Job description
Our Federal Government client is seeking an experienced Senior Solution Architect to join their Canberra, Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide, Melbourne, and Perth. This is a 24 month contract with extension of 12 months. This is a hybrid role ( 3 days in office and 2 days WFH). This role is open for Australian citizens with the ability to obtain an NV1 security clearance.
- 24 months contract with 12 months extension option.
- Open for multiple location Canberra,Sydney, Brisbane and Adelaide, Melbourne and Perth.
- Hybrid working arrangement ( 3 days in Office and 2 days WFH)
- Paxus pays weekly
Solution Architects are responsible for the quality of solution architecture work across an organisation. They provide technical leadership in the design and implementation of systems and software to solve business problems.
To be successful in this role:
- Identify the appropriate end-to-end solution portfolio, considering all relevant ICT solutions and service offerings such as best practices.
- Identify solution gaps and develop gap closure options such as the inclusion of components from Independent Software Vendors or customer-specific development.
- Architect the end-to-end functional landscape and solution design to support desired business processes and business/ICT requirements of the customer, ensuring alignment.
- Document, present and discuss the end-to-end architecture and solution options, recommendations and implications, facilitate and support the decision process.
- Identify cross-process and cross-solution integration points and lead the coordination across various software and service components of the end-to-end solution.
- Lead end-to-end solution analysis, design, integration, architecture, co-existence and migration.
- Ensure work aligns with business processes and overall delivery outcomes.
- Act as single point of contact to orchestrate the various parties involved in large and complex projects/programs from a primarily architecture/technical perspective.
- Drive innovation, continuous improvement and manage and lead change.
- Proactively share knowledge and expertise as the subject matter expert.
- Oversee and prepare a range of technical documentation and reports.
- The role operates with a significant degree of independence and to deliver quality outcomes. They operate with a high level of autonomy, with decision making highly dependent on their own judgement. In performing their role, they will show leadership, collaborate, influence outcomes, identify and drive innovation, manage and lead change, and has an active role in contributing to and implementing the agency's strategic direction.
- Collaborate with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders to achieve project outcomes.
- Resolve very complex, sensitive and/or escalated technical issues.
To be cosnidered for this role you must:
- Business process improvement: Level 6 (SFIA): Plans and leads strategic, large and complex business process improvement activities aligned with automation, or exploiting existing or new technologies. Develops organisational policies, standards, and guidelines for business process improvement. Leads the introduction of techniques, methodologies and tools to meet business requirements, ensuring consistency across all user groups. Leads the development of organisational capabilities for business process improvement and ensures adoption and adherence to policies and standards.
- Consultancy: Level 6 (SFIA): Manages the provision of consultancy services and/or a team of consultants. In own areas of expertise, provides advice and guidance to consultants and/or the client when delivering consultancy services. Engages with clients and maintains client relationships. Establishes consultancy agreements/contracts and manages completion and disengagement.
- Enterprise and business architecture: Level 5 (SFIA): Develops models and plans to drive the execution of the business strategy, taking advantage of opportunities to improve business performance. Contributes to creating and reviewing a systems capability strategy which meets the business's strategic requirements. Determines requirements and specifies effective business processes, through improvements in technology, information or data practices, organisation, roles, procedures and equipment.
- Innovation: Level 6 (SFIA): Obtains organisational commitment to innovation. Develops organisational capabilities to drive innovation. Leads and plans the development of innovation capabilities and implementation of innovation processes, tools and frameworks. Leads the communication and an open flow of creative ideas between interested parties and the set-up of innovation networks and communities.
- Solution architecture: Level 5 (SFIA): Leads the development of solution architectures in specific business, infrastructure or functional areas. Leads the preparation of technical plans and ensures that appropriate technical resources are made available. Ensures that appropriate tools and methods are available, understood and employed in architecture development. Provides technical guidance and governance on solution development and integration. Evaluates requests for changes and deviations from specifications and recommends actions. Ensures that relevant technical strategies, policies, standards and practices (including security) are applied correctly.
- Stakeholder relationship management: Level 6 (SFIA): Leads the development of comprehensive stakeholder management strategies and plans. Builds long-term, strategic relationships with senior stakeholders (internal and external). Facilitates the engagement of stakeholders in support of the delivery of services and change projects. Acts as a single point of contact for senior stakeholders, facilitating relationships between them. Negotiates to ensure that stakeholders understand and agree on what will meet their needs, and that appropriate agreements are defined. Oversees monitoring of relationships including lessons learned and appropriate feedback. Leads actions to improve relations and open communications with and between stakeholders.
- Systems design: Level 6 (SFIA): Develops and drives adoption of and adherence to organisational policies, standards, guidelines, and methods for system design. Champions the importance and value of system design principles and the selection of appropriate systems design life cycle models. Leads system design activities for strategic, large and complex systems development programmes. Develops effective implementation strategies consistent with specified requirements, architectures and constraints of performance and feasibility. Develops system design requiring the introduction of new technologies or new uses for existing technologies.
When inquiring about this role, please quote the job number #268544
To be considered for the role click the 'apply' button or for more information about this and other opportunities please contact Irina Alrogi on +61 (0)2 6151 9203 or email: [email protected] and quote the above job reference number.
Paxus values diversity and welcomes applications from Indigenous Australians, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds and people living with a disability. If you require an adjustment to the recruitment process, including the application form in an alternate format, please contact me on the above contact details.
