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CSIRO acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land, sea and waters, of the area that we live and work on across Australia. We acknowledge their continuing connection to their culture and pay our respects to their Elders past and present.

THE OPPORTUNITY

• Shape impactful, future-focused tech solutions across a range of national science projects
• Collaborate with diverse teams in a leading research organisation
• 12 months Term Opportunity
  CSIRO’s Information Management & Technology (IMT) team is seeking a Solution Architect to design and guide the delivery of secure, scalable, and cost-effective technology solutions that support business needs.
  This role plays a key part across multiple projects, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture standards, IT strategy, and best practices, while working closely with stakeholders from across business, architecture, delivery, and operations teams.

• Design integrated solutions across a range of projects including business applications, cyber security initiatives, and infrastructure modernisation, considering functional and non-functional requirements
• Ensure architectural consistency and alignment with enterprise strategies, cyber frameworks, infrastructure standards, architecture principles and roadmaps.
• Produce high-quality architecture documentation including solution overviews, interface diagrams, and security considerations.
• Identify and evaluate options for technology integration, reuse, or innovation.
• Work across multiple concurrent projects providing architectural oversight and assurance from initiation through delivery.
• Collaborate with Business Analysts, Project Managers, Technical Leads, Developers, and Testers to ensure designs are understood and implemented correctly.
• Support project scoping by estimating architecture/design effort, identifying dependencies and technical risks.
• Participate in architecture governance processes, contributing to and reviewing architecture decisions and designs.
• Ensure solutions comply with relevant security, data, and operational standards.
• Advocate and embed best practices in solution design, integration, and sustainability.
• Engage with business stakeholders to understand strategic goals and translate them into technical solutions.
• Act as a trusted advisor to project and business teams on technology strategy and direction.
• Communicate complex technical concepts in clear and non-technical language for decision-makers.
• Monitor emerging technology trends and assess their potential value or impact.
• Provide feedback and recommendations to improve architecture frameworks and delivery models.
  Location: Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Brisbane
  Salary: AU$131,113 - AU$153,639 plus up to 15.4% superannuation
  Tenure: Specified term of 12 Months
  Reference: 100814