Head Of Strategy And Architecture

1 week ago


Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Mays Region - Modern Woodmen Of America Full time
Fantastic long term opportunities for a Head of Strategy and Architecture to join our Araza team
Fantastic long term opportunities for a Head of Strategy and Architecture to join our Araza team

Who is Araza:
Araza is a leading Australian based consulting and services organisation.

We partner with our clients to improve their business performance through the implementation and delivery of business and technology projects.

Our people are our biggest asset and we want to continue building on our success.

At the beginning of the business in 2013, it was our mission to build an IT consulting firm that was GREAT.

In 2024 we are still working hard at being great.

With more than 300 consultants Australia wide (and counting), we are proud to be a consulting firm that is growing fast, focused on outcomes and still in touch with our values.

Head of Strategy and Architecture

Start Date: 1 July 2024

Length: 12 months + 2 x 12-month potential extensions

Location of work:
SA, VIC

Role Responsibilities:
# Taking a collaborative approach to engagement with key stakeholders across multiple different business units, including cyber security, engagement, delivery and build teams, research groups and wider organisation
# Leading and growing a diverse group of technical and security architects (currently 25 people)
# Overseeing technical design & working with stakeholders to drive key projects
# Developing roadmaps, strategies, and capability statements
# Developing quotes and estimates at multi-year roadmap/strategy level, annual program level and for individual research projects
# Developing high level and low-level documentation that will then be executed.
# Educating & innovating in technology services delivery to develop the business
# Ensuring project artefacts are completed on-time and at exceptional standards
# Managing multiple strategies at one time.
# Enabling and introducing emerging technologies into the business
# Participating in the Leadership Team across the strategy and build/run parts of the organisation

Key Experience:
# Be an experienced Head of Strategy & Architecture who has successfully led and managed teams of Enterprise, Solution and Security architects (including budget and people management); coordinated the development and costing of roadmaps and then collaborated to deliver.
# Have exceptional communication and stakeholder engagement skills that enable you to consult across all lines of the business, to bring people together to land on shared approaches and work with people of all levels of technical expertise up to innovative research level.
# Be able to analyse and problem solve a variety of novel tasks that have never been done before, however, must have an outcome within tight timeframes and budget plus use judgement to balance pragmatic solutions for urgent need with the strategic target state.
# Be experienced in producing strategy, program, and project cost estimates to support strategy, investment and work take on need.
# Approach design in a technology agnostic way.
# Expert knowledge across the full SDLC.
# Experience with Wintel, Linux, and High-Performance Computing (HPC).
# Experience with storage systems:
VMWare, Net Apps, On Prem Infrastructure and Private Cloud.
# Experience working with Networks such as Cisco and Palo Alto.
#Experience with VB.
NET, SQL, Java and C-Sharp.
What You Get
A company that cares for their people.
It's that simple.
You will work with truly talented switched on and collaborative team members that help each other to succeed.
We promote gender equality and are a national leader in diversity.
Our people are our biggest asset, so in 2024 we want to continue to build on our success.
Who wouldn't want to be a part of a company that is consistently recognised as a leader in the ICT field?

  • 2022 CRN Impact Awards Emerging Innovator Winner
  • 2020 Financial Review Fast 100
  • 2020 Financial Times High-Growth Companies Asia-Pacific
  • 2020 AWSN Women in Security Awards Best Place to Work for Women in Security Finalist
  • 2019 EY Winning Women Program Winner
  • 2019 Cisco Diversity Initiative Award Winner

We thank you in advance for your application and advise that only candidates that meet the position requirements and have Australian full working rightswill be contacted.

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