12 Month contract opportunity
At Flight Centre Travel Group (FCTG) our purpose is to 'open up the world for those who want to see'. Every day, we give people all around the world the opportunity to experience something really amazing – travel!
As a Cloud Infrastructure Solution Architect, you will be a dedicated specialist within our Enterprise Technology Services (ETS) team. Your mission is to bridge the gap between high-level domain architecture and technical engineering, ensuring our cloud foundations are secure, scalable, and interconnected.
You will operate across two critical dimensions: externally, designing the complex "wiring" between global tenants, systems, and cloud services; and internally, collaborating with Domain Solution Architects to own and refine the infrastructure components of every solution design. You will act as the primary conduit between the architecture practice and our engineering delivery teams, translating logical designs into robust, deployable technical specifications.
If you are a deep Azure specialist who enjoys the challenge of cross-tenant networking, identity governance, and security-by-design, we encourage you to apply.
Design Cross-Tenant Connectivity: Lead the architectural design for networking between global tenants (including UK, EU, and partner networks), managing hub-spoke topologies, VNet peering, and private endpoints
Translate Architecture to Engineering: Work alongside Domain SAs to own the infrastructure layer of solution designs. You will translate logical architectures into engineer-ready specs, including topology diagrams, deployment architectures, and NFRs
Architect Identity & Access: Design "identity-in-from-the-start" solutions using Entra ID (formerly Azure AD), managed identities, RBAC, and conditional access policies
Security-by-Design: Apply Zero Trust principles and threat modelling at the infrastructure layer, ensuring all designs align with security policies while enabling rapid delivery
Govern Environment Patterns: Define and maintain standard Azure environment patterns, landing zone templates, and resource tagging conventions to ensure engineering consistency
Legacy Infrastructure Assessment: Evaluate the infrastructure dependencies of critical legacy systems, identifying risks and defining technical requirements for modernisation or migration
Delivery Shepherding & Scoping: Act as a technical conduit for delivery partners, pre-consulting on infrastructure tickets to ensure they are correctly scoped and reducing rework
Practice Integration: Participate in Design Authority and review gates, ensuring infrastructure design input is captured before build commences
Cost & Operational Optimisation: Design for supportability and efficiency, assessing the run-cost implications of Azure service choices (e.g., Service Bus vs Event Grid) and infrastructure sizing
7-10 years in IT architecture, with a heavy focus on cloud infrastructure, networking, and security implementation
Deep Azure Expertise: Expert-level knowledge of Azure network design (hub-spoke, DNS resolution, ingress/egress patterns) and platform services (Functions, Container Apps, Cosmos DB)
Identity Mastery: Proven experience with Entra ID, service principal governance, and Key Vault patterns in a complex enterprise environment
Technical Translation Skills: The ability to take a high-level business solution and produce detailed infrastructure diagrams and specifications that engineers can act on without ambiguity
Security Mindset: Practical experience with Tenable or similar vulnerability management tools, and a strong understanding of encryption and infrastructure-level security controls
Hybrid & Cross-Tenant Experience: Specific experience managing connectivity and identity across multiple distinct cloud tenants and legacy on-premise environments
Collaborative Influence: Experience working within an embedded architecture practice, influencing both application architects and engineering leads
Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Familiarity with Terraform, Bicep, or ARM templates to support automated, repeatable patterns
Education & Certification: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or IT. Relevant certifications (e.g., Azure Solutions Architect Expert, AZ-700 Network Engineer, or TOGAF) are highly regarded
Azure Network Design & Hybrid Connectivity
Identity & Access Management (IDAM) Architecture
Security-by-Design & Threat Modelling
Infrastructure Specification & Diagramming
Cloud Cost Management & Supportability Design
What you'll Enjoy:
️Culture: you will be employed by an inclusive company that offers a team culture like no other in the industry - Flight Centre Travel Group Australia is proud to be a certified Great Place To Work® Australia New Zealand Pty Ltd
Our People: FCTG is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourage all suitably qualified applicants to apply, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People and people from racial, ethnic, or ethno-religious minority groups and people with disability
Development: Individualised Learning & Development pathway options
Access to ' Learning' for ongoing skills development: over 24,500 courses in over 20 languages
Exclusive Staff Discounts: Accessible via our employee-only portal with 350+ of Australia’s leading retailers, health and wellness discounts, financial planning advice, employee share plan and more
Travel Discounts: Including family and friends - flights, hotels, tours, cruises, travel insurance and more
Brightness of Future: Career opportunities in a network of brands and businesses across the globe - we promote from within
Corporate Health Discounts: Access exclusive discounts on health insurance plans for you and your family with our partner, BUPA, access to internal gym
Mental Health: Support and Employee Assistance Program for staff and family
Social: Regular awards nights, social team-building and industry events, with the opportunity to attend global conferences (Bangkok in 2026)
Giving Back: Corporate Social Responsibility program supporting nominated charities through Workplace Giving, volunteering and fundraising; paid parental and volunteer leave
Sustainability: The protection of our environment is essential to the future of tourism, as a leading travel group, we have made efforts to affect positive change to the environment
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