A leading Australian Financial Services provider is seeking a Cloud Architect with strong GCP engineering experience to join their Infrastructure Architecture team on an initial six-month contract (with strong extension potential).

Working across multiple business units and locations, you’ll design target-state cloud architecture and establish new foundational reference architectures, lead technical workshops, and guide engineering teams on GCP best practices. This is a hands-on role requiring both strategic architecture thinking and practical cloud engineering expertise.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design high-level GCP architectures aligned to enterprise guardrails and security standards
• Establishing new foundational reference architectures and helping shape GCP cloud architecture, landing zones and implementing best practice
• Contribute to architecture decisions, costing and project estimates
• Facilitate technical workshops with stakeholders across the business
• Provide technical leadership to engineering teams

Essential Requirements:

• Tertiary qualifications combined with GCP certification (AWS will also be considered)
• Proven Cloud Architect experience in large, complex environments (Financial Services highly regarded)
• Strong hands-on GCP engineering background (Compute Engine, GKE, Cloud SQL, networking)
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
• Ability to influence technical decisions at senior levels

What’s on Offer:

• Competitive daily rate
• Hybrid working: 2-3 days in office, remainder WFH
• High likelihood of extension

To apply, please submit your resume online to be considered for this exciting opportunity!

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A leading insurance provider is seeking a Solution Architect with solid commercial or general insurance to join their team on an initial six month contract.

Working in a large, dynamic and distributed architecture practice, you will be joining an in-flight transformation program where you will be responsible for the end-to-end design and definition of technical solutions that cover a wide variety of technologies and business processes. You will be required to providing advice and guidance to impacted business units, while ensuring that the proposed solutions address business needs, are fit for purpose and will align to the organisation’s technology roadmap.

To be successful in this role you will need:

• Tertiary qualifications and/or relevant industry certifications (i.e. TOGAF)
• Demonstrated Solution Architecture experience gained within large, complex environments
• Proven knowledge and experience working within Commercial or General Insurance organisations
• Strong experience designing solutions which incorporate different technologies such as applications (Guidewire) and integration
• Proven experience working on core system transformation programs migrating from legacy to new technology stacks
• Excellent communication skills coupled with strong stakeholder engagement skills
• Ability to consult and provide advice to internal stakeholders

This is a Sydney-based role where you will be required to be in the office at least two days per week.

An attractive daily rate is on offer for the right candidate – to be considered for this exciting opportunity, please apply online!

ServiceNow Architect – Federal Government

We are seeking an experienced ServiceNow Architect to support a large-scale Federal Government program of work, delivered through a leading consultancy. This role will play a key part in designing, governing, and delivering scalable ServiceNow solutions aligned to government standards and enterprise architecture.

Contract Details

• Contract: 12 months with strong extension potential
• Location: Australia (hybrid arrangements may apply)
• Citizenship: Australian Citizenship required
• Security Clearance: Preferred (or willingness to obtain)

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end architecture and design of ServiceNow solutions across one or more modules (e.g. ITSM, ITOM, CMDB, HRSD, SecOps)
• Define and maintain ServiceNow architectural standards, patterns, and governance
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, delivery teams, and vendors to translate requirements into scalable platform designs
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to developers and implementation teams
• Ensure solutions align with Federal Government security, compliance, and integration requirements
• Oversee platform configuration, customisation, integrations, and performance optimisation
• Support roadmap planning, upgrades, and continuous improvement initiatives

Skills & Experience

• Proven experience as a ServiceNow Architect in large, complex environments
• Strong knowledge of ServiceNow platform architecture and best practices
• Experience working on Australian Federal Government projects (highly regarded)
• Ability to engage confidently with senior stakeholders and technical teams
• ServiceNow certifications (CSA, CIS, Architect-level) highly desirable

Apply now to secure an interview or contact Luther Borgas at luther.borgas@outbacktalent.com

A leading Financial Services provider is seeking a Senior Infrastructure Solution Architect to join their team on an initial twelve month contract.

