This State Government Department is looking for a Solution Architect to be responsible for leading the creation of technical solutions and providing leadership and support to the department's project team and business units in a complex and varied technical environment.
Accountabilities
- Working closely with the implementation partner to design, develop, and oversee the implementation of end-to-end integrated solutions for the project.
- Owner and lead quality assurance of all architectural related artefacts.
- Determine solution options in terms of costs, benefits, risks and architectural alignment for the existing and "to be" Water Register.
- Conduct detailed solution and technology assessments, including total cost of ownership as required.
- Develop and assist the wider project team with solution architecture and designs that are fit for purpose and cost effective.
- Contribute to the setting of architectural principles, policies, standards, guidelines and models for the project.
- Contribute to the innovation and pre-delivery work with some additional BA and PM skills.
- Actively participate in the planning and prioritisation of product and solution backlogs, as part of the agile delivery framework.
- Develop and maintain trusted, credible and effective relationships with stakeholders including Water Register Partners, vendors, internal business stakeholders and the project delivery team.
- Influence, facilitate and negotiate with stakeholders, partners, peers and other government bodies to support good project execution and achieve outcomes identified in the strategy.
- Lead and chair the project's technical reference group (TRG)
- Lead and present the project update at the DELWP Architecture Review Board (ARB).
POSITION SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS
Key Selection Criteria
Specialist/Technical Expertise/Qualifications
- Tertiary qualifications and certifications in IT, computer science or related disciplines.
- Minimum 10 years' relevant work experience in complex multi-vendor environments (mandatory).
- Strong technical knowledge and broad experience in one or more areas of solution architecture including application, integration, data infrastructure and security and their application within a business transformation context.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including a thorough understanding of how to interpret customer business needs and translate them into practical applications and operational solutions.
- Strong experience in developing strategic and detailed architecture plans.
- Strong knowledge of highly available and scalable cloud-based infrastructures (AWS/Azure) and continuous delivery.
- Strong experience in effectively engaging stakeholders and operating flexibly in a complex and demanding environment with a high degree of accountability.
- Experience with architectural assurance and development of business and service transformation blueprints.
- Strong experience with Agile/Scrum project delivery methodologies.
- Strong experience planning, executing and reporting on architectural activities to Senior Leadership, Program Control Boards (PCB) and Architecture Review Boards (ARB).
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to interact professionally with a diverse group of technical teams, subject matter experts, senior managers and executives.
- Knowledge and/or experience in the application of technology to water resource management, preferably within a Victorian context.
Capabilities
- Enterprise Architecture:
- Captures and prioritises business strategies, objectives and identifies the business benefits of alternative strategies.
- Establishes the contribution that technology can make to business objectives, conducting feasibility studies, producing high-level business models, and preparing business cases.
- Leads the creation and review of a systems capability strategy that meets the strategic requirements of the business.
- Develops enterprise-wide architecture and processes that ensure that the strategic application of change is embedded in the management of the organisation, ensuring the buy-in of all stakeholders.
- Ensures compliance between business strategies, enterprise transformation activities and technology directions.
- Security solution architecture:
- Uses appropriate tools, including logical models of components and interfaces, to contribute to the development of the security aspects of systems architectures in specific business or functional areas.
- Produces detailed component specifications and translates these into detailed designs for implementation using selected products.
- Provides advice on technical security aspects of system development and integration and ensures that relevant technical strategies, policies, standards and practices are applied correctly.
- Behavioural:
- Seeks information and analyses evidence and data to make decisions.
- Evaluates processes or programs to drive continuous improvement.
- Takes responsibility for achieving results and maintains effective work behaviours under pressure.
- Identifies optimum strategic responses in a time and budget constrained environment.
- Ability to influence and negotiate with senior business stakeholders.
- Ability to build quick rapport with a wide variety of internal and external stakeholders, especially in a remote working environment.
- Adaptability and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment with cross-functional teams.
- Complex problem solving and analytical thinking skills.
- Security solution architecture:
- Uses appropriate tools, including logical models of components and interfaces, to contribute to the development of the security aspects of systems architectures in specific business or functional areas.
- Produces detailed component specifications and translates these into detailed designs for implementation using selected products.
- Provides advice on technical security aspects of system development and integration and ensures that relevant technical strategies, policies, standards and practices are applied correctly.
- Experience with Microsoft Dynamics AX (2009 or 2012) would be advantageous.
Juan Carlos Marino Londono
Recruitment Specialist
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