Professional Search Group (PSG) We are seeking an experienced Solution Architect to join a large-scale, complex digital transformation program delivering significant improvements to spatial data, digital infrastructure and technology capabilities.
This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in a major technology program, working across multiple projects and collaborating with business stakeholders, enterprise architects, application architects and technical delivery teams.
Reporting to the Enterprise Architect within the Enterprise Architecture Office, you will act as the critical link between business requirements, application architecture and technical solution design.
You will help ensure architectural alignment across the program, translating business needs and application architecture direction into clear architectural requirements and guidance. You will also identify gaps, dependencies and potential risks, ensuring these are appropriately documented and escalated.
Key Responsibilities
- Bridge business, application and solution architecture to ensure alignment across a complex technology environment.
- Translate business requirements and application architecture direction into clear architectural requirements and guidance.
- Work closely with business stakeholders, application architecture teams and Technical Architects to support integrated solution delivery.
- Assess architectural alignment, identify gaps and dependencies, and support resolution of outstanding issues.
- Facilitate discussions and agreement between business and technical stakeholders.
- Contribute to architecture reviews and provide recommendations to support informed decision-making.
- Maintain architecture documentation, including review findings, gap assessments, dependency records and architecture decision records.
- Support the Enterprise Architecture Office with architectural governance, traceability and handover documentation.
- Identify architectural risks and unresolved decisions, escalating these to the Enterprise Architect as required.
Key Deliverables
- Architecture alignment and traceability documentation connecting business requirements and application architecture with solution architecture.
- Architecture review findings and recommendations.
- Documented architectural gaps, dependencies and risks.
- Architecture decision records and supporting documentation.
- Clear handover materials to support ongoing architectural governance and delivery.
About You
To be successful in this role, you will bring:
- Demonstrated experience as a Solution Architect within complex ICT environments.
- Strong understanding of business, application and solution architecture and how these disciplines integrate.
- Experience translating business needs and requirements into architectural guidance and technical direction.
- Proven ability to assess architectural alignment, identify dependencies and highlight potential gaps.
- Strong stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to work effectively across business and technical teams.
- Experience facilitating architectural discussions and driving agreement between multiple stakeholders.
- Strong documentation skills, including architecture reviews, decision records and governance artefacts.
- The ability to work within established governance frameworks and collaborate with multiple delivery teams and service providers.
Engagement Details
- Position: Solution Architect
- Engagement: Full-time contract
- Contract Duration: Until 30 June 2027 (Likely to extend)
- Proposed Start Date: 30 November 2026 (or by agreement)
- Reporting To: Enterprise Architect
- Location: Perth, WA
