Role Description
Role Description The Workplace Software Architect (Records Management) is responsible for the design and implementation oversight of the Information Asset Management solution, ensuring records management, information governance, retention, disposal, and compliance requirements are effectively delivered across the client workplace.
The role provides architectural leadership for Microsoft Purview Records Management, AvePoint Opus, and associated information governance technologies, ensuring alignment with the client recordkeeping, compliance, security, and operational requirements.
Working closely with business stakeholders, information management teams, compliance specialists, and technical delivery teams, the Workplace Software Architect defines the target-state information governance architecture, metadata model, retention framework, governance controls, records management processes, and information lifecycle management capabilities.You must be an Australian citizen to apply; security clearance is highly regarded.
Key Responsibilities
Lead the architecture and design of the Information Asset Management solution.
Define records management, retention, disposal, and information lifecycle management capabilities.
Design and govern Microsoft Purview and AvePoint Opus solutions.
Define metadata, taxonomy, classification, and information architecture requirements.
Support implementation of information governance, compliance, and records management controls.
Ensure alignment with client information management, security, and compliance requirements.
Lead stakeholder workshops, architecture reviews, and design governance activities.
Develop solution architecture, design documentation, governance artefacts, and implementation guidance.
Provide technical leadership across records management, information governance, and compliance workstreams.




Support transition to operations and operational readiness activities.
Key Skills
Microsoft Purview Records Management
Microsoft Purview Data Lifecycle Management
AvePoint Opus
Information Asset Management
Information Governance
Records Management and Retention
Metadata and Taxonomy Design
Information Architecture
Business Classification Schemes (BCS)
Records Disposal and Retention Policies
Compliance and Audit Controls
SharePoint Online
Information Management
Data Classification and Sensitivity Labelling
Microsoft 365 Governance
ISO ***** and ISO *****
AGRkMS
Solution Architecture and Design Governance
Stakeholder Engagement and Workshop Facilitation
Preferred Experience
Microsoft Purview and AvePoint Opus solution design and implementation.
Enterprise records management and information governance programs.
Australian Government information management and recordkeeping environments.
ISO *****, ISO *****, AGRkMS, and related records management frameworks.
Business Classification Scheme (BCS) and disposal authority implementation.
Information governance, compliance, and records lifecycle management transformations.
Architecture leadership for Microsoft 365 and Information Asset Management solutions.
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📌 Workplace Software Architect (Records Management) (Melbourne)
🏢 Accenture
📍 Melbourne