* Design and architect end‑to‑end AI solutions aligned to business objectives, translating complex requirements into scalable, secure, and high‑performing architectures.
* Collaborate with business stakeholders, product owners, and engineering teams to identify AI use cases and define solution roadmaps and reference architectures.
* Lead the selection, integration, and optimization of AI/ML platforms, data platforms, cloud services, and tooling across the solution stack.
* Define data, model, and integration architectures, ensuring robustness across data ingestion, model development, deployment, monitoring, and lifecycle management.
* Provide architectural governance and technical leadership, ensuring solutions adhere to enterprise standards, security, privacy, and responsible AI principles.
* Guide development teams on best practices for AI/ML engineering, MLOps, and scalable deployment patterns in cloud and hybrid environments.
* Conduct solution reviews, proofs of concept, and technical assessments to validate feasibility, performance, and cost‑effectiveness of AI solutions.
* Act as a trusted technical advisor to clients and internal teams, supporting pre‑sales activities, solution proposals, and executive‑level technical discussions.
* Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, or a related discipline; a Master’s degree or relevant AI/Cloud certifications is preferred.
* 8+ years of overall IT experience, with at least 4–5 years in solution architecture, AI/ML, data platforms, or advanced analytics roles.
* Strong hands‑on knowledge of AI/ML concepts, including machine learning, deep learning, generative AI, NLP, and model lifecycle management.
* Proven experience architecting solutions on cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, or GCP), including AI services, data storage, compute, and integration patterns.
* Solid understanding of data architectures, including data lakes, data warehouses, streaming, and ETL/ELT pipelines.
* Experience with MLOps practices, model deployment, monitoring, CI/CD, and scalable production environments.
* Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to explain complex AI solutions to technical and non‑technical audiences.
* Experience in defining enterprise‑grade architectures with a focus on security, privacy, compliance, and responsible/ethical AI practices.
Job Type: Full-time
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Sydney NSW 2000
