Senior Technology Architect

Be among the first 25 applicants. Get AI-powered advice on this job and more exclusive features. Direct message the job poster from Strategic Partners Australia. One of our Federal Government Clients is seeking to engage a Lead Technology Architect - EL2. Please check below all the job details: Contract Duration: 29 Months (05 Months initially + 24 Months extension) Working Arrangement: Initial 3 Months onsite at State office and then after Hybrid – 3 Days Office / 2 Days home each week Eligibility: You must have Baseline Security Clearance or above. Tentative Start Date: 2nd Feb 2026 Position Description: Technology Architects determine the appropriate technologies to be used in the service development and delivery environment. They monitor emerging technologies and plan technology exploration, implementation and retirement. Key duties and responsibilities: Defining, developing, and leading the vision, strategy, target state, roadmap, and decision support for one or more infrastructure capabilities (Facilities, Storage, Compute, Network, enabling Platforms). Providing high quality advice to senior stakeholders and contributing to the decision support and wider strategic planning of the Department ensuring alignment with best practices, cost optimisation and business goals. Engaging with Subject Matter Experts to support organizational outcomes. Designing, developing, and/or leading appropriate architectural artefacts. Extending Technology Architecture frameworks and governance processes. Providing design assurance, fit for purpose integration, and ensuring adherence with architectural strategy, principles, and practices. The Specified Personnel will be expected to transfer skills and knowledge to departmental staff and ensure appropriate documentation is stored in accordance with the Department’s recordkeeping policy and practices. The Specified Personnel will be responsible for producing the following deliverables, including but not limited to: Design reviews. Project architecture artefacts (such as solution outlines and system and security architecture documentation). Architecture End States. Solution Outlines. Architectural Decisions. Reference Architectures. Technical skills: Extensive architecture experience across one or more of technology domains: data centres, infrastructure platforms(Power, X86, Mainframe, Virtualisation), networking systems, surveillance and communication systems, storage systems(performance, data protection), collaboration platforms(MS Teams), contact centre solutions(Genesys or Amazon Connect), End user computing design(MoEs, Windows 11, Microsoft 365) to create ICT architecture designs, patterns, blueprints, roadmaps and solution designs. The role will contribute to the Department by providing the following services: Advisory services on infrastructure and technology solutions. Develop, maintain and promote platform architecture and technology roadmaps. Assess the suitability of new technologies, innovations and approaches for possible adoption within the department. Liaise with vendors in relation to technologies. Manage requests for the services provided by the broader enterprise architecture practice including service request registration, tracking, and assignment and reporting. Assist operational teams as part of ongoing problem management investigations and resolution. The Next step is easy: If you are interested, you may send an email to Referral incentive program: As always, we have the candidate referral incentive program through which you will get $1000 for each successful referral after the successful selection and joining of the referred candidates. Seniority level Mid-Senior level Employment type Contract Job function Information Technology Staffing and Recruiting #J-18808-Ljbffr