Reference: 1627185
About the Role:
We're on the lookout for an exceptional
Solution Architect to drive innovation, streamline operations, and shape our technological landscape. Are you passionate about technology, innovation, and driving change? Join us as we celebrate the successful completion of our digital transformation!
As a Solution Architect, you will spearhead the design and development roadmap for cutting-edge products that drive our digital experiences. Your pivotal role ensures that architectural frameworks are scalable, adaptable and maintain the highest standards of quality and security. Your efforts will be closely aligned with our overarching technology strategy, propelling us towards innovation and excellence.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Collaborate with our digital partners and other stakeholders to design technology solutions that meet the needs of the University and align with the strategic direction.
- Evaluate and assess new products and patterns and contribute to the overall technology strategy.
- Design scalable, secure and resilient modern application architectures while ensuring data models align with business and intelligence and transactional needs.
- Design integration architecture to ensure seamless, secure data flow across a hybrid ecosystem.
- Full lifecycle engagement with product delivery and engineering teams.
- Create, review, and maintain solution design artefacts
- Ensuring solutions comply with our standards and applicable design principles spanning the key architecture domains.
- Promote an agile approach to design and development and ensure that the technical design supports and incremental development process.
We are looking for (selection criteria):
- Demonstrated experience as a Solution Architect in a large and complex IT environment.
- Successful track record of taking solutions from inception through design to delivery.
- Experience spanning a variety of mainstream technologies, architecture domains and design patterns, with expertise in at least one of the following areas: Application, Data, Integration.
- A team player passionate about technology, focused on business outcomes and understands the pragmatic trade-offs for solution delivery.
- Excellent written and spoken communication skills. Ability to communicate with impact, ensuring information is articulated in a meaningful way to wide and varied audiences.
- Experience working in an Agile delivery environment.
Desirable
- Relevant certifications, such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect, TOGAF are a plus.
- Experience working in a higher education or large complex environment and an awareness of the uses of ICT within universities.
Role Requirements
- As this is a continuing (permanent) role, you will require permanent work rights in Australia to be considered
- Successful applicants are subject to a National Police Clearance, and background, integrity, and reference checks to Curtin’s satisfaction
Digital & Technology Solutions (DTS) is Curtin University's technology partner, delivering innovative, secure and scalable digital solutions that support world-class teaching, learning, research and business operations. We work collaboratively across the University to create exceptional digital experiences, drive continuous improvement and enable Curtin's strategic ambitions through technology.
In anticipation for the next phase of our digital roadmap, we are undertaking a strategic expansion of our Digital Innovations team. The Digital Innovations team shapes and delivers user-centred digital products and services that create meaningful value for students, staff and researchers, while the Solution Architects provides the strategic technology leadership that ensures solutions are integrated, scalable and future-ready. Together, we connect business needs with technology outcomes, helping Curtin innovate, evolve and deliver lasting impact across its global community. If you enjoy technology, transformation, continual innovation, and change, we extend a warm invitation for you to join our forward-thinking team. Be a driving force in our journey of evolution at Curtin University!
About Curtin University
Curtin University proudly stands among the top one percent of global universities according to the ARWU 2025 rankings. We are an energetic, dedicated team of academics and professionals working together to provide global solutions through quality graduates and innovative research. Curtin is a welcoming space where integrity, respect for one another, courage, excellence, and impact are essential to everyday life. First Nations people, those identifying as LGBTQIA+, parents, carers, people of all ages, abilities and genders, and people of diverse ethnicity, nationality and faith are encouraged to apply. Our aim is to create a workforce that reflects the diversity of the community in which we live.
For more information, please visit our Diversity and Inclusion page:
https://staff.curtin.edu.au/discover-curtin/diversity-equity-and-inclusion-at-curtin/
What We Offer You:
This full-time, Continuing G09 level role attracts a remuneration of
$138,681 - $146,497 + 17% superannuation.
Situated on Whadjuk Nyungar Country, our vibrant Bentley campus includes an art gallery, gym, childcare and medical centre, bus station, accessible parking and endless food options including a supermarket. Aside from the vibrant campus life, we offer more than just a job. Curtin offers a wide range of generous benefits, including additional leave, salary packaging, health and wellbeing services and an array of discounts for retail, travel and much more.
For more reasons to work at Curtin, please visit https://staff.curtin.edu.au/discover-curtin/
Join Us!
If this sounds like your next role, please click APPLY NOW ensuring to attach the following documents:
- Up-to-date Resume
- Cover Letter outlining your interest and demonstrating how your background meets the position’s selection criteria (noted above) - no more than two pages.
If you have any queries in relation to this opportunity or the application process, please contact our careers team on
[email protected] or 08 9266 9000 (option 3,1), quoting the reference number. Applications will not be accepted via this email address, and late applications will not be accepted.
Applications close: 9pm (AWST), Sunday, 21 June 2026.
Please note we are not accepting applications from recruitment agencies at this time.
Curtin reserves the right at its sole discretion to withdraw from the recruitment process, remove the advert, not to make an appointment, or to appoint by invitation, at any time. 