Our government client is seeking a Solution Architect to undertake the following:

Key duties and responsibilities

Solution Architects will be responsible for, but not limited to:

- actively contribute to the review, development and/or sustainment of the agency’s application governance artefacts, including application strategies, architecture, technology roadmaps, policies, and practices.
- undertake targeted review of existing application deployments both on premise and in-cloud, including assessment of documentation, sustainability, and alignment with agency application governance.
- based on review findings, document identified issues, risks, and opportunities, together with associated actionable recommendations.
- working directly with IT, business areas, application development teams, provide insight and assistance with the scoping, costing, planning and delivery of new application services.
- Ensuring relevant technical strategies, policies, standards, and practices (including security) are applied correctly and consistently.
- Evaluating requests for changes and deviations from specifications and recommending actions to delegates and governance bodies for endorsement/decision or other appropriate action.
- Working as part of an Agile project/program team or business as usual area as directed.

Performing other duties as directed from time-to-time by Directors/Team Leaders or a delegate.

It is desirable Solution Architects have experience in:

- Enterprise Resource Planning
- ServiceNow
- Government ICT Transformations.

Essential criteria

- Demonstrated experience (5+ years)



working as a Solution (Application) Architect
- Proven experience designing applications and solutions for cloud environments.
- Proven experience designing and documenting applications that meet business requirements and align with the AEC’s strategic vision and operational constraints.
- Well-developed communication skills, including the ability to distil technical information in Plain English to communicate with influence.
- Demonstrated ability to build and maintain effective working relationships, including the ability to translate clearly between technical teams and business areas.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to effectively manage risk and deliver fit-for-purpose applications and solutions.
- Must have an active AGSVA Baseline Security clearance and the ability to obtain a Negative Vetting 1 Security Clearance.

Desirable criteria

- Tertiary qualifications or industry recognised certification in Information Management, Computer Science, or a relevant discipline.
- Demonstrated experience delivering large-scale ICT transformation projects/programs, preferably in a Commonwealth Government setting.
- Demonstrated knowledge of Commonwealth Government frameworks, including the ICT frameworks.
- Demonstrated understanding of Agile ways of work (e.g. SCRUM, Kanban, Scaled Agile Framework [Secure] or similar).
- Demonstrated experience in delivering solution architecture outcomes across Enterprise Resource Planning solutions.
- Demonstrated experience in delivering solution architecture outcomes across ServiceNow.

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