Provide architectural leadership to establish an enterprise-wide Agent Orchestration and Management Control Tower. The role will define and guide the implementation of core capabilities that enable safe, scalable and governed delivery of AI/automation agents across a federated operating model, while providing a single pane of glass for visibility, control, assurance and intervention.

Key Accountabilities

Architecture & Strategy

- Define the target architecture, reference patterns and roadmap for the Agent Control Tower, aligned to enterprise standards and mining operational risk expectations.

- Translate conceptual wiring into implementable architecture covering platforms, integrations, governance, and runtime controls.

Agent Lifecycle Governance

- Architect and standardize agent registration, approval, validation and policy binding.

- Establish permission‑based discovery and cataloging of agents and tools across business units.

- Ensure lifecycle governance is embedded into federated delivery pipelines.

Orchestration & Control

- Define orchestration patterns to enable controlled agent invocation, tool access and inter‑agent interaction.

- Establish control points (e.g. gateways/proxies, policies, contracts) to enforce enterprise guardrails.

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Key Deliverables

- Agent Control Tower Reference Architecture & Target State

- MVP Implementation Blueprint (services, integrations, environments)

- Agent Registration, Discovery & Observability Standards

- Assurance & Intervention Framework

- Federated Operating Model and Governance Artifacts (ADRs, guardrails, templates)

Required Experience & Skills





- 8–12+ years in Enterprise / Platform Architecture within complex, regulated environments (resources, mining, heavy industry preferred).

- Proven experience designing platform control planes, registries/catalogues, and governance frameworks.

- Strong background in integration architecture, observability, and security-by-design.

- Demonstrated success operating across federated delivery models.

- Executive‑level communication and decision‑making capability.

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Key Deliverables

- Agent Control Tower Reference Architecture & Target State

- MVP Implementation Blueprint (services, integrations, environments)

- Agent Registration, Discovery & Observability Standards

- Assurance & Intervention Framework

- Federated Operating Model and Governance Artifacts (ADRs, guardrails, templates)

Required Experience & Skills

- 8–12+ years in Enterprise / Platform Architecture within complex, regulated environments (resources, mining, heavy industry preferred).

- Proven experience designing platform control planes, registries/catalogues, and governance frameworks.

- Strong background in integration architecture, observability, and security-by-design.

- Demonstrated success operating across federated delivery models.

- Executive‑level communication and decision‑making capability.

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Assurance & Intervention

- Architect end‑to‑end severability for agents (telemetry, health, cost, performance).

- Define assurance workflows to detect deviation, drift or policy breaches.

- Design intervention mechanisms (e.g. throttling, blocking, kill‑switches) with full audibility.

Enterprise Integration

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- Integrate the control tower with observability, security, ITSM, data and cost management platforms.

- Define canonical data and event models to enable consistent reporting and operational response.

Federated Operating Model

- Establish architecture governance, standards, and RACI for federated agent delivery teams.

- Coach teams, drive adoption of guardrails, and ensure architectural integrity at scale.

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Requirements

Key Deliverables

- Agent Control Tower Reference Architecture & Target State

- MVP Implementation Blueprint (services, integrations, environments)

- Agent Registration, Discovery & Observability Standards

- Assurance & Intervention Framework

- Federated Operating Model and Governance Artifacts (ADRs, guardrails, templates)

Required Experience & Skills

- 8–12+ years in Enterprise / Platform Architecture within complex, regulated environments (resources, mining, heavy industry preferred).

- Proven experience designing platform control planes, registries/catalogues, and governance frameworks.

- Robust background in integration architecture, observability, and security-by-design.

- Demonstrated success operating across federated delivery models.

- Executive‑level communication and decision‑making capability.

📌 Principal Enterprise Architect (Perth)
🏢 XPT Software Australia Pty
📍 Perth