Geoscience Australia values the lands, water and sky as we work to deepen a shared understanding of Country and Earth. We respect First Nations peoples and their enduring connection, contribution and obligations to Country. Reflecting on our shared history, we are committed to listen and learn.

About us

Geoscience Australia brings together science, data and technology to provide geoscience insights that inform decision‑making by government and industry, support innovation, and contribute to Australia's safety, resilience and prosperity.

Our work spans the Australian continent, marine jurisdiction and Antarctic territory, from space to the Earth's core. We deliver national‑scale data, services and infrastructure and work with partners to deepen understanding of Australia and respond to the opportunities and challenges facing our nation.

Our culture

Our strength lies in our people, including our diversity in backgrounds, skills and experiences, and the way we work together to respond to the emerging needs of our work. We value diversity in gender, backgrounds, culture, and experiences of our employees and are committed to providing an inclusive workplace culture that ensures everyone has equal chance to contribute, participate and progress. Applications from people who reflect this diversity are encouraged.

Our workplace is committed to the health, safety and wellbeing of our employees and offers a variety of versatile working arrangements to enhance flexibility, including remote working arrangements.

What we can offer you

At Geoscience Australia, you'll have the opportunity to contribute to nationally significant science, data and technology that makes a difference to Australia.



You'll work alongside people with diverse expertise and experience, with opportunities to learn, develop and contribute to work with real‑world impact.

We offer competitive employment conditions, flexible working arrangements and a range of benefits that support the wellbeing and development of our people.

Our team

The Chief Information and Transformation Officer (CITO) Branch leads Geoscience Australia’s digital, data, technology, security and transformation agenda. It works across the organisation to deliver secure, reliable and user‑centred services, improve organisational capability and enable sustainable change.

The role

The Enterprise Architect leads Geoscience Australia’s enterprise architecture, ensuring that business strategy, organisational capabilities, information, applications and technology evolve coherently. The role provides authoritative advice and assurance, develops target‑state architectures and transition roadmaps, and identifies opportunities to simplify the technology estate, reduce risk and improve organisational capability.

The key duties of the position include:

What you’ll do

You will provide enterprise‑wide leadership for architecture; connecting organisational strategy, business transformation and technology investment.

Lead enterprise architecture

- Establish and maintain business, information,



application and technology architectures.
- Translate organisational strategy into principles, target states, capability models and transition roadmaps.
- Identify capability gaps, duplication, dependencies and improvement opportunities.

Provide architecture governance and assurance

- Maintain architecture governance, standards and assurance practices with the Director of Technology.
- Assess significant initiatives and designs for alignment with strategy, government policy, security requirements and technology direction.
- Manage architectural risks, exceptions and remediation.

Optimise the technology portfolio

- Maintain visibility of application and technology costs, risks and lifecycle status with the Director of ICT Service Management.
- Identify opportunities to modernise, consolidate or retire technology assets.
- Use evidence to inform investment and prioritisation decisions.

Enable transformation and build capability

- Work across business and delivery teams to develop implementable future‑state architectures and roadmaps.
- Build trusted relationships and facilitate decisions on priorities, risks and trade‑offs.
- Strengthen architecture capability through coaching, collaboration and shared practice.

Required skills, knowledge, experience and/or qualifications

- Strategic, pragmatic and collaborative leadership, with the ability to navigate complexity, influence senior stakeholders and translate long‑term direction into practical decisions.
- Demonstrated experience leading enterprise architecture in a large, complex organisation.
- Strong knowledge of business, information, appl

📌 Enterprise Architect (Canberra)
🏢 Geoscience Australia
📍 Canberra