Job Title - Principal Enterprise Architect Job Id ******* Security Clearance: NV1 Clearance Length of Contract: 12 with 2 X12 months extension The role closes on 06/09/2026 Location: ACT Skills, qualifications and experience required The role will work across business, architecture, engineering and operational teams to assess current capabilities, identify improvement opportunities, develop future-state architectures, establish governance frameworks and support delivery outcomes.
The successful candidate will provide technical leadership across multiple initiatives, balancing strategic planning, security risk management, policy development with practical implementation activities within a complex and highly regulated workplace.
In addition to technical architecture responsibilities, the role will support the development and maintenance of governance artefacts including standards, policies, procedures, operating models and assurance processes required for the effective management of cryptographic services.
This includes working collaboratively with business analysts, project resources and operational teams to define sustainable processes, controls and service management practices that underpin the secure operation of PKI and related trust services.
DFAT recognises that deep PKI expertise is a specialised capability.
As such, applications are encouraged from candidates with strong experience in cryptographic services, PKI governance, security architecture, infrastructure architecture, cryptography or related technical leadership disciplines.
Candidates should be able to demonstrate experience balancing technical solution design with governance, policy and procedural requirements in security-sensitive or regulated environments.
Provide technical leadership for the design, delivery and ongoing operation of enterprise PKI, HSM and cryptographic services.
Lead the development and maintenance of cryptographic governance artefacts, including policies, standards, procedures, operating models and security risk management processes to support the secure operation of PKI and related trust services.




Assess current capabilities and conduct gap analysis activities to support roadmap development, business cases and future-state planning.
Act as a senior technical authority for cryptographic and security architecture decisions, engaging with stakeholders across business, project and operational teams.
Lead solution architecture and detailed technical design activities, ensuring secure implementation, deployment and operational practices.
Identify and manage cryptographic risks, platform dependencies and operational resilience requirements.
Support engineering teams through design, build, testing, release and transition-to-operations activities.
Produce and maintain architectural artefacts, technical designs, operational documentation and implementation guidance.
Support the ongoing operation and improvement of cryptographic services, including upgrades, maintenance, testing and issue resolution.
Ensure services align with organisational security policies, government standards and industry best practice.
Provide technical mentoring, knowledge transfer and capability uplift across engineering and operational teams.
SFIA Skills Sought: The design and communication of high-level structures to enable and guide the design and development of integrated solutions that meet current and future business needs.
In addition to technology components, solution architecture encompasses changes to service, process, organisation, and operating models.
The provision of comprehensive guidance on the development of, and modifications to, solution components to ensure that they take account of relevant architectures, strategies, policies, standards and practices (including security) and that existing and planned solution components remain compatible.
The selection, design, justification,



implementation and operation of controls and management strategies to maintain the security, confidentiality, integrity, availability, accountability and relevant compliance of information systems with legislation, regulation and relevant standards.
ARCH Level 6: Leads the development of architectures for complex solutions, ensuring consistency with specified requirements agreed with both external, and internal customers.
Takes full responsibility for the balance between functional, service quality and systems management requirements within a significant area of the organisation.
Establishes policy and strategy for the selection of solution architecture components, and co-ordinates design activities, promoting the discipline to ensure consistency.
Ensures that appropriate standards (corporate, industry, national and international) are adhered to.
Within a business change programme, manages the target design, policies and standards, working proactively to maintain a stable, viable architecture and ensure consistency of design across projects within the programme.
SCTY Level 6: Develops and communicates corporate information security policy, standards and guidelines.
Contributes to the development of organisational strategies that address information control requirements.
Identifies and monitors environmental and market trends and pro-actively assesses impact on business strategies, benefits and risks.
Leads the provision of authoritative advice and guidance on the requirements for security controls in collaboration with experts in other functions such as legal, technical support.
Ensures architectural principles are applied during design to reduce risk and drives adoption and adherence to policy, standards and guidelines.
Please contact ****** or simply click apply to submit your application "We warmly welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, including First Nations Australians, Australian Defence Force and First Responder veterans, women in STEM, and people of all abilities, including those registered with the NDIS."

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