KJR is seeking two experienced Lead Solution Architects (SFIA Level 6) to support a significant cloud transformation and migration initiative within a complex, security-focused environment.

The project involves designing and establishing a new AWS cloud landing zone and migrating an existing Ubuntu/container-based application environment to AWS, while ensuring alignment with the organisation's longer-term technology architecture.

The successful candidates will provide technical architecture leadership across solution design, cloud engineering, migration planning, security, integration and operational readiness.

Location: Canberra, ACT

Positions Available: 2

Security Clearance: NV1 required

Engagement: Contract

About the Opportunity

KJR is seeking two experienced Lead Solution Architects (SFIA Level 6) to support a significant cloud transformation and migration initiative within a complex, security-focused environment.

The project involves designing and establishing a new AWS cloud landing zone and migrating an existing Ubuntu/container-based application environment to AWS, while ensuring alignment with the organisation's longer-term technology architecture.

The successful candidates will provide technical architecture leadership across solution design, cloud engineering, migration planning, security, integration and operational readiness.

Key Responsibilities

- Lead the end-to-end solution architecture for AWS cloud landing zone establishment and workload migration.
- Develop detailed cloud platform and workload architecture designs aligned with business, technical and security requirements.
- Design and oversee Kubernetes/Amazon EKS architecture, including containerised workload migration.
- Define networking, connectivity, identity and access management architecture.
- Design database, storage and persistence solutions involving PostgreSQL and MongoDB.
- Incorporate security controls, monitoring, logging, backup and disaster recovery requirements into solution designs.




- Provide architectural guidance throughout cloud engineering, integration, testing and production deployment.
- Support security accreditation, architecture reviews and technical governance activities.
- Ensure solutions meet operational support, resilience, scalability and maintainability requirements.
- Collaborate with cloud engineers, security specialists, delivery teams and stakeholders to support successful implementation and operational handover.

Essential Skills & Experience

- Extensive experience as a Lead Solution Architect or Senior Cloud Solution Architect delivering complex enterprise solutions.
- Strong hands-on architectural knowledge of AWS cloud platforms, including landing zone design and implementation.
- Demonstrated experience designing cloud migration solutions involving containerised applications.
- Strong knowledge of Kubernetes and Amazon EKS.
- Experience designing cloud networking, connectivity, identity and access management solutions.
- Understanding of PostgreSQL, MongoDB, cloud storage and data persistence architecture.
- Experience incorporating cloud security, monitoring, logging, backup and recovery capabilities into architecture designs.
- Ability to produce detailed architecture documentation and communicate technical solutions to stakeholders.
- Proven ability to lead technical design decisions and provide architecture governance across complex delivery environments.

Highly Desirable

- Experience migrating Ubuntu/Linux-based applications into AWS.
- Experience supporting security accreditation and production-readiness processes.
- Knowledge of AWS cloud infrastructure automation and Infrastructure as Code.
- Experience delivering cloud solutions in Australian Government or other security-sensitive environments.
- Familiarity with SFIA Level 6 responsibilities, including technical leadership, architecture governance and stakeholder engagement.

Why Join KJR?

At KJR, you'll have the chance to contribute to a technically challenging cloud transformation program, working alongside experienced engineering, architecture

📌 Lead Solution Architect – AWS Cloud Migration (Canberra)
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