Chief Innovation Architect

3 weeks ago


Sydney, New South Wales, Australia KPMGau Full time
Job Description

KPMG's Connected Technology Group (CTG) is a hub for innovation, where we ideate, incubate, and scale new tech-enabled solutions and emerging technology capabilities.

We combine a diverse skillset across data, intelligent automation, emerging technology, product management, and innovation to deliver unique solutions to our clients.

Our culture is characterized by a start-up mentality combined with professional entrepreneurship. We are looking for passionate people who want to deliver value to clients in a new context, connecting in-depth specialist knowledge with the latest technological possibilities.

Your Opportunity

As a Senior Solution Architect, you will join a growing team of architecture and solution design professionals and drive the technology decisions to enable KPMG to put best-of-breed products in the market.

This involves owning and stewarding new solutions for the firm from feasibility through to deployment and ongoing operations.

The role includes:

  • Leading complex solution architecture projects from conception to implementation, consulting with stakeholders to capture requirements, and translating them into viable solutions along with project sizing and estimation.
  • Spearheading definition of CTG's technical strategies for domains you are responsible for, working closely with other CTG colleagues to ensure alignment between business objectives and technical capabilities.
  • Creating solution designs that explain the problem, the architecture, how the system works, key considerations for security and data privacy, and how it will be delivered.
  • Contributing to our ongoing success in AI, working with AI architects and technical leads in Australia and across our global member firms to contribute to the architecture of robust, scalable AI-based solutions, ensuring they are aligned to our Trusted AI framework.
  • Conducting research into appropriate technologies and patterns to find the best technology solution among all possible to solve the business problem.
  • Establishing and providing ongoing maintenance of the CTG Architecture Repository, including contributing to strategic architecture roadmaps, design patterns, and domain architectures.
  • Participating in architecture governance boards, setting architectural direction, and collaborating with R&D teams to prototype innovative solutions.
  • Leading and mentoring newer members of the SA Chapter, providing guidance and feedback to fellow architects on their designs.
  • Mentoring engineering teams on best practices, ensuring adherence to architectural blueprints, and guiding implementation efforts.

Requirements

We are seeking someone with a Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field, and industry-recognised certifications such as TOGAF, AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert, or equivalent.

Strong communication skills, ability to build relationships quickly with many different stakeholders, and a proven ability to work autonomously, dealing with conflicting priorities and monitoring own workload in a timely and effective manner.

Proficient in designing scalable, high-performance, and resilient architectures, familiar with traditional and modern architecture paradigms such as microservices, serverless computing, and event-driven architectures.

Deep understanding of various technologies, including cloud services, databases, networking, enterprise software, and development frameworks, and ability to integrate disparate systems and ensure seamless communication between different technology stacks.

Excellent understanding of APIs, API-design, and back-end performance considerations, strong leadership, and ability to manage cross-functional, diverse teams, promoting innovation and best practices within our solutions.

Salary range $120,000 - $180,000 per year based on experience.


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