Lead Technology Architect- Infrastructure focussed
Summary
12-month contract (extendable to 24 months) for a Lead Technology Architect providing enterprise and infrastructure architecture leadership — designing secure, scalable solutions, roadmaps and governance for a highly regulated client. Requires an active Australian Baseline security clearance; pays AUD 150–175 per hour, hybrid, based in any mainland state.
Salary: AUD 150 - 175 per hour
Lead Technology ArchitectLocation: ACT, NSW, VIC, QLD, SA or WA
Contract: Initial 12-month engagement with extension options up to 24 months
Working Arrangement: Hybrid (onsite onboarding period followed by flexible arrangements)
Security Clearance: Baseline Clearance Needed
Shape Technology Strategy at Enterprise Scale We are seeking an experienced Lead Technology Architect to play a key role in designing and guiding technology solutions across large-scale, complex and highly regulated environments.
This is an opportunity to influence strategic technology direction, drive architectural excellence, and work with senior stakeholders to deliver secure, scalable and resilient solutions that support critical business outcomes.
As a Lead Technology Architect, you will provide expert architectural leadership across enterprise technology and infrastructure domains. You will analyse complex business challenges, develop strategic solution options, and provide trusted advice that informs technology investment and delivery decisions.
Working closely with executives, business leaders, technical teams and delivery partners, you will translate requirements into practical architecture outcomes while ensuring alignment with organisational standards, governance frameworks and future-state technology roadmaps.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop conceptual, logical and end-to-end technology architectures
- Provide strategic architecture advice across infrastructure, platforms and enterprise services
- Evaluate technology options and emerging capabilities to support future business needs
- Produce architecture artefacts, roadmaps, standards and recommendations for governance forums
- Lead architecture reviews and facilitate stakeholder engagement across multiple business areas
- Identify and manage architectural risks, dependencies and constraints
- Ensure solutions are secure, scalable, resilient and operationally sustainable
- Mentor technical teams and promote architecture best practices across the organisation
- Extensive experience as a Technology Architect, Infrastructure Architect, Solution Architect or Enterprise Architect
- Strong ability to analyse complex business and technical problems and develop practical, risk-based recommendations
- Proven experience influencing senior stakeholders and driving outcomes across multidisciplinary teams
- Demonstrated capability in architecture governance, strategy development and technology planning
- Outstanding communication, facilitation and stakeholder engagement skills
- Experience mentoring teams and transferring knowledge to technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Infrastructure architecture including cloud, hybrid and on-premises platforms
- Networking, compute, storage, operating systems, virtualisation and hosting technologies
- Identity and Access Management (IAM) solutions
you will be requried to hold and active Baseline Clearance for this role
If you wish to apply for this position, please submit your resume by clicking the 'Apply Now' button. For further information please contact Abhi Naik at Clicks IT Recruitment on
+61 427 997 851.
At Clicks we embrace diversity, inclusion and equal opportunity. First Nations people are encouraged to apply.
We provide reasonable adjustments, including alternate formats to the recruitment process for individuals with a disability. If you
require an adjustment to be made during the recruitment process, please call 1300 254 257 or email adjustments@clicks.com.au
