ScrumCraft is seeking a Lead Microservices and AI Technical Architect to support the Department of Industry, Science and Resources (DISR).

Location: Canberra, ACT (Hybrid with flexible/remote options)

Contract: 12 months + 12-month extension (2 x extensions)

Hours: Up to 40 hours/week

Clearance: Must be able to obtain Baseline

Key Responsibilities

- Provide technical leadership and architectural authority for cloud-native, microservices and AI-enabled platforms
- Guide adoption of AI across the software delivery lifecycle, including AI-enabled SDLC, DevSecOps, CI/CD, observability and automated testing
- Drive technology modernisation, microservices uplift, containerisation and enterprise system integration
- Lead engineering governance, capability uplift and knowledge transfer across multidisciplinary teams
- Influence system builds, engineering decisions and platform evolution aligned with enterprise architecture and security objectives
- Extensive experience designing and governing cloud-native, microservices and event-driven architectures in complex enterprise environments
- Demonstrated expertise in AI engineering, semantic search,



ML solutions and responsible AI practices
- Strong software and platform engineering capability (DevSecOps, CI/CD, automated testing, observability, security-by-design)
- Proven leadership in enterprise technology modernisation, platform reliability, scalability and engineering maturity uplift
- Exceptional stakeholder engagement and communication skills, with experience leading multidisciplinary teams and senior executives
- Experience with Kubernetes, OpenShift, AKS, EKS or GKE
- Experience in cloud platform modernisation, SRE, observability tooling and automation
- Experience leading delivery in Agile environments and uplifting geographically dispersed teams

About the Program

DISR is establishing its first enterprise Microservices and Event-Driven Architecture foundations and embedding AI-enabled engineering practices across the delivery lifecycle. This role is central to shaping contemporary engineering standards, platform evolution and organisational capability uplift.

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📌 Lead Microservices & AI Technical Architect –Equivalent (Canberra)
🏢 ScrumCraft
📍 Canberra