This is a remote position.
Location: Canberra, ACT (Hybrid Working Available)
Security Clearance: Must have Baseline Clearance
We are seeking an experienced Lead Microservices & AI Technical Architect to provide strategic technical leadership within a major business application transformation program. This role will lead the establishment of the department's enterprise microservices and event-driven architecture capabilities while driving the adoption of AI-enabled engineering practices across the software development lifecycle.
You will play a pivotal role in shaping architectural direction, influencing engineering decisions, mentoring technical teams, and ensuring modern, secure, scalable, and resilient technology platforms are delivered in alignment with enterprise objectives.
- Provide architectural leadership for the design, implementation, governance, and evolution of cloud-native, microservices-based, and AI-enabled platforms.
- Ensure solutions align with enterprise architecture standards, cybersecurity requirements, business objectives, and digital transformation strategies.
- Define and govern architectural patterns, standards, reference models, and reusable frameworks.
- Lead the adoption of AI-enabled software engineering practices across the SDLC.
- Drive the implementation of enterprise AI capabilities, including machine learning, semantic search, intelligent automation, and responsible AI practices.
- Establish governance frameworks supporting secure, ethical, and effective AI deployment.
- Lead modernization initiatives focused on cloud-native architectures, microservices, containerisation, and event-driven integration.
- Establish and enhance DevSecOps, CI/CD, automated testing, observability, monitoring, and platform engineering capabilities.
- Promote reusable engineering patterns that improve scalability, maintainability, reliability, and operational resilience.
- Provide strategic technical direction for enterprise transformation initiatives.
- Influence architecture decisions and technology roadmaps across multiple programs and stakeholders.
- Drive improvements in engineering maturity, service reliability, performance, and operational efficiency.
- Build strong relationships with executives, business leaders, delivery teams, and technology partners.
- Lead multidisciplinary technical teams and foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.
- Provide mentoring, coaching, governance, and capability uplift to strengthen organisational technical maturity and knowledge transfer.
