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Join our team and lead the charge in modernising and stabilising mission-critical systems. We’re looking for a visionary systems architect to define and implement a future-ready, scalable, and resilient system architecture that ensures business continuity while unlocking innovation potential.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Develop and lead the stabilisation and modernisation roadmap for critical systems.
• Evaluate existing integrations and spearhead the transition to a modern, API-driven architecture.
• Drive the refactoring of monolithic systems, identifying and prioritising key components for decomposition.
• Align and coordinate architectural efforts across cloud, data, and application teams.
• Lead risk mitigation initiatives and develop remediation plans for high-risk system failures.
• Collaborate with IT, development, operations, and executive leadership teams.
• Coordinate across functional teams to align architecture with business needs.
• Engage with third-party vendors, consultants, and service providers.
• Represent the organisation in external architecture forums or stakeholder meetings.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Information Systems, Engineering, or Computer Science.
• 7+ years in enterprise or solution architecture roles.
• Proven track record in leading large-scale system modernisation and stabilisation initiatives.
• Extensive experience in integration architecture, legacy systems, and designing for high availability.
• Strategic thinking with strong systems-level problem-solving capabilities.
• Proficient in architectural modelling, documentation tools, and methodologies.
• Strong leadership and the ability to guide cross-functional teams through technical transformation.

Ready to shape the future of enterprise systems? Apply now and be part of a transformation journey where your strategic vision and architectural expertise will directly impact business innovation and resilience.

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Consulting and Information Technology

Industries

IT Services and IT Consulting