Company Description

Master2Manage® Pty Limited is an Australian-owned management and technology consulting firm supporting government agencies, regulated industries, and private organisations to strengthen cyber resilience, deliver ICT initiatives, build workforce capability, and improve governance, compliance, and audit readiness. The company combines strategic advisory with hands-on delivery to achieve secure, resilient, and measurable outcomes for clients.

Core service pillars include ICT labour hire and specialist workforce augmentation, cybersecurity advisory and assurance, ICT project and program delivery, and corporate and ICT training. Master2Manage’s integrated capability spans enterprise and solution architecture, business analysis, ICT governance and risk, privacy and compliance, AI engineering and data analytics, digital procurement, and solution implementation. The organisation is an approved supplier under the BuyICT Digital Marketplace 2.0 and BuyNSW ICT Services Scheme and has supported ICT, cybersecurity, and digital transformation initiatives across Commonwealth and state government, defence, healthcare, critical infrastructure, and commercial sectors.

Role: Principal Enterprise Architect / EA Lead – Australian Government Enterprise Architecture Uplift

Location: Australia / Canberra or remote-hybrid subject to client requirements

Engagement: Contract

Security Clearance: Australian Citizenship mandatory. Current Baseline or higher security clearance highly desirable.

Master2Manage is seeking an experienced Principal Enterprise Architect / Enterprise Architecture Lead for a potential Australian Government enterprise architecture capability uplift engagement.

This is a senior architecture leadership role focused on establishing and maturing an enterprise-wide architecture capability connecting government strategy,



business capabilities, technology, investment and workforce planning.

The successful candidate will provide overall architecture leadership across enterprise architecture operating model design, architecture governance, capability-based planning, current and future-state architecture and technology roadmapping.

Key responsibilities

Lead the overall Enterprise Architecture direction and architecture integrity of the engagement.

Assess and mature existing Enterprise Architecture governance frameworks, processes and artefacts.

Define an implementable unified Enterprise Architecture operating model.

Establish/refine architecture governance forums, decision rights, approval pathways and escalation arrangements.

Define how Enterprise Architecture engages across strategy, investment, discovery, design, delivery and assurance.

Lead capability-based architecture and business capability modelling.

Connect government strategy and business outcomes with applications, platforms, infrastructure and workforce requirements.

Guide current-state and target-state architecture development.

Lead architecture options analysis and executive-level architecture recommendations.

Contribute to technology investment and transition roadmaps.

Facilitate executive and senior stakeholder workshops.

Oversee architecture quality assurance and peer review.

Mentor and work alongside internal architects, supporting progressive knowledge transfer.





Ensure architecture outcomes align with relevant Australian Government and departmental architecture standards.

Essential experience

Candidates should demonstrate substantial experience in:

Enterprise Architecture leadership in complex organisations.

Enterprise Architecture capability uplift and maturity improvement.

Enterprise Architecture operating model design.

Architecture governance and decision-making frameworks.

Capability-based architecture and capability modelling.

Current-state, target-state and transition architecture.

Technology portfolio and strategic roadmapping.

Architecture assurance and governance forums.

Executive stakeholder engagement and facilitation.

Development of decision-ready architecture artefacts.

Recognised Enterprise Architecture frameworks such as TOGAF and/or Zachman.

Architecture modelling/documentation tools such as Sparx Enterprise Architect, Visio or equivalent.

Highly desirable:

Significant experience within Australian Government/Commonwealth agencies.

Practical experience with the Australian Government Architecture (AGA) Domain and Capability Model.

Experience supporting government digital investment planning.

Previous delivery of a comparable Enterprise Architecture capability uplift.

TOGAF certification.

Current Australian Government Baseline, NV1 or higher security clearance.

Very key for this opportunity

Applicants should be able to describe at least one substantial previous engagement involving several of the following:

EA operating model + architecture governance + capability architecture + technology architecture + current/target state + technology roadmap.

Candidates who have personally led comparable Commonwealth Enterprise Architecture uplift programs are particularly encouraged to apply.

📌 Enterprise Architecture Lead (Canberra)
🏢 Master2Manage® Pty Limited, Australia
📍 Canberra