Solution Architect

Brief Description
About Us:
We are proudly owned by Auto & General Insurance Company. The A&G group is made up of trusted and well-known brands such as iSelect, Compare the Market and Budget Direct. In late 2024, iSelect and Compare the Market formed a new aggregation business within the A&G group that continues to support millions of Australians to compare and buy their personal finance, and household products such as insurance, energy, and loans.

The Opportunity:
Are you ready to elevate your career to the next level?
We're seeking a Solution Architect to translate business requirements into implementable solution designs, evaluating options and providing clear rational for the chosen approach. They will lead the definition and communication of the business, application, data, and technical vision, while documenting the solution's structure and behaviour. With strong technical and stakeholder management skills, they shape future architecture and drive consensus for solutions that are both effective and supported. You'll have the opportunity to:

• Develop and maintain target state architectures and roadmaps aligned with business strategy and technology trends.
• Analyse business requirements, constraints, and influencing factors to inform solution design.
• Provide architectural leadership and ensure stakeholder alignment across business and technical teams.
• Evaluate solution options from both technical and business perspectives to recommend best-fit approaches.
• Deliver end-to-end architecture designs across business, data, application, and technology domains.
• Support development teams in adopting new technologies and promoting sound architectural practices.
• Define and uphold architectural best practices, ensuring solutions are scalable, secure, and fit for purpose.
• Maintain strong stakeholder relationships, conduct architecture evaluations, and stay ahead of emerging ICT trends including cloud, APIs, and modern development frameworks.

Responsibilities:

• Design scalable, flexible solutions aligned with business needs using modern technologies (e.g. microservices, orchestration, data integration).
• IT Strategy & Planning: Contribute to enterprise architecture roadmaps and ensure alignment of projects with architectural standards.
• Enterprise Roadmaps: Define and present target architectures and migration plans; promote standardisation across IT.
• Development Support: Guide teams on implementing architecture, resolving technical challenges, and ensuring delivery meets business KPIs.
• Governance & Standards: Develop and maintain IT policies; support architecture reviews and advocate EA principles.
• Collaboration & Knowledge Sharing: Work across teams to build capability and share expertise.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Liaise with Security and Audit to ensure robust, secure solution designs.

Benefits:
At Compare the Market and iSelect we offer a dynamic and collaborative work environment where your talents will be recognised and rewarded. You'll have the opportunity to make a meaningful impact and contribute to our continued success, we also provide:

• Vibrant and social community who have annual celebrations, family fun days and regular events.
• Enjoy flexible work arrangements, including the option of one day working from home each week or a 9-day fortnight.
• Enjoy additional leave days - 'ME' leave and 'Volunteer Day' leave.
• Employee discounts on Car, Home, Travel insurance.
• Income protection insurance provided to support you in the event of non-work-related illness or injury.

About you:

• Degree in an IT-related field is required; AWS/cloud and formal architecture certifications are advantageous.
• 4+ years as a Solution Architect across application, data, technology, and security domains.
• 2–3 years of experience in cloud technologies (AWS preferred), APIs, and modern development frameworks.
• 2–3 years in software development with strong integration and API expertise.
• Experience in e-commerce (2+ years) and Martech/data technologies (1+ year) is a plus.
• Strong communication, critical thinking, modelling, and risk analysis skills.
• Customer-focused with excellent interpersonal and consensus-building abilities.
• Proven consultancy skills across business analysis, IT architecture, infrastructure, cloud, and software design.

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At Compare the Market and iSelect and we're proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and we embrace diversity.
This role is available to candidates with unlimited Australian working rights only.
Compare the Market and iSelect are committed to protecting your privacy. All applications and personal information are kept confidential and securely stored in line with Australian privacy laws, used only for recruitment purposes, and not shared with third parties outside the Auto & General Holdings Group without your consent.