Technology Design Lead

Momentum Consulting Group; Wellington; Hybrid; NZD 138,000 - 179,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits including 9%+ 0

Flexible work arrangement across NZ

Job summary

ACC is seeking a Technical Design Lead to bridge high-level solution architecture with detailed designs for integration engineers. You’ll work across Agile Release Trains within a flexible hub model, collaborating with business analysts, product owners, and developers to deliver practical, operable designs.

With 10+ years in solution or technical architecture, you will drive end-to-end platform solutions across integration, data, security and operational readiness in complex enterprises,

Qualifications

• 10+ years' progressive experience in solution or technical architecture.
• Experience leading multi-team design decisions on large initiatives.
• End-to-end platform solutions across integration, data, security, and operational readiness.

Responsibilities

• Shape and prioritise the design backlog with stakeholders.
• Define solution architecture and artefacts that meet standards.
• Maintain architecture runway and design guardrails for continuous delivery.
• Provide hands-on design support to squads during build, test and release.
• Oversee run-time health, security/privacy checks and incident triage.
• Champion cloud cost transparency and optimisation with Finance.
• Mentor and grow engineering capability.

Skills

Solution architecture

Technical architecture

Agile/DevOps delivery

TOGAF/ArchiMate/UML

Security by design

Privacy by design

Stakeholder engagement

Cloud integration (MuleSoft/Azure)

Mentoring/leadership

Tools

MuleSoft

Azure Cloud

Axway

Oracle Integration Cloud

APM

Job description

About us | Mōd mōdtou

ACC is a trusted and high-performing organisation, providing care, supporting recovery and promoting injury prevention, now and into the future.

You can find more about ACC and the work we do at www.acc.co.nz

About the role | Mōd te tŭranga mahi

This is a newly established role within ACC's Technical Integration and Process Engineering team. The Technical Design Lead will bridge the gap between high-level solution architecture and the detailed technical designs required by integration engineers to deliver successful outcomes.

Working across Agile Release Trains, you'll be embedded within functional delivery teams alongside business analysts, product owners, integration developers and testers. In this role, you'll translate technical strategy into practical solutions that can be delivered, operationalised, and supported.

While the wider team is primarily based in Wellington, this role offers genuine flexibility and can be based out of any major ACC hub (Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, Hamilton or Auckland).

What You'll Lead

• Shaping and prioritising the design backlog with Product Owners and senior stakeholders, documenting scope, options and recommended roadmaps
• Defining solution architecture and artefacts (NFRs, diagrams, ADRs, patterns) that meet strategy, guardrails and privacy/security standards
• Maintaining the architecture runway and design guardrails that enable continuous delivery
• Providing hands on design support to squads during build, test and release, resolving technical blockers quickly
• Overseeing run time health, including release assessments, security and privacy checks, incident triage and environment management
• Championing cloud cost transparency and optimisation in partnership with Finance
• Growing engineering capability through mentoring, peer reviews and knowledge sharing

The appointing salary for this role is $138,301 - $178,977 based on experience. ACC offers a comprehensive benefits package which at present includes an advantageous superannuation scheme (9% contribution) with features like no mandatory employee contribution, optional life and income protection insurance.

About you | Mōd You will bring:

• 10+ years' progressive experience in solution or technical architecture, including 3-5 years leading multi-team design decisions on large, business critical initiatives
• A strong track record delivering end-to-end platform solutions across integration, data, security and operational readiness in complex enterprise environments
• Hands on experience with agile/DevOps delivery (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe) and maintaining an architecture runway
• Expert knowledge of enterprise architecture frameworks (TOGAF or equivalent) and modelling standards (ArchiMate, UML)
• A demonstrated ability to embed secure-by-design and privacy-by-design principles
• Preferred technology experience across MuleSoft, Azure cloud native integration with APM, Axway file transfer, and Oracle Integration Cloud
• Excellent stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to influence without direct authority across delivery teams, architects and vendors
• High personal motivation and a genuine willingness to learn new technical domains

Relevant certifications (TOGAF, ArchiMate, a professional cloud architect credential, SAFe Architect, ITIL or CISSP) are highly regarded but not essential if you can demonstrate equivalent knowledge and experience.

You must hold New Zealand work rights at the time of application.

Working at ACC | Mōd ACC

At ACC, We Embrace The Rich Tapestry Of Aotearoa New Zealand's Cultures And Are Dedicated To Providing Equitable Opportunities. We Know That a Diverse And Inclusive Team Helps Us Meet The Needs Of Our Customers, And We Encourage Applications From Individuals Of All Backgrounds, Ethnicity, National Origin, Gender Identity, Age, And Those With Diverse Abilities. It's Important To Us That People Are Free To Be Themselves At Work. Here Are Some Ways We Encourage That

• Employee networks to support our colleagues from diverse backgrounds.
• The option to explore flexible working that suits your needs and ours.

Applications close at 5.00PM on 17 September 2026.