Multiple Cloud Architects EL1 equivalent

Canberra, Australia | Posted on 12/02/2025

Security Clearance: Australian Citizen Must have NV1 Clearance

Job Description:

Cloud Architects will be responsible for the creation, iteration, and maintenance of architecture within the key realm of Cloud embodying the key principles, methods and models that describe the organisation future state. They will interpret business goals and drivers; translate business strategy and objectives into an "operating model"; identify required changes in capabilities; and understand the inter-relationships between people, organisation, service, process, data, information, technology and the external environment.

Job Duties and Responsibilities may include:

• Develop capability roadmaps, models and plans to drive forward the current Cyber Security strategy, taking advantage of opportunities to improve business performance.
• Identify system, infrastructure and project interdependencies and balance competing demands to ensure project deliverables are achieved.
• Deliver capability utilising the systems engineering lifecycle, including the development of system designs and complex design documentation.
• Manage the target design, policies and standards, working proactively to maintain a stable, viable architecture and ensure consistency of design across projects within the program, and gaining endorsement by the program's Design Authority.
• Develop high level designs for IT infrastructure, including network, storage and compute, along with contemporary cloud technologies and security (if applicable).

Minimum 3 years' experience in Cloud Systems or related field. Detailed experience with Critical Infrastructure network security.

1. ARCH 5 - Solution architecture: Level 5 (SFIA) Leads the development of solution architectures in specific business, infrastructure or functional areas. Leads the preparation of technical plans and ensures that appropriate technical resources are made available. Ensures that appropriate tools and methods are available, understood and employed in architecture development. Provides technical guidance and governance on solution development and integration. Evaluates requests for changes and deviations from specifications and recommends actions. Ensures that relevant technical strategies, policies, standards and practices (including security) are applied correctly.
2. SCTY 5 - Information security: Level 5 (SFIA) Provides advice and guidance on security strategies to manage identified risks and ensure adoption and adherence to standards. Contributes to development of information security policy, standards and guidelines. Obtains and acts on vulnerability information and conducts security risk assessments, business impact analysis and accreditation on complex information systems. Investigates major breaches of security, and recommends appropriate control improvements. Develops new architectures that mitigate the risks posed by new technologies and business practices.
3. DESN 5 - Systems design: Level 5 (SFIA) Designs large or complex systems and undertakes impact analysis on major design options and trade-offs. Ensures that the system design balances functional and non-functional requirements. Reviews systems designs and ensures that appropriate methods, tools and techniques are applied effectively. Makes recommendations and assesses and manages associated risks. Adopts and adapts system design methods, tools and techniques. Contributes to development of system design policies, standards and selection of architecture components.

Our ideal candidates will bring the following attributes:

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Desire to be accountable for their actions.
• Strong stakeholder management skills.
• Demonstrate leadership behaviours.
• Willing to challenge the traditional ways of doing business.
• Thrive in dynamic environments and comfortable with ambiguity.
• Outcome-focused mindset.
• Adaptability, resilience, flexibility and teamwork, including regionally dispersed teams, if applicable.

Please provide a brief explanation of your experience covering these attributes.