Lead Application Architect

One of our Clients is seeking to engage candidates for the below roles.

Role: Lead Application Architect - (EL2 Level)

Length of contract: 15 months

Contract extensions: 24 months extension

Clearance: Baseline Security Clearance

Location: Canberra (Hybrid)

Job details

Key duties and responsibilities

Key duties and Responsibilities

• Provide strategic architecture leadership across digital delivery and systems sustainment activities.
• Lead and coordinate system, solution, and business architects to ensure consistent design practices.
• Define, maintain, and enforce architecture principles, standards, and guardrails.
• Provide architecture oversight and assurance for programs, projects, and major system changes.
• Chair or contribute to architecture and design governance forums as required.
• Ensure solutions align with enterprise architecture and can be integrated into the broader departmental environment.
• Identify and manage architectural risks, technical debt, and long‑term sustainability issues.
• Advise senior leaders on technology options, trade‑offs, risks, and impacts.
• Engage with internal and external stakeholders to ensure alignment across initiatives and agencies.
• Support capability uplift and mentoring of architecture and technical staff.
• Facilitate and drive the implementation of the department’s Digital Strategy.

Required Skills and Experience

• Extensive experience providing architecture leadership across complex digital environments.
• Strong understanding of enterprise, solution, and system architecture, including integration and cloud-based solutions.
• Demonstrated experience defining and applying architecture principles, standards, and governance.
• Proven ability to provide clear, trusted advice to senior executives and governance bodies.
• Experience balancing strategic objectives with delivery and operational constraints.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and influencing skills across technical and non‑technical audiences.
• Ability to assess technology options and manage architectural risk over the full system lifecycle.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including preparation of clear architecture artefacts and briefings.
• Deep understanding of the Australian border regulatory processes, particularly biosecurity

The Next step is easy: If you are interested, you may send an email to [email protected]

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