Solutions Architect, IT

• Permanent
• Full Time
• Hybrid Work

The Role

The Solutions Architect leads the design of technology solutions and provides architectural oversight throughout implementation and transition into operation. Furthermore, as a senior member of the team, it provides technical leadership and guidance on complex projects and problem resolution. Key to this role is pragmatism in implementing best practices with considerations for constraints, risks, business objectives and emerging technologies.

The Solution Architect will partner with business stakeholders, Product Owners, Business Analysts, Project Managers and technology teams to translate business capabilities and requirements into pragmatic, scalable and supportable technology solutions. Clearly articulating architectural options and trade-offs to technical and non-technical stakeholders, including cost, risk, complexity, delivery impact and strategic alignment.

Accountabilities

• Translate business and product requirements into solution architectures.
• Ensure solutions conform to enterprise architecture principles, standards, reference architectures and technology roadmaps.
• Prepare and present solution designs through the appropriate architecture governance process.
• Identify and document architectural decisions, exceptions, risks, technical debt and dependencies
• Develop and maintain detailed solution designs and technical documentation
• Ensure solutions address security, privacy, availability, scalability, resilience, performance, supportability and disaster recovery requirements.
• Consider total cost of ownership, maintainability, operability and technology lifecycle—not simply initial project delivery.
• Provide support for existing solutions and change management for business requests, highlighting any impacts and risks
• Effectively estimate work effort, costs, and impact of solutions from a project perspective
• Identify and implement improvement opportunities in conjunction with agreed business units
• Inform, update and advise stakeholders of things related to technical risks, impacts, development processes, costs and efforts
• Evaluate suitability of products and tools by conducting feasibility studies or proof of concept exercises
• Work collaboratively with internal delivery teams and external technology partners to develop, review and assure solution architectures, ensuring vendor-proposed designs align with RACP architecture standards, security requirements, integration patterns and strategic technology direction.

Desired Skills and Experience

The successful candidate will have:

To be successful in the role, you will possess the following skills and attributes;

• Significant experience in Solution Architecture, Technical Architecture or senior technology roles, with demonstrated experience designing and delivering complex enterprise solutions.
• Able to balance between theoretical verses practical in solution and architecture design
• Sound understanding of core technologies such as Learning Management (Moodle etc), CRM and Content Management System
• Strong experience in:
  • Microsoft Azure and cloud-native architecture
  • Dynamics 365 and Power Platform
  • Azure Integration Services / API-led and event-driven integration
  • Microsoft Fabric / modern data platforms
  • Identity and access management / Entra ID
  • SaaS and COTS integration
  • APIs, integration patterns and distributed architectures
  • Security-by-design and privacy-by-design
  • DevSecOps, CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code
  • Observability, resilience, scalability and performance
  • AI-enabled services and emerging technologies
• Strong understanding of enterprise integration architecture, including APIs, asynchronous messaging, event-driven architectures, data integration, integration security and cloud integration platforms.
• Strong understanding of security-by-design principles, identity and access management, authentication and authorisation, data protection, secrets management, network security, API security and cloud security controls.
• Broad knowledge of current development tools and practices (Jira, Confluence, BitBucket, testing methods, peer review, Scrum, CI/CD, DevOps etc)
• Demonstrable project delivery experience and Solution Delivery Life Cycle
• Familiarity with cloud solutions such as PaaS and SaaS platforms and emerging technologies
• Strong understanding of database technologies such as SQL and PostgreSQL
• Experience in planning, developing, and maintaining technical documentation.
• Demonstrable ability to contribute to, and work effectively in teams
• Communicates effectively to technical and non-technical audiences

To apply, please send your resume and short cover letter by clicking Apply

We will be reviewing applications as they are received. If a suitable candidate is identified, the advertisement may close earlier than the advertised closing date.

For any further information, please Email: recruitment@racp.edu.au