 

You will be joining a large Infrastructure Architecture practice, comprising a large number of experienced, savvy technologists who all possess a depth and breadth of experience across a wide variety of technologies and platforms. You will be working on a variety of projects and engaging / consulting with stakeholders from different parts of the business, leading the design and solutioning and partnering with the engineering team to ensure delivery. You will be required to provide guidance and advice, all the while ensuring proposed solutions address business needs, are fit for purpose and will align to the organisation’s technology roadmap.

This position will suit people who are pure technologists – those who have a thirst to continually grow and develop themselves, who like to get their hands dirty with new technologies and understanding how they may impact and benefit a large, enterprise environment.

To be successful in this role you will need:

• Tertiary qualifications and/or relevant industry certifications (i.e. TOGAF, AWS, Azure etc)
• Strong experience working as an Infrastructure Solution Architect within large complex environments
• Advanced knowledge and experience working with a variety of technologies including different operating systems (Windows / Linux), cloud providers (AWS / Azure), networking, storage, database, middleware, virtualisation, containerisation (OpenShift / Kubernetes) and DevOps (Jenkins) / IaaC (Terraform)
• Superior stakeholder engagement skills, with a proven ability to negotiate and influence
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

In return my client is offering:

• Hybrid work from home / office (required to be in their Sydney office at least two days per week)
• Work on large, enterprise-wide projects
• Strong potential of contract extension

To be considered for this exciting opportunity, please apply online now!

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AWS Data Architect / Data Warehouse Lead
Location: Sydney or Newcastle, NSW
Employment Type: Full-Time

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced AWS Data Architect / Data Warehouse Lead to manage, support, and improve enterprise-scale data platforms across AWS and Azure environments. This role is responsible for ensuring the stability, governance, and performance of Microsoft Fabric and cloud-based data warehouse solutions in production.

You will work closely with Data Engineering, BI, and Platform teams to maintain high availability, security, and compliance while driving continuous improvement across our data ecosystem.

Key Responsibilities

• Monitor and maintain Microsoft Fabric environments (DSP & IA) in production.
• Ensure strong operational hygiene across Production and Non-Production environments, including Azure and AWS Jump Boxes.
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to Fabric pipelines, dataflows, and workspace configurations.
• Collaborate with Data Engineering and BI teams on incident resolution and root cause analysis.
• Implement and manage data governance frameworks using Microsoft Purview.
• Track and report on SLA compliance, operational metrics, and support ticket resolution.
• Perform capacity planning and improve Fabric and cloud workloads.
• Validate security, compliance, and access controls across all platforms.
• Support change management processes for system deployments and upgrades.
• Maintain documentation and operational best practices.

Skills & Experience Required

• 5+ years of experience in data architecture, data warehousing, or cloud data platforms.
• Strong expertise in Microsoft Fabric architecture and operations.
• Hands-on experience with Azure Data Factory.
• Solid understanding of AWS and Azure cloud environments.
• Experience managing production systems in enterprise environments.
• Strong knowledge of data governance, compliance, and security frameworks.
• Proven experience in incident management and problem resolution.
• Familiarity with CI/CD, change management, and release processes.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills.

Desirable Skills

• Experience with hybrid cloud or multi-cloud data platforms.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Purview and data cataloguing solutions.
• Exposure to DevOps and automation tools.
• Experience working in regulated or large enterprise environments.

Why Join Us?

• Work on large-scale, enterprise data platforms.
• Hybrid cloud environment (AWS & Azure).
• Career progression and professional development opportunities.
• Supportive, collaborative team culture.

Overview:
Join our clients architecture team team as a Solutions Architect, where you will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of the technology landscape. You will collaborate closely with our existing Solution Architect to design and implement robust solutions.

My client is looking for a tech-savvy innovator who not only brings technical expertise but also a sense of humour to the table. This 12-month contract, with the potential to extend to 18 months or more, offers the unique chance to work on cutting-edge technologies in an Azure environment.

Required Skills:

• Proficient in API design and management
• Experience with integration’s involving complex systems
• An understanding of React Native for mobile app development and Angular for web app development would be great.
• Ability to navigate ambiguity and operate effectively without established frameworks

Nice to Have Skills:

• Familiarity with cloud-based solutions and microservices architecture
• Experience in working with Agile methodologies
• Strong understanding of software development lifecycle best practices

Other Requirements:

• Ability to collaborate effectively with technical and non-technical team members
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
• Flexibility to adapt to changing project requirements and priorities

This is an immediate start opportunity. Apply to JP Browne for a confidential conversation.

• Program Architect
• 6 – 12 months initial contract; with possible extension
• Adelaide Based Position

We are looking for a capable and committed Program Architect to work closely with the Business Improvement PM and wider Business Improvement teams to ensure alignment to project goals and a fit for purpose architecture is implemented. The program architect will have dual reporting lines, to both Business Improvement and ICT Services whilst spending time co-located with both teams. Where required, the program architect may expand into other projects in the BI and ICT domains.

Responsibilities:

• Key internal adviser to Business Improvement, ICT Services and business stakeholders
• Drive common understanding of the problems to solve, proposed phases and feasibility from an architecture/ICT lens
• Review existing artefacts such as market scan, service blueprint, business requirements to outline key business and technology capabilities required
• Prepare and present options with pros/cons and recommendations (including cost/time/procurement/delivery/support considerations)
• Translate ideas, problem statements, and planned timelines into feasible technology options
• Collaborate with other jurisdictions and suppliers to understand the market, and solutions currently leveraged elsewhere
• Develop architecture artefacts including presentations and diagrams
• If a commercial off the shelf product is selected, drive procurement outcomes from an ICT and program perspective, including compiling procurement documentation for tenders, reviewing and evaluating responses
• Escalate key issues to stakeholders for early remediation
• Work closely with ICT to understand existing environment, technologies, platforms and their proposed roadmap to ensure fit for purpose, supportable, reusable, interoperable and maximise technology investment
• Ensure compliance with Cyber Security, Procurement and organisation policies and procedures
• Present to project boards, working groups and executives as required

Qualifications:

• Minimum 2 years’ experience as a Program Architect, Lead Architect or Enterprise Architect
• Aware of industry trends in SaaS applications in the EduTech, CRM, Digital Experience Platforms and School/Customer Engagement sectors
• IT procurement expertise as a key SME and advisor for complex program(s)/project(s)
• Prior experience and ability to lead a solution architect (internally and/or externally) when program moves into delivery phase
• Effective communication skills to consult with a broad range of stakeholders, translating complex information into something easy to digest
• Skilled use of PowerPoint, Visio and other productivity tools to produce artefacts tailored for the audience

Desirable:

• Previous experience as a solution architect
• Strong business acumen and emotional intelligence (EQ)
• Understanding of Application, Data and Integration architecture domains
• Prior architecture experience within Government or the Education sector

Apply now or reach out to Ivan Aureus at 0480 806 152 for a chat.

Talent International, a leading Australian recruitment firm, have been engaged by our long standing client, an international Music and Entertainment organisation. We are seeking a Principal Engineer – AI and Automation, to pioneer AI and Automation across their global technology function.

This is a rare opportunity to shape strategy, drive meaningful change, and build AI capability from the ground up with real executive visibility.

Role Title: Principal Engineer – AI and Automation

Opportunity: Permanent Career Opportunity

Location: Sydney CBD

Salary: $220,000 incl super + 15% annual bonus

Client Industry: Music and Entertainment

Start Date: ASAP

Interview Process: 3 rounds of interviews

Role Details:

• Own and execute the enterprise AI and automation strategy for Technology Operations, aligning initiatives to business outcomes and long-term platform maturity.
• Architect, build, and govern end-to-end AI-driven (agentic) automation solutions, taking concepts from ideation through production, adoption, and continuous optimisation.
• Identify, evaluate, and prioritise high-impact use cases where AI can materially reduce operational complexity, accelerate incident response, and deliver measurable efficiency and reliability gains.
• Partner with senior technology leaders and delivery teams to embed AI and automation into core platforms and operational workflows, ensuring sustained adoption, value realisation, and scalability.
• Provide technical leadership and oversight across AI and automation initiatives, including vendor strategy, platform selection, and architectural standards, within a complex, global environment.

Required Skills and Experiences:

• 10+ years of experience in the IT operations industry
• Demonstrated experience designing or delivering AI-driven, Machine Learning or intelligent automation solutions, with a focus on real-world adoption and outcomes
• Ability to operate at a senior, principal level with a consultative approach, confidently influencing fellow leaders and stakeholders and driving adoption across global teams
• Familiarity with cloud platforms such as Amazon Web Service, Azure, and Google Cloud.
• Experience with automation tools such as Automation Anywhere, UiPath, Zapier, Microsoft Power Automate, and ActiveCampaign.

Additional Details & Benefits:

• Working from home flexibility
• Annual bonus
• Team Events and Activities
• Opportunity to join a new, global team

To Apply:

If this sounds like your next opportunity or you would like to hear more, please ‘apply now’ and submit your resume!

For more information or a confidential discussion please contact Sienna Coate Thompson at Talent International – Sienna.coatethompson@talentinternational.com

The Lead Architect plays a critical strategic and technical leadership role, responsible for designing and delivering secure, scalable, and innovative solution architectures that align with the University’s strategic objectives. Acting as the bridge between Enterprise and Solution Architecture, the role ensures technology initiatives support Learning & Teaching, Research, and Administration while maintaining a cohesive and future-ready technology ecosystem.

The position provides both strategic direction and operational oversight of solution architecture activities, delivering designs directly or guiding external architects through structured work packages. A strong focus of the role is evolving integration and cloud architecture, embedding governance, and driving modern, secure, and fit-for-purpose solutions.

The Lead Architect is instrumental in enabling digital transformation, fostering innovation, and ensuring all architectural outcomes align with institutional priorities, standards, and long-term vision.

Key Accountabilities

• Establish, enhance, and embed architecture governance frameworks, standards, and design principles to ensure consistent and compliant solution delivery across the University.

• Act as the principal architectural advisor, influencing technology strategy, major IT investments, and long-term roadmaps in alignment with institutional goals.

• Ensure solution architectures are secure, scalable, resilient, and aligned with enterprise, data, and application ecosystems.

• Oversee architecture artefact development, whether delivered directly or by external solution architects, ensuring quality, completeness, and compliance.

• Drive innovation and digital transformation by identifying and promoting the adoption of emerging technologies and modern architecture practices.

Qualifications & Experience

• Postgraduate qualifications in Information Technology or a related discipline, or equivalent extensive experience in senior architecture roles.

• Significant experience in Solution Architecture across enterprise systems, integration, data, technology platforms, and security domains.

• Demonstrated expertise in developing architecture designs across conceptual, logical, and physical layers, along with roadmaps and modern workplace technologies.

• Proven experience delivering scalable integration solutions and working within complex, multi-system enterprise environments.

• Strong background in cloud platforms, particularly Microsoft Azure, including security architecture, digital ecosystems, and vendor engagement.

• Experience in the higher education sector, in a similar position is highly desired.

Job Summary / Overview
The Lead Architect plays a critical role in shaping and delivering secure, scalable and innovative technology solutions aligned to the University’s strategic objectives. This position provides architectural leadership across enterprise and solution domains, supporting learning, research and administration through cohesive technology ecosystems.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and embed architecture governance, standards and frameworks
• Lead solution architecture design for secure and scalable platforms
• Partner with integration leadership to evolve system interoperability
• Provide expert guidance on Azure cloud and security architecture
• Support business cases, tenders and technology evaluations
• Mentor and coach architecture team members

Required Qualifications

• Postgraduate qualifications in IT or equivalent experience
• Extensive experience in solution architecture with enterprise exposure
• Strong expertise in Azure cloud environments

Skills & Competencies

• Architecture governance and frameworks
• Cloud, integration and security architecture
• Strategic thinking and stakeholder communication
• Leadership and mentoring capability

Working Conditions

• National role with travel as required
• Availability outside standard hours when needed

Apply Now

If you match the selection criteria and are interested in finding out more about the position, please click the “APPLY NOW” button below and attach your C.V. For a list of all vacant positions, please visit our website www.talentinternational.com.

Alternatively, for a confidential conversation, contact Andrew Mackin Brown on 0437 150 513 and Alice Tan on 0490 888 231.

Role Purpose

The Data and Information Architect is accountable for leading the design and development of the Department’s data and information architecture, ensuring alignment with the organisation’s overall technology strategy and digital capability priorities.

The role contributes to the enterprise technology roadmap and drives initiatives that enable the organisation to become an insight-driven organisation. Working closely with internal stakeholders and external partners, the role translates business needs into scalable, secure, and maintainable data and information solutions.

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Key Outcomes & Responsibilities

Architecture Strategy & Leadership

* Lead the design and development of the organisation’s data and information architecture across multiple viewpoints and levels of abstraction to support business, information, security, and technology decision-making.
* Assess current and target state architectures, identify gaps, and develop recommendations aligned to strategic and tactical objectives.
* Define transition roadmaps and architecture plans that align organisational mission and vision with innovative, value-driven outcomes.
* Act as a trusted architectural adviser to senior management, providing direction to delivery teams and thought leadership on emerging technology trends.

Design, Modelling & Standards

* Present architecture roadmaps and landscape views to senior stakeholders.
* Develop UML, ER, and other architectural models for application and database teams.
* Translate business and application requirements into component, interface, and integration specifications.
* Ensure solutions adhere to enterprise architectural principles including reusability, modularity, loose coupling, security, performance, scalability, availability, and integrity.

Data Management & Governance

* Design and implement data models, data integration patterns, and data governance frameworks to ensure data quality, consistency, and security.
* Develop and maintain data dictionaries, taxonomies, and data lineage artefacts to support governance and compliance requirements.
* Provide guidance, coaching, and training to teams on data management standards and best practices.

Technology Evaluation & Delivery

* Evaluate technologies, software, processes, and development methodologies to define best-practice approaches for application, data, and infrastructure solutions.
* Lead the implementation of data and information technologies including data warehousing, analytics platforms, and big data solutions.
* Collaborate with IT operations and development teams to design, implement, and maintain infrastructure and network solutions aligned with business and enterprise strategy.

Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement

* Work closely with Data, Information and Analytics teams to deliver data visualisation and reporting solutions that enable insight-driven decision-making.
* Represent the organisation in cross-agency forums and oversee specialist consultancy services related to application and data architecture.
* Initiate, lead, and manage collaborative relationships with internal and external stakeholders including executives, clients, consultants, and service providers.
* Provide expert advice to Executive Leadership on solution boundaries, scope, and architectural impacts.

Work Health & Safety

* Contribute to a safe and healthy work environment by identifying and reporting hazards, incidents, and injuries in accordance with organisational policies and procedures.
* Comply with reasonable WHS instructions from line management and WHS Officers.

Lead Solutions Architect

Location: Sydney, NSW
Reporting to: Head of Solutions

Position Summary

A large organisation in the higher education sector is seeking a Lead Solutions Architect to lead a team of architects delivering end-to-end solution designs across key business domains. This role ensures technology solutions align with enterprise architecture standards while meeting current and future business needs.

You will provide technical leadership, architectural governance, and strategic guidance to deliver scalable, secure, and future-ready solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end solution architecture across a portfolio of business applications and technologies

• Translate business needs into enterprise system designs and technology roadmaps

• Ensure solutions comply with enterprise architecture standards and target state

• Mentor and lead a team of Solution Architects to build a strong architecture capability

• Partner with Enterprise Architecture to define standards, principles, and future direction

• Support technology selection, solution design decisions, and architecture governance

• Work with delivery, infrastructure, and vendor teams to ensure solutions are implemented as designed

• Contribute to business cases, strategic planning, and technical steering forums

Skills & Experience

• Tertiary qualification with strong experience in software development and at least 3 years leading a team in a similar capacity

• Proven experience designing enterprise-scale solutions using recognised architecture frameworks

• Strong knowledge of cloud (SaaS, PaaS, IaaS) and integration patterns (APIs, messaging, iPaaS)

• Experience working in Agile and DevOps delivery environments

• Strong stakeholder engagement, leadership, and communication skills

• Ability to balance strategic direction with practical delivery outcomes

Highly desirable: Experience working within a large university or complex education environment.

Why Join?

• Play a strategic leadership role in shaping enterprise technology direction

• Work in a collaborative, innovative, and values-driven environment

• Influence large-scale digital transformation initiatives