Senior Solution Architect – Cyber Security / Key & Secrets Management

Canberra, Australia | Posted on 21/10/2026 Work Arrangement:

Onsite, subject to operational requirements

Engagement:

Initial 12 months, with potential extensions

Hours:

Up to 40 hours per week

Security:

Must be able to obtain a

Positive Vetting (PV) security clearance

About the Role Powerdata Group is seeking experienced

Senior Solution Architects

to support a major Australian Government national security environment.

The role will provide strategic architectural leadership for the design, integration and assurance of enterprise security solutions supporting

Enterprise Key Management Systems (EKMS)

and

Secret Management Systems (SMS) .

Operating at

SFIA Level 6 – Initiate and Influence , the Solution Architect will work across security, application, infrastructure, cloud, integration and information architecture domains.

The successful candidate will play a key role in ensuring solutions are secure, scalable, resilient and aligned with enterprise architecture principles, Australian Government security requirements and operational objectives.

Key Responsibilities Lead end-to-end solution architecture for enterprise key management and secrets management capabilities.

cryptographic key lifecycle management

secrets storage and management

certificate management and PKI

privileged-access integration

automated key and secret rotation.

Develop and maintain architecture artefacts, including:

solution designs

security models

integration patterns

infrastructure designs

data flows

technical roadmaps.





Conduct architectural assessments, options analysis and technology evaluations.

Balance security, scalability, performance, resilience, risk and operational supportability in solution designs.

Provide architectural governance through design reviews, technical review boards, security assessments and project governance forums.

Work closely with security architects, engineers, project managers, business stakeholders, vendors and operational teams.

Design integration patterns enabling applications,

CI/CD pipelines, container platforms and cloud services

to securely consume secrets.

Lead proof-of-concept activities and pilot implementations.

Develop migration strategies from legacy credential and key-management solutions to modern centralised platforms.

Apply

Zero Trust

and defence-in-depth principles to the protection of cryptographic material.

Design appropriate audit, logging and monitoring capabilities for key access, usage and lifecycle events.

Support security accreditation and certification activities and associated documentation.

Contribute to key-management policies, operational procedures and playbooks.

Identify architectural risks, dependencies and technical debt.

Mentor engineers,



implementation teams and junior technical personnel.

Conduct architecture reviews and security risk assessments.

Requirements

10+ years' experience

leading solution architecture activities across complex enterprise security, infrastructure, cloud and/or cyber-security programs and projects.

Proven experience designing and integrating one or more of:

Secrets Management solutions

Identity and Access Management (IAM)

PKI and certificate management

Cryptographic security solutions.

Strong knowledge of enterprise architecture methodologies, security architecture frameworks and system integration within large-scale ICT environments.

highly available and resilient architectures

disaster recovery environments.

Strong stakeholder engagement and communication capability, including demonstrated ability to influence:

senior executives

governance boards

security stakeholders

architects and engineering teams

A tertiary qualification in

Information Technology, Cyber Security, Computer Science, Engineering or a related discipline , or equivalent demonstrated skilled experience.

Highly Desirable Experience Strong candidates will ideally have experience with:

Hardware Security Modules (HSMs)

PKI and certificate-management platforms

HashiCorp Vault

CyberArk

AWS

Cryptographic standards and key-management frameworks

ASD Information Security Manual (ISM)

Protective Security Policy Framework (PSPF)

Security accreditation

Zero Trust architecture

CI/CD security and DevSecOps integration.

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