EL2 Lead Solution Architect - Cloud

  • Australia
  • Melbourne
  • Contract
  • Negotiable

The opportunity:
Our highly valued client is a federal government agency. They are seeking an EL2 Lead Solution Architect to manage ongoing architecture of cloud infrastructure.

  • Richmond or Geelong location plus hybrid work-from-home
  • 12 month initial contract + 12 month extension, rates fully negotiable
  • Role only open to Australian Citizens, NV1 preferred – Federal government role

The role:
As a Lead Solution Architect, your duties will include:

  • Delivering high quality solution architectures that are fit for business purpose and align solutions with Agency goals and objectives
  • Architect, develop, and manage scalable and secure AWS/Azure cloud environments with a focus on automation, performance optimisation, and cost efficiency
  • Helping to develop and ensure compliance with Agency reference models, principles, policies, standards and strategic ICT roadmap
  • Engaging with the business, and technical teams to understand the tactical & strategic objectives and requirements
  • Engaging with the enterprise architects, solution leads, business representatives, development team and other relevant stakeholders to ensure solution alignment across domains
  • Monitor and assess the current-state solution portfolio to identify deficiencies, legacy systems, and technical debt, and recommend improvements
  • Providing technical oversight and facilitating complex issues resolution arising during project delivery
  • Provide enterprise guidance through governance activities, reference models, and architecture standards to ensure alignment with future-state visions
  • Ownership and accountability for leading and producing the delivery of coherent technical solutions and technical documentation across the domain
  • Oversee the maintenance and upgrade of IT platforms, including performance assessments, patching, and system integration planning
  • Accountable for documentation, knowledge management and architecture visualisation

Skills and experience:
To succeed in this role you will need:

  • Significant experience as a cloud Solutions Architect, leading the design or complex enterprise cloud platforms (Azure and AWS)
  • Strong Azure and AWS cloud experience
  • Strong Agile and DevOps experience, CI/CD, Infrastructure As Code, containers (EKS, AKS, and Kubernetes)
  • Solid government experience, and strong understanding of policies, security, standards and principles demonstrated within an Australian Government environment (ITSM, ASD blueprints, CIS benchmarking, E8, etc.)
  • Knowledge in managing, preventing, and responding to cloud outages, DR, site reliability, etc.
  • Exceptional business engagement and communication skills, ability to communicate effectively with execs, technical teams, and the wider business
  • Ability to coach and mentor other architects and technical specialists
  • TOGAF certified or equivalent IT architectural qualification, and relevant tertiary qualifications

Please note that our client is a federal government organisation and can only consider Australian Citizens who hold or are eligible for a security clearance of NV1 or higher.

Apply:
Submit your resume, or for further information please contact jarrodd.edwards@talentinternational.com.

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