Architecture Specialists El2

Architecture Specialists

Executive Level 2

**Salary**: $171,497- $202,365 (Plus Superannuation)

ASIS is Australia’s overseas secret intelligence collection agency. Its mission is to protect and
promote Australia’s vital interests through the provision of intelligence services as directed by the
Australian Government. Its work can involve collecting intelligence relating to national security,
international relations and economic issues. It also contributes to Australia’s coordinated national
efforts against terrorism, proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, and trans-national issues
such as people smuggling.

ASIS employs people in a wide range of roles, including technologists. These roles require dynamic
team players who enjoy working with stakeholders, team members and individually on projects.
ASIS is looking for people who will be able to meet tight deadlines and work to support ASIS
skills, excellent verbal and written communication skills; and, strong stakeholder engagement and
influencing skills. Relevant tertiary qualifications and demonstrable experience will be highly
regarded.

ASIS is a diverse and inclusive workplace, where our people are empowered through authenticity
and a sense of belonging to achieve their potential and contribute to a shared purpose and
and Torres Strait Islander peoples, women, people with a disability, neurodiverse, people from
culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and those who identify as LGBTIQA+.

We offer a competitive salary package including 22 days annual leave, shutdown between
Christmas and New Years Day, 15% employer superannuation contribution and generous paid
maternity/paternity leave. Full and part time positions as well as flexible work hours can be
negotiated.

These roles are Canberra office-based with successful applicant required to obtain and maintain
a Security Clearance.

Strategy and Architecture brings our technology teams together to achieve more as a whole than
we can individually. Our aim is to provide strategic enterprise vision through principles, guidance
data, integration, security, and infrastructure), strong business skills and critical thinking to assist
the Technology Services Division to develop and maintain the ASIS’s enterprise architecture.

If you are a innovative, passionate and wanting to work with a high-performance team of experts
in architecture discipline, then this role is for you. We are looking to fill vacancies in the following
areas:
Enterprise Architect
Lead Business Architect
Lead Solution Architect

The role(s) exercises a considerable degree of independence and must practice sound decision
making and judgment to engage in complex problem solving and issues management. For role
- specific information, please see below.

Role: Architecture Specialist - Enterprise Architect (EL2)

The Enterprise Architect acts as a critical link between ASIS business strategy, policy, service
technology delivery division and national intelligence community to drive consistency, efficiency,
and innovation in ASIS digital initiatives and to be well-adept to responding to a rapidly changing
global environment.

Successful applicants will have extensive experience (10+ years) and must possess significant
depth and expertise in following responsible areas:
Key Responsibilities and Tasks:
Strategically align the ASIS’s future ICT architecture to leverage contemporary and
emerging technologies (products and services) with efficiency and effectiveness.

Ensure ICT architecture supports the ASIS’s mission and aligns with business strategies
and requirements.

Provide technical guidance and support to ICT delivery teams and program managers in
the development and implementation of new business solutions and initiatives.

Maintain up-to-date knowledge of industry trends and best practices in ICT architecture,
and promote the adoption of new technologies and methodologies.

Analyse and problem-solve, with the ability to develop and present complex technical
solutions to non-technical stakeholders.

Service Delivery, including senior leadership, business units, IT teams and vendors.

Represent strategy and architecture in architecture governance assurance process to
ensure all Technology Service Division solution designs are in alignment with ASIS
Enterprise Architecture, consensus and agreed.

Foster effective collaboration across the National Intelligence Community.

Required SFIA Skills:
SFIA Skill Categories Code Level Guidance Notes

Enterprise and
Business Architecture

STPL 6-7 Develops enterprise-wide architecture strategies, aligning
business vision and IT strategy.

Technology Strategy &
Planning

ITSP 6-7 Develop and communicate target architectures and strategic
roadmaps.

Solution & Information
Architecture

ARCH,
IRMG

6 Oversee solution designs and data architecture aligned to
enterprise goals.

Innovation &
Transformation

INOV,
CIPM

6 Drive innovation and manage the transition to future-state
architectures tha