Your new company

Join a consultancy supporting a major Federal Government department at the forefront of digital transformation and innovation. You'll play a pivotal role in establishing enterprise-scale microservices and AI-enabled engineering capabilities that will shape how digital services are delivered across the organisation.

Your new role

As the Lead Microservices & AI Technical Architect, you will provide strategic technical leadership and architectural governance across a significant business transformation program. Working closely with senior stakeholders, engineering teams and delivery partners, you will drive the adoption of cloud-native architectures, modern engineering practices and AI-enabled delivery capabilities.

Key responsibilities include
Leading architecture design and governance for cloud-native and microservices platforms
Driving adoption of AI-enabled engineering practices and enterprise AI capabilities
Establishing DevSecOps, CI/CD, observability and platform engineering standards
Influencing enterprise technology decisions and transformation initiatives
Leading multidisciplinary engineering teams and providing technical mentorship
Supporting platform modernisation, integration and containerisation programs




Building organisational capability through knowledge transfer and engineering governance

What you'll need to succeed
Extensive experience designing and governing enterprise-scale microservices and event-driven architectures
Solid cloud architecture experience, ideally within Azure settings
Deep expertise across AI engineering, machine learning, semantic search or enterprise AI solutions
Proven leadership experience delivering large-scale transformation programs
Strong background across DevSecOps, CI/CD, platform engineering and software delivery practices
Experience with container platforms such as Kubernetes, OpenShift, AKS, EKS or GKE
Excellent stakeholder engagement and executive communication skills
Baseline clearance preferable but open to Australian Citizens able to obtain and hold security clearance

What you'll get in return
Long-term Federal Government contract
Initial 12-month engagement with 2 x 12-month extension options
Adaptable hybrid working arrangements
High-profile architecture leadership position
Opportunity to shape enterprise AI and microservices strategy within a major government department

📌 Technical Architect Canberra
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📍 Canberra