We are seeking a Senior AI Technical Consultant / Technical Architect to join our team to support a significant business application transformation program. This position will require you to drive the establishment of enterprise scale microservices and event driven architecture capabilities while embedding AI-enabled engineering practices across the software delivery lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

- Provide technical leadership for the design and governance of cloud-native, microservices and event-driven architectures.
- Drive the adoption of modern engineering practices, including DevSecOps, CI/CD, automated testing and observability.
- Lead the integration of AI-enabled capabilities across the software development lifecycle.
- Guide engineering teams in implementing scalable, resilient and secure enterprise platforms.
- Influence architecture decisions and technology roadmaps across large transformation programs.
- Establish reusable architecture patterns, standards and engineering governance frameworks.
- Support capability uplift through mentoring, coaching and knowledge transfer.
- Engage with senior stakeholders and executives to translate business objectives into technology solutions.

About You

You are a highly experienced Architect, Principal Engineer or Technical Lead with a proven track record delivering enterprise-scale modernisation initiatives.

Essential Experience

- Cloud-native architecture design and implementation.




- Enterprise microservices and event-driven architecture.
- Large-scale Azure environments and cloud transformation programs.
- AI engineering, machine learning, semantic search or enterprise AI solutions.
- DevSecOps, CI/CD pipelines and platform engineering practices.
- Architecture governance, security-by-design and engineering excellence.
- Leading multidisciplinary teams and influencing senior stakeholders.
- Driving technology modernisation and organisational capability uplift.

Highly Desirable

- Kubernetes and container platforms (AKS, OpenShift, EKS or GKE).
- Platform engineering and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE).
- Observability and enterprise automation practices.
- Experience implementing AI and Generative AI solutions using modern cloud platforms.
- Federal Government or large enterprise experience.
- Agile delivery leadership across distributed teams.

Technology Setting

We are particularly interested in candidates with experience across:

- Azure Cloud
- Microservices Architecture
- Event-Driven Architecture
- Kubernetes / AKS
- API Management
- DevSecOps
- CI/CD Toolchains
- Observability Platforms
- AI / Generative AI
- Semantic Search
- Enterprise Integration Patterns

Security Requirements

- Australian Citizenship is required, with the ability to obtain and maintain a Baseline Security Clearance. Existing clearance holders are strongly encouraged to apply

📌 Senior AI Technical Consultant (Canberra)
🏢 Elysium Digital
📍 Canberra