Please respond to the job if you are an Australian Citizen and residing in Australia with NV1 Clearance.

• Contract start 01 May 2023 To 12 months, 2 x 12 months extensions.
• Australian Citizen, NV1 Clearance, Canberra, Offsite role.

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Overview

The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) leads the Australian Governments efforts to improve cyber security. We are part of the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) and our role is to help make Australia the most secure place to connect online.

ASD has a requirement for a Cloud Architect to work in support of the National Cyber Defence Program on complex projects within an integrated workforce.

As the Cloud Architect you will be responsible for converting the technical requirements of a project into the architecture and design that will guide the final product. Within this role, you will have the opportunity to work with AWS, Azure, VMware and other leading edge technologies. You will also have the opportunity to help form processes and procedures in IT architecture and design to ensure the operational and strategic needs are met.

Indicative duties include, but are not limited to:

• Design a usable cloud structure for employees, clients, and customers to utilise.
• Understanding the organisations cloud requirements and translating them into workable solutions.
• Overseeing space usage both now and into the future.
• Work closely with extant platform team.
• Work collaboratively with all stakeholders, both internally and externally to the business.
• Create and maintain strong relationships and add value across the organisation.
• Work with project managers and business analysts across plan and design phases as well as external vendors and customer stakeholders.

The Capability delivered will enhance Australias National Cyber Security Capability.

All candidates must be Australian Citizens and hold a current NV1 clearance to apply. Please provide the candidates AGSVA Clearance Subject (CS) ID in their resume.

FOR INFORMATION: This role requires the successful candidate to complete an Organisational Suitability Assessment (OSA) within 12 months of engagement.

An OSA is an ASD policy requirement (ASD-POL-014) for contractors who will be engaged for a period in excess of 12 months. OSAs are conducted to determine a persons suitability to work in ASD. Before submitting an application for this role, the candidate should consider their preparedness for questions that may include the following topics: personal relationships, living circumstances, personal values, financial situation, physical and mental health history including substance use, and any civil and/or military record.

Every application requires to address selection criteria as part of application submission

Essential Criteria

1. More than 3 years demonstrated architectural experience with public, private or hybrid Cloud environments, technologies and architectures covering: developing capability roadmaps, high level designs, models and plans for Systems-of-Systems (SoS) Solution Architectures managing compliance with architectural governance, including