide engineers, contributing to practice growth and capability development

Skills

Cloud architecture

Data integration

AI-enabled solutions

Technical leadership

Client workshops

Education

Tertiary qualification in Computer Science or related degree

Tools

MuleSoft CloudHub

OpenShift

SAP BTP

Databricks

Azure

Job description

At PwC, our purpose is clear: to build trust in society and solve important problems.

This is a place to keep growing. You’ll learn from the best, take on meaningful challenges, and make a lasting impact for our clients, our communities, and Aotearoa.

Join a high-impact team delivering large-scale, end-to-end integration, data and AI solutions for some of New Zealand’s leading organisations across financial services, government and large enterprise. You’ll work on complex, business-critical transformation programmes, designing scalable and secure platforms that connect enterprise ecosystems, unlock trusted data and enable organisations to adopt AI at scale.

You’ll operate at the forefront of cloud, data and AI transformation—shaping strategy, leading solution design and delivering modern API-led, event-driven and AI-enabled architectures across Azure and multi-cloud environments. This is an opportunity to influence major technology investments, solve challenging problems at enterprise scale, and build capability by mentoring teams and helping clients turn emerging technology into practical, measurable outcomes.

Responsibilities will include:

• Lead the design and delivery of large-scale cloud integration, data and AI solutions, leveraging Azure, MuleSoft and modern architecture patterns across complex enterprise environments
• Architect and implement scalable API-led, microservices and event-driven solutions that connect business-critical platforms, data ecosystems and AI-enabled services
• Engage directly with clients to run workshops, define requirements, and translate business needs into scalable technical solutions
• Provide technical leadership across significant transformation programmes, ensuring solutions meet enterprise standards for security, resilience, performance and operational scale
• Drive the adoption of AI-assisted engineering, DevOps, CI/CD and automation practices to accelerate delivery, improve quality and create sustainable engineering capability
• Support pre-sales and solution shaping, contributing to proposals and building strong client relationships
• Mentor and guide engineers, contributing to practice growth and capability development
• Tertiary qualification in Computer Science or related degree.
• 10 years+ experience leading end-to-end design and delivery of data and integration solutions, including running client workshops, gathering and translating business and data requirements into scalable architectures, and ensuring alignment to security, reliability, and well-Architected principles
• Proven ability to build and manage client relationships in a commercial environment, with experience supporting pre-sales (proposals, solution shaping, technical discussions), and confidently engaging with both technical and non-technical stakeholders to drive successful outcomes

Technical requirements:

• Integration Platforms: MuleSoft (CloudHub)
• Amazon Web Services: EKS, Bedrock, Agent Core, API Gateway, Storage Services, EC2, Lambda, VPC
• Platform & Infrastructure: OpenShift, SAP BTP
• Data Integration: ETL/ELT, API-based integration, event-driven integration, data pipelines
• Data Platforms: Microsoft Fabric, Databricks, including data engineering, lakehouse architecture and platform integration
• Rewards - Discretionary bonus opportunities; generous referral bonuses; retail discounts & deals
• Growth - Global network; leadership development; A.I. tools and training; formal learning pathways
• Wellbeing - $250 annual wellbeing allowance; Life & income protection; Sonder/EAP/Headspace; 15 days' paid sick leave; group-rate health insurance (eligibility applies)
• Reputation - PwC is known for shaping tomorrow. Join us and you’ll accelerate your career while helping clients and communities solve their most important problems.
• Flexibility - Flexible working; supportive coaching culture
• Time off - Two paid recognition days off provided each year during our annual summer shutdown period; purchase up to two extra weeks' annual leave
• Whānau & community - Paid parental leave for all parents with flexible options and financial planning support; inclusive networks; paid volunteering leave

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Motuhake / Independence: Maintaining independence is fundamental to demonstrating that PwC has not been influenced by any relationships or situations that undermine our objectivity. This role requires an independence review process.

Atamai hangahanga / A.I. usage: Please note that secure, A.I.-enabled tools may support parts of our recruitment process, but all applications are reviewed and decisions made by our people.