Job Description

XPT Software Australia Pty Ltd | Contract

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Lead Microservices & AI Technical Architect

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Canberra, Australia | Posted on 09/01/2026

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- State/Province Australian Capital Territory
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- Country Australia
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About Us

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AboutXPT

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- XPT SoftwareAustralia PTY Ltd, incorporated in 2016, is a Software Services company
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- XPT works with topclients across Australia in Banking, Insurance, Telecom,Retail, Energy, Mining and Manufacturingdomains.
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- We have 120+technocrats in Australia working at our clientlocations.
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- XPT SoftwareAustralia is part of group companies which has globalpresence across India & Europe.
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- We have served100+ clients globally, fulfilling their onsite-offshoreneeds.
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Job Description

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Position: Lead Microservices & AI Technical Architect

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Security clearance: Must be able to obtain Baseline

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Job details

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The role will provide technical leadership, influence system builds and engineering decisions, guide the adoption of AIacross the service deliver lifecycle and ensure capability transfer occurs throughout delivery.

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Key duties and responsibilities

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The successful candidate will be required to,

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Provide technical leadership and architectural authority for the design, governance and evolution of cloud native,microservices based and AI enabled platforms, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture, security and business transformation objectives.

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Lead the establishment of modern engineering and AI delivery practices, including AI enabled software development lifecycle (SDLC), DevSecOps, CI/CD, observability, automated testing and platform engineering standards that support secure, scalable and reliable service delivery.

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Drive technology modernisation and platform adoption, including microservices enhancement, containerisation, integration of enterprise systems and implementation of reusable patterns that improve scalability, maintain ability and operational resilience.

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Build organisational capability and technical maturity through knowledge transfer, engineering governance and leadership of multidisciplinary teams, fostering engineering excellence and continuous improvement.

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Criteria

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- Extensive experience designing, implementing and governing cloud native, microservices and event driven architectures within complex enterprise environments, delivering scalable, resilient and secure business critical platforms.
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- Demonstrated expertise in AI engineering and AI enabled solution delivery, including the development, deployment and operationalisation of enterprise AI capabilities, semantic search, machine learning solutions and responsible AI practices.
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- Strong software engineering and platform engineering capability, including up-to-date development frameworks, DevSecOps, CI/CD, automated testing, observability, security by design and operational excellence.
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- Proven ability to lead enterprise technology modernisation and transformation initiatives, providing technical direction, influencing architecture decisions and delivering measurable improvements in platform reliability, security, scalability and engineering maturity.
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- Exceptional stakeholder engagement, communication and leadership skills, with demonstrated experience leading multidisciplinary teams, delivery partners and senior executives and translating complex business requirements into practical technology outcomes.
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1.Experience designing, implementing and operating container platforms using technologies such as Kubernetes, OpenShift, AKS, EKS or GKE, including platform automation, governance and workload management.

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2.Experience with cloud platform modernisation, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), platform engineering, observability tooling and enterprise scale automation practices.

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3.Experience leading delivery within Agile environments, including coaching geographically dispersed teams, driving capability uplift and fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation and continuous improvement.

📌 Lead Microservices & AI Technical Architect (Canberra)
🏢 Xpt Software Australia
📍 Canberra