Enterprise Architect

  • Australia
  • Melbourne
  • Permanent
  • CBD/WFH hybrid | Dynamic team

Opportunity for an experienced Enterprise Architect to help shape the strategic, digital, and operational future of one of Australia’s most innovative institutions. This is a rare opportunity to drive meaningful change through architecture that directly supports education, research, and real-world impact.

Working closely with key business leaders and academic stakeholders your brand new role will be to define and evolve enterprise architecture. You’ll ensure solutions are scalable, secure, future-aligned-and truly transformative.

Key activities

  • Develop enterprise-wide architecture strategies, including roadmaps, blueprints, and reference architectures.
  • Translate strategic goals into technology solutions by collaborating with business units and senior leadership.
  • Guide and support Solution Architects, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture and long-term vision.
  • Lead architectural governance and compliance processes, embedding best practices across all technology domains.
  • Assess current and future capabilities, identifying gaps and shaping improvement initiatives.
  • Drive integration and data strategy, working across platforms, APIs, microservices, and cloud ecosystems.
  • Contribute to project delivery, ensuring new solutions align with architectural and organisational goals.

What You’ll Bring

  • Solid experience as an Enterprise Architect in large, complex environments
  • Strong understanding of integration architecture (ESB, ETL/ELT, microservices, APIs-MuleSoft a plus)
  • Experience in data, analytics and AI platforms
  • Knowledge of digital asset management, research infrastructure, smart campus, ERP/CRM/LMS systems
  • Proficiency in agile methodologies and architectural governance
  • Strategic mindset, practical problem-solving, and strong stakeholder engagement skills
  • Experience with EA frameworks like TOGAF and tools such as Essential Cloud
  • Familiarity with higher education tech (e.g. Workday, Salesforce, Campus Solutions, Canvas) will be advantageous

Apply now to secure an interview or contact Carly Llorente on 9236 7704 for a confidential discussion.

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