Job Description

Security Clearance: NV1

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Employment Type: Permanent or Contract

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Salary: $220,000 - $280,000 + Super (or equivalent daily rate)

Role Overviewn

We are seeking a highly experienced Principal Cloud & Enterprise Architecture Lead to drive the design and implementation of secure, scalable, cloud-first technology solutions across a complex enterprise environment. The successful candidate will provide technical leadership across cloud platforms, enterprise integration, identity and access management, security architecture, DevSecOps, data services, and architecture governance.

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This role will act as a trusted adviser to executives, delivery teams, and security stakeholders, ensuring technology investments align with strategic objectives while meeting operational, security, and compliance requirements.

Key Responsibilitiesn

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- Lead the development of enterprise, solution, and cloud architectures.
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- Produce and govern High-Level Designs (HLDs), Detailed Designs (DLDs), reference architectures, and reusable design patterns.
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- Define future-state architectures and technology roadmaps.
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- Establish architecture standards and governance frameworks.
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Cloud & Platform Strategynn
- Design secure and resilient Azure and AWS cloud solutions.
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- Lead cloud migration, modernization, and hybrid cloud initiatives.
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- Define architecture patterns for enterprise platforms, digital services, and data ecosystems.
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- Drive adoption of Infrastructure as Code and cloud automation.
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Security & Compliancenn
- Embed Secure-by-Design and Zero Trust principles across solutions.
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- Ensure alignment with Essential Eight, ISM, PSPF, NIST, and industry best practices.
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- Provide technical leadership across IAM, SSO, MFA, OAuth, PKI, API security, and cloud security controls.
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- Collaborate closely with cyber security and risk teams.
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- Define API-first and event-driven integration architectures.
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- Lead integration strategy across enterprise applications, cloud platforms, and external partners.
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- Establish standards for API management, messaging, microservices, and streaming platforms.
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- Champion CI/CD, DevSecOps, and automated governance practices.
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- Support engineering teams with architecture guidance and quality assurance.
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- Promote observability, monitoring, resilience, and operational readiness.
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Stakeholder Engagementnn
- Engage with executives, business leaders, architects, vendors, and delivery teams.
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- Facilitate architecture reviews, workshops, and design decisions.
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- Provide mentoring and technical leadership across multidisciplinary teams.
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Requirementsnn
- 15+ years of ICT experience with at least 8 years in architecture leadership roles.
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- Demonstrated experience delivering enterprise and cloud architectures in large regulated environments.
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- Strong experience producing architecture artefacts and governance documentation.
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Cloudnn
- Solid experience with AWS architecture and services.
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- Experience with cloud migration and hybrid-cloud environments.
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Integrationnn
- Enterprise integration and middleware platforms.
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- Event-driven architectures using Kafka or equivalent technologies.
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- REST, SOAP, and microservices design.
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Securitynn
- Identity and access management solutions.
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- Zero Trust architecture.
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- Enterprise security frameworks and government security controls.
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- Application, network, and cloud security architecture.
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DevOpsnn
- Azure DevOps, GitHub, Jenkins, or equivalent tooling.
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- Infrastructure as Code.
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- CI/CD and automated deployment pipelines.
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Desirable Qualificationsnn
- Azure Solutions Architect Expert certification.
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- TOGAF, SABSA, or equivalent architecture certification.
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- Experience within Australian Government, Defence, Financial Services, or critical infrastructure sectors.
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- Experience delivering AI, analytics, or enterprise data platform solutions.
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📌 Principal Cloud & Enterprise Architecture Lead (Sydney)
🏢 Powerdata Group Consulting
📍 Sydney