Solution Architect

Job Title:
Solution Architect

About the Role
The role of a Solution Architect is to lead the development of solution architectures in specific business, infrastructure or functional areas. This involves preparing technical plans and ensuring that appropriate technical resources are made available. The Solution Architect must also ensure that relevant technical strategies, policies, standards and practices (including security) are applied correctly.

Key Responsibilities
- Identify the appropriate end-to-end solution portfolio, considering all relevant ICT solutions and service offerings such as best practices.
- Identify solution gaps and develop gap closure options such as the inclusion of components from Independent Software Vendors or customer-specific development.
- Architect the end-to-end functional landscape and solution design to support desired business processes and business/ICT requirements of the customer, ensuring alignment.

Requirements

- Business Process Improvement:
Level 6 (SFIA): Plans and leads strategic, large and complex business process improvement activities aligned with automation, or exploiting existing or new technologies. Develops organisational policies, standards, and guidelines for business process improvement. Leads the introduction of techniques, methodologies and tools to meet business requirements, ensuring consistency across all user groups. Leads the development of organisational capabilities for business process improvement and ensures adoption and adherence to policies and standards.

- Consultancy:
Level 6 (SFIA): Manages the provision of consultancy services and/or a team of consultants. In own areas of expertise, provides advice and guidance to consultants and/or the client when delivering consultancy services. Engages with clients and maintains client relationships. Establishes consultancy agreements/contracts and manages completion and disengagement.

Desirable Criteria

- Governance:
Level 6 (SFIA): Implements the governance framework to enable governance activity to be conducted. Within a defined area of accountability, determines the requirements for appropriate governance reflecting the organisation's values, ethics and wider governance frameworks. Communicates delegated authority, benefits, opportunities, costs, and risks. Leads reviews of governance practices with appropriate and sufficient independence from management activity. Acts as the organisation's contact for relevant regulatory authorities and ensures proper relationships between the organisation and external stakeholders.

- Information Assurance:
Level 5 (SFIA): Interprets information assurance and security policies and applies these to manage risks. Provides advice and guidance to ensure adoption of and adherence to information assurance architectures, strategies, policies, standards and guidelines. Plans, organises and conducts information assurance and accreditation of complex domains areas, cross-functional areas, and across the supply chain. Contributes to the development of policies, standards and guidelines.

- Requirements Definition and Management:
Level 6 (SFIA): Champions the importance and value of requirements management principles and selecting effective requirements management life cycle models. Develops organisational policies, standards, and guidelines for requirements definition and management. Plans and leads scoping, requirements definition and priority setting for complex, strategic programmes. Drives adoption of, and adherence to, policies and standards. Develops new methods and organisational capabilities for requirements management.

- Strategic Planning:
Level 5 (SFIA): Collates information and creates reports and insights to support strategy management processes. Ensures that all stakeholders are aware of the strategic management approach and timetables. Provides support and guidance to help stakeholders adhere to the approach. Develops and communicates plans to drive forward the strategy and related change planning. Contributes to the development of policies, standards and guidelines for strategy development and planning.

What We Offer
A dynamic and supportive work environment. Opportunities for professional growth and development. A competitive remuneration package including superannuation.

To Apply
Please provide an updated CV (a maximum of 3-5 pages) to reflect your suitability to the role based on the job description.

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