Job Description

Job Title: Enterprise Architect

Security Clearance: Must be able to obtain Baseline

Duration: Initial 12 months with 2 x 12-month extensions

Industry: Information Technology

Functional Expertise: Architecture

Sub-functional Expertise: Enterprise, Solution, Application, and Business Architecture

Location of work: ACT | Hybrid

Working arrangements: Flexible working, with a minimum of 3 days a week in the office

Closing date: 9AM Thursday, 8 May 2025

Description:

Our client is seeking three experienced and business-focused Enterprise Architects to join their Enterprise Architecture team. This team is responsible for developing and supporting a Digital Enabling Architecture Practice. You will contribute to the strategic architectural direction, delivering enterprise solutions aligned with program goals and government frameworks. This role requires strong communication, leadership, and a deep understanding of multiple architecture domains.

Responsibilities:

• Lead one or more Enterprise Architecture domains

• Develop and maintain reference architectures, high-level designs, principles, and guardrails

• Collaborate on current and future state architectures, strategies, and roadmaps

• Provide documented and timely advice on complex digital architecture designs

• Analyse business needs and systems to define future state architectures

• Promote collaboration within the architecture community

• Present to governance forums and stakeholders

• Identify duplicated functions across initiatives

• Develop evidence-based costing proposals

• Support the Chief Enterprise Architect in maturing the architecture practice

Requirements:

• Minimum 5 years' experience in relevant architecture domains

• Ability to develop strategic architecture documentation

• Strong leadership and communication capabilities

• Experience in aligning system design with organisational standards and policies

• Capability to facilitate collaboration and present technical ideas effectively

Key Capabilities:

• Architecture development and governance

• Stakeholder engagement and communication

• Strategic thinking and analytical ability

• Project alignment and compliance

• Technical documentation and artefact creation

Essential Criteria:

• At least 5 years’ experience in one or more Enterprise Architecture domains: Technical, Application, Solution, Business

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with demonstrated stakeholder engagement including:

  • Describing options and trade-offs

  • Advising delivery teams on architecture guardrails

  • Engaging business and technical teams

• Demonstrated experience ensuring system designs meet functional and non-functional requirements, align with strategies, standards, policies, and cybersecurity practices

• Experience in system analysis and design, facilitating collaboration, presenting complex ideas clearly, and securing governance approval

• Experience in developing architectural artefacts such as:

  • Current/future state diagrams

  • Roadmaps

  • Solution Architecture Designs

  • Standards, principles, and policies

  • Reference architecture

  • Value and capability maps

  • Architecture advisories and strategies

How to apply:

Please submit your application including your resume and a completed application form addressing the essential and desirable criteria. Ensure your application highlights your experience and any relevant certifications.