Location: Darwin, NT (Onsite, with limited flexibility subject to approval)

Security Requirement: AUSCheck or AGSVA NV1 Clearance (or ability to obtain)

About the Role

we are seeking an experienced Senior Solution Architect to join its Strategy and Architecture team within the Technology & Systems division. This role will lead the development, governance and implementation of enterprise-wide technology and security architecture solutions that support strategic business objectives, operational resilience and long-term sustainability.

You will play a key role in shaping technology strategy, architecture standards, governance frameworks and solution roadmaps across a complex utility workplace.

Key Responsibilities

Architecture Strategy & Technology Leadership

- Lead the development of enterprise solution architecture strategies aligned to business objectives.

- Define future-state architecture roadmaps, standards, principles and reference architectures.

- Identify emerging technologies and market trends relevant to utility operations.

- Contribute to the organisation's technology vision and transformation initiatives.

Solution Design & Governance

- Translate business requirements into secure, scalable and supportable technology solutions.

- Develop solution, application, technology and infrastructure architectures.

- Conduct architecture reviews and governance activities.

- Ensure compliance with enterprise architecture standards and cybersecurity requirements.

- Evaluate architectural options and provide recommendations to senior stakeholders.

Enterprise Architecture & Portfolio Management





- Maintain architecture artefacts, technology capability maps and dependency models.

- Assess lifecycle risks, technical debt and technology investment opportunities.

- Drive platform rationalisation and simplification initiatives.

- Support ICT investment planning and technology governance processes.

Stakeholder Engagement

- Engage with executives, business leaders and technical teams.

- Prepare architecture documents, options papers, strategy papers and business cases.

- Facilitate workshops and architecture review forums.

- Build consensus and influence strategic technology decisions.

Security & Risk Management

- Ensure architecture decisions align with cybersecurity requirements.

- Collaborate with security teams to identify and mitigate technology risks.

- Support compliance with governance, risk and regulatory obligations.

- Promote secure-by-design principles across technology initiatives.

Requirements

Essential Experience

Qualification

- 3 or 4 year science or engineering degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or a related field

- Broad architectural skillset covering business, application, information, technology, security and governance domains,



with deep technical skills in solution architecture development

- Deep skills in facilitating fact-based decision-making, including building information and viewpoints to articulate challenges, options and solutions

- Exceptional written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills

- Excellent strategy, technical, analytical and project management skills

- Relevant and industry-recognised architectural certifications

- Excellent leadership, influencing, collaboration, stakeholder engagement, facilitation capabilities
- A genuine ‘people first’ approach to business

Experience

- Demonstrated experience leading and delivering Solution and Technology Architecture development, design, governance, strategy and implementation in a relevant industry

- Demonstrated application of solution architecture best practice

- Previous experience in defining and implementing ICT strategies, plans, frameworks and standards

- Experience analysing capital, operational, total cost of ownership and financial benefits of technology solutions

- Strong history of successfully building, facilitating and communicating strategies and architectures using appropriate and effective analytical and visual techniques

- Ten years relevant technical experience

Desirable

- A commitment to ongoing learning

- Industry recognised cyber security certification such as CISSP

- IT Service Management qualifications such as ITIL

- Experience working as an ICT Architect in the Utilities or similar industry

- Experience working with Operational Technology

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