Role Description

We are seeking an experienced Solution Architect who thrives on solving complex business challenges through innovative technology solutions. This role is ideal for a strategic and hands-on architecture professional with proven experience designing and delivering end-to-end solution architectures, defining technology roadmaps, and leading architecture initiatives across complex enterprise environments.

As a key member of the technology team, you will be responsible for shaping solution strategy, creating future-state architecture roadmaps, and ensuring technology investments align with business objectives. Working closely with business leaders, product owners, delivery teams, and technical specialists, you will translate business priorities into scalable, secure, and maintainable application architectures.

This is an exciting opportunity to influence technology direction, drive architectural modernisation, and lead the evolution of enterprise applications from current to future state.

The job location is flexible, it can be Melbourne, NSW or SA based. We embrace flexible work arrangements at BAE Systems Australia, such as working a 9-day fortnight and hybrid working.

Core Duties:

• Lead the design and delivery of end-to-end solution architectures for complex business and technology initiatives.
• Develop and maintain technology architecture roadmaps, ensuring alignment with strategic business objectives and enterprise technology direction.
• Partner closely with business stakeholders, product owners, and delivery teams to understand business capabilities, requirements, and future growth opportunities.
• Translate business requirements into practical, scalable, and secure architecture blueprints that support both immediate and long-term objectives.
• Assess current-state applications and define future-state target architectures, including migration and transformation strategies.
• Design solution architectures spanning applications, integrations, data, infrastructure, security, and cloud platforms.
• Create and maintain architecture artefacts, including solution designs, reference architectures, architectural decisions, standards, and governance documentation.
• Lead technical evaluation and selection of technologies, platforms, and architectural approaches to support business outcomes.
• Identify opportunities to simplify, modernise, and optimise technology landscapes while reducing technical debt.
• Define and promote architecture principles, standards, patterns, and best practices across project teams.
• Support architecture governance processes, ensuring solutions meet enterprise standards, security requirements, and strategic objectives.
• Collaborate with delivery teams throughout the project lifecycle to ensure successful implementation of architectural designs.
• Stay informed on emerging technologies and industry trends, providing recommendations that drive innovation and business value
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