Senior Solution Architect

Careers with Impact

More than one million Australians trust HESTA with their money. HESTA is a top-performing industry super fund working for real-world impact. We use our expertise and influence to deliver strong long-term returns while accelerating our contribution to a more sustainable world.

HESTA is also an inspiring and rewarding place to work. That's because what we do makes a difference to the lives of our members. The people who work at HESTA are not only exceptional at what they do, they're focused on living and creating a strong organisational culture. We're an industry super fund dedicated to the people who keep our communities going. People who provide some of the best health, education and community services in the world are HESTA members – and we are proud to serve them.

Bring your authentic and passionate self to this exceptional role #careerswithimpact

You will be instrumental in shaping HESTA's investment technology landscape. Play a crucial role in bridging investment business needs with technological solutions that focus on data architecture and investment systems integration. Provide architectural oversight for both project initiatives and BAU activities, while maintaining a focus on delivering business value through effective data solutions.

As the Senior Solutions Architect – Investments, you will be the primary technical authority for systems relating to investment data, providing expert guidance on business process requirements and their translation into practical solution outcomes.

In this collaborative team, you will work closely with investment partners, business stakeholders and enterprise architects to drive the development and implementation of data-driven solutions that support investment operations and decision-making processes. Using a strategic approach, you will design functional capabilities and operating models that optimise the use of investment data while ensuring scalability and efficiency of investment systems.  

About You

Extensive Solution Architecture experience relating to investment systems and investment data is required to be successful in this role. You will have experience working with investment data management platforms such as Portfolio Management Systems, Risk and Performance attribution systems, Bloomberg, Eagle, Golden Source, Simcorp Dimension etc. 

Proficiency with SQL, data modelling and data extractions tools is essential. Working knowledge of business intelligence software and data visualization tools such as Tableau or Powerbi.

Essential capability also includes the integration of data from multiple disparate sources into a trusted single unified view. This requires knowledge of staging, integrated and reporting data stores modelled using Dimensional, Data Vault and 3rd Normal Form.

Benefits that matter and make a difference for our employees

•    Leave for those moments that matter, an additional 6 days of leave at the end of year, up to 6 days paid volunteer leave, gender neutral paid parental leave of 20 weeks, Gender Affirmation leave, reproductive health and wellbeing leave, Cultural and Ceremonial leave. Access your LSL after 3 years, take AL at half pay, and purchase up to 2 weeks additional leave (just to name a few).

•    Your Professional development matters, up to $5k per year professional development and up to 8 days professional development leave, HESTA scholarships and free access to a range of premium learning tools.

•    Your health and wellbeing matters, free annual flu shots and skin checks, incredible social events throughout the year and a comprehensive employee assistance program available 24/7.

•    Your financial wellbeing matters, up to 15% super, financial planning support, end of year payment for all Enterprise Agreement-covered employees, incentivised Employee Referral Program and novated lease options.

We celebrate, value and include people of all backgrounds, genders, identities, cultures and abilities. We welcome and support applications from First Nations people, physically, neuro or culturally diverse, LGBTQI+, and people of any age. We are proud to be WGEA accredited as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equity. 

We want all candidates to feel safe, included and provided with the best opportunity to thrive, if you require reasonable adjustments during your application or throughout the recruitment process, please reach out to a member of the Talent team and we'll call you to discuss. 

Please note: Applications via recruitment agencies will not be accepted for this position