Cloud Network Solution Architect

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Job Description The Cloud Network Solution Architect is responsible for shaping TAL’s cloud network architecture, standards and technical roadmap, with a focus on cloud modernisation and secure, resilient connectivity across cloud and hybrid environments. The role leads solution design across connectivity, segmentation, routing, DNS, edge security and traffic management, ensuring solutions are secure, scalable, resilient and cost-effective. Working across architecture, cyber security, identity and delivery teams, the role establishes cloud patterns, supports the transition from legacy infrastructure and ensures solutions meet business, security and regulatory requirements. In this role you will: • Cloud Architecture & Design Authority: Own the target-state cloud network architecture, standards, reference patterns and technical roadmap, ensuring solutions align with security, resilience and architectural requirements. • Cloud Modernisation: Lead the transition from legacy on-premises infrastructure to cloud-native and managed services, designing secure and scalable hybrid and multi-cloud solutions. • Cloud Migration & Delivery: Define and govern application and infrastructure migrations, including dependency mapping, migration planning, target-state design, cutover, operational readiness and legacy decommissioning. • Network Architecture & Connectivity: Design cloud and hybrid network solutions across connectivity, segmentation, routing, DNS, private connectivity, shared network services and traffic management. • Resilience & Disaster Recovery: Design resilient architectures incorporating redundancy, failover, recovery, monitoring and disaster recovery capabilities aligned with business continuity requirements. • Security, Identity & Data Protection: Embed secure-by-design principles across cloud environments, including network security, access controls, encryption, data protection and automated security guardrails. • Technology Risk & Regulatory Compliance: Ensure cloud architecture aligns with TAL’s technology risk requirements and relevant standards and regulatory obligations, including APRA CPS 230, CPS 234, Zero Trust, ISO 27001 and the ACSC Essential Eight. • Technical Leadership & Governance: Provide technical direction to engineering and delivery teams, assure partner and vendor solutions, and clearly communicate architecture decisions, risks and trade-offs across technical and senior stakeholder forums. Qualifications • Cloud Architecture Experience: 8+ years’ experience across technology architecture, cloud engineering or infrastructure, including significant experience in a cloud architecture or senior solution design role. • Cloud Platforms & Networking: Strong hands-on expertise across Microsoft Azure, AWS or Google Cloud, with experience designing cloud networks, landing zones, hybrid connectivity, routing, DNS, segmentation, firewalls and secure platform foundations. • Azure experience is highly regarded. • Cloud Migration & Modernisation: Demonstrated experience designing and delivering large-scale cloud migration, modernisation or data centre exit programs, including hybrid and multi-cloud environments. • Resilience & Disaster Recovery: Strong knowledge of high availability, disaster recovery, backup and recovery, monitoring and operational resilience, including designing against recovery and service continuity requirements. • Cloud Security & Identity: Strong understanding of Zero Trust, identity and access management, network security, encryption, secrets management, security controls and secure cloud architecture. • Automation & DevOps: Experience with infrastructure-as-code technologies such as Terraform or Bicep, CI/CD pipelines, policy-as-code, cloud APIs and scripting using PowerShell, Python or similar technologies. • Architecture Governance, Risk & Standards: Experience establishing architecture standards, patterns and decision records, with knowledge of recognised frameworks and regulatory requirements such as ISO 27001, NIST, ACSC Essential Eight, APRA CPS 230 and CPS 234. • Stakeholder & Technical Leadership: Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to provide technical leadership and translate complex architecture, security, cost and technology risk considerations into clear business outcomes.

Benefits

At TAL, we're committed to helping our people thrive both professionally and personally. Depending on your role and eligibility, benefits may include:

• Flexible and blended ways of working that support your work and personal commitments.
• Access to learning, leadership development programs, LinkedIn Learning and global career opportunities through the Daiichi Life Group.
• TAL-funded Life, Income Protection and Total & Permanent Disability insurance, plus employee insurance discounts.
• Wellbeing support including Employee Assistance Program services, wellbeing resources, annual flu vaccinations and health initiatives.
• Additional leave benefits including paid parental leave, wellbeing leave, community leave and purchased leave options.
• Access to TAL Rewards Plus, offering discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and services.

Our Commitment to Inclusion

We're proud to be recognised as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality and maintain partnerships with organisations including Diversity Council Australia, Australian Disability Network and Pride in Diversity. Through our Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan, we're also committed to building meaningful relationships, creating opportunities and contributing to positive outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

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