Digital Business Programs - Senior Solution Architect
About us
At Sydney Water, we’re passionate about making a difference to the lives of our customers and communities, and our employees. We have a proud heritage and a progressive future, providing world class drinking water and beautiful waterways from the mountains to the sea. Our people and their jobs are as diverse as the communities we serve.
What will you be doing?
As a Senior Solutions Architect within Digital, this role is responsible both for solution delivery and for leadership across the Digital, Business Programs team. You will be supporting project design to ensure solutions meet business and user requirements and align to Digital Strategy. You will be part of team delivering key programs, projects within Corporate and Governance.
Your role will involve:
Define and implement solutions within the Digital Business programs portfolio, effectively aligning with good practise, agreed patterns and the Sydney Water Digital Strategy.
Support Architecture Practise Improvement
Define, maintain and govern Digital end to end solution designs and estimates to meet business needs.
Collaborate with Development teams to ensure that solutions as delivered are aligned with the agreed Solution Architectures.
Balance solution design choices for execution of strategy, cost of ownership, risk, delivery timing and other business or technical constraints to define viable solutions optimised for business value over the life and portfolio of solutions.
Estimate the cost of end-to-end solutions. Recommend solution choices according to minimal total cost of ownership optimising strategic content and delivery of enterprise roadmaps.
Ensure alignment to enterprise architecture, policies and standards.
Ensure that technical life cycle management processes are in place.
24 Months Fixed Term – Full Time (Secondment Backfill)
About the candidate
Tertiary degree qualification in information technology, computer science or similar or equivalent industry experience.
Minimum 10 years’ experience in Information Technology architecture of which 5 year’s experience as a Solutions Architect.
Good working knowledge of the Enterprise Architecture function
Proven architecture experience and skills across Corporate & Governance domains
Proven experience in the application of technology solutions to business problems in scale and complexity commensurate with Sydney Water
Development and deployment experience on more than one platform
Expert skills and considerable experience in the evaluation of business solutions and technology options
TOGAF certification – Desirable
Dive into Our Great Benefits:
Competitive Remuneration: We’ll ensure that your skills and contributions are valued and rewarded appropriately.
24/7 Wellbeing Support: Access for you and your family to free and confidential mental health and general health support through our EAP portal.
Discounted Private Health Insurance: Unlock affordable access to top-tier health coverage with our discounted insurance plans.
Fitness Passport: Achieve your physical fitness goals using our Fitness Passport, granting you access to a multitude of gyms and pools across NSW.
Novated Leasing: Get in the driver's seat of your financial future with our novated lease options.
As part of the application process, Sydney Water will be collecting your personal information to assess your suitability for the role. Your personal information may also be used to establish a Dayforce talent profile. Your personal information will be collected in accordance with Dayforce’s Terms and Privacy Policy and Sydney Water’s Privacy Collection Statement – recruitment.
Please note as part of the application process, you will be asked to undergo background checks which include a criminal history check.
You must be an Australian Citizen or Permanent Resident at the time of submitting your application to be considered for this role.
Do you think you are up for the challenge? We would love to hear from you! Please submit your resume, cover letter outlining your experiences and respond to the screening questions as part of the application.
Application close date: Friday the 21st of September 2026 11:59pm
If you require further information regarding this vacancy, please email sunil.nagarajan@sydneywater.com.au
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