Lead Cloud Architect

Lead Cloud Architect

Australian citizenship required. No PR or Work Visa holders. Must be able to obtain Baseline security clearance.

RFQ Details

RFQ ID: LH-02394

Closing Date: Friday, 02 May 2025 11:59pm (Canberra time)

Estimated Start Date: Tuesday, 01 July 2025

Initial Contract Duration: 12 months

Extension Term: 12 months

Number of Extensions: 2

Experience Level: EL2 equivalent

Security Clearance: Must be able to obtain Baseline

Client Details

Agency: Department of Industry, Science and Resources

Location of Work: ACT

Working Arrangements: Hybrid

Remote working arrangements may be considered on a case-by-case basis in consultation with the supervising manager, subject to business needs.

Please indicate clearly in your response the candidates desired work location if outside ACT/Canberra.

Maximum Hours: 40 hours per week

Job Details

The Department of Industry, Science and Resources (DISR) strives to encourage the sustainable growth of Australian industries including the delivery of a national innovation system to drive knowledge creation, international competitiveness and greater productivity.

The CIO Group provides a range of enabling services and operations delivery to the department and to Australian businesses and are seeking experienced and motivated Cloud Engineers and/or Architects with a minimum of 5 years experience to assist with the delivery of various ICT Projects across the CIO Group.

Key duties and responsibilities

• Develop enterprise level cloud platform architectures for MS Azure and M365
• Develop high level solution architectures for cloud-based systems
• Develop detailed architecture guidance for cloud engineers
• Provide impact analysis of user/stakeholder requirements
• Ensure that the enterprise and system solutions maintain adherence to whole-of-government standards
• Provide technical guidance and input into the design and build of cloud-based systems
• Liaise with cross-functional teams including business owners, scrum masters, business analysts, developers, enterprise architects & testers to produce solutions in accordance with stakeholder requirements and project objectives
• Liaise with the departments Service Experience team to ensure architectural decisions incorporate user experience considerations
• Liaise with ICT Engagement and Enterprise Architecture to ensure alignment to target architectures and technology
• Provide expertise and assistance in platform automation testing, continuous integration and deployment
• Promote key enterprise architecture principles as applicable to cloud platforms re-use before buy/build, configure over customise, open data/access over siloed functionality
• Promote and provide assistance to ensure solutions align with the DTAs Digital Service Standard
• Be strategic, a leader and influencer
• Undertake additional duties as required

Selection Criteria

Max 5000 characters total in one-page pitch (individual responses not required)

Essential Criteria

1. Cloud experience: Demonstrated experience in cloud-based solution implementation with technologies including: · Azure Logic Apps, Azure SQL, Azure Service Bus, Azure API Manager · Azure DevOps and Visual Studio for code development, management, repositories, and deployments CI/CD · integrating custom built apps with third-party systems, including Microsoft Dynamics 365 CRM

2. Cultural fit: · Ability to work with geographically dispersed teams · Ability to work with technical and non-technical staff at all levels. · Ability to collaborate and mentor team members to promote team harmony

3. Agile: · Experience working with Agile Multi-disciplinary teams to deliver secure, user friendly and reliable solutions that meet stakeholder, citizen, and business expectations. · Ability to pragmatically change direction and scope as new information is discovered and challenges or opportunities present themselves

4. Technical Skills: Demonstrated experience 5yrs+ implementing and managing cloud systems and technologies. The Cloud Architect/Engineer will: · Liaise with cross-functional teams to develop and manage enterprise and application-level architectures for MS-Azure. · Provide impact analysis and technical guidance in design and development of project work aligned with WoG Standards

Desirable Criteria

1. Demonstrated track record of technical leadership across project and operational tasks

2. Demonstrated experience and understanding of cloud-based technologies and architectures

3. Demonstrated experience in application and integration, or infrastructure platform architecture

4. Minimum 3 years experience designing and documenting architectures for large, complex enterprise systems