We're seeking an experienced Lead Principal Engineer to provide technical leadership on a major Federal Government technology transformation program. This is an exciting opportunity to shape enterprise architecture, influence engineering decisions, and drive the adoption of modern cloud and AI capabilities across large-scale platforms.
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Key Responsibilities
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- Provide technical leadership and architectural direction for cloud-native, microservices-based and AI-enabled platforms
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- Lead the adoption of AI-enabled Software Development Lifecycle (AI SDLC) practices
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- Drive modern engineering practices including DevSecOps, CI/CD, automated testing, observability and platform engineering
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- Lead enterprise technology modernisation, including containerisation, reusable architecture patterns and enterprise integration
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- Establish engineering governance, standards and capability uplift across multidisciplinary teams
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- Mentor engineers and ensure knowledge transfer to support long-term organisational capability
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- Extensive experience designing and delivering cloud-native, microservices and event-driven architectures within complex enterprise environments
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- Strong experience in AI engineering, including enterprise AI solutions, semantic search,
machine learning and responsible AI practices
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- Deep expertise across up-to-date software engineering including:n n
- DevSecOps
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- CI/CD
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- Security by Design
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- Automated Testing
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- Observability
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- Proven success leading large-scale technology transformation initiatives and influencing enterprise architecture decisions
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- Outstanding stakeholder engagement and leadership skills, with experience working alongside senior executives, delivery partners and multidisciplinary teams
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Highly Desirable
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- Kubernetes, OpenShift, AKS, EKS or GKE
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- Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)
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- Observability tooling
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- Agile leadership and coaching geographically dispersed teams
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Location: Canberra (Hybrid with flexible working arrangements)
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Occasional interstate travel may be required
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Start: October 2026
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Contract: 12 months + 2 x 12-month extension options
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Security Clearance: Baseline
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This is an outstanding opportunity for a senior technology leader passionate about AI, cloud engineering, enterprise architecture and modern software delivery to make a significant impact within a large-scale Federal Government transformation program.
📌 Lead Principal Architect - Cloud, AI & Platform Engineering (Canberra)
🏢 Saltus Group
📍 Canberra
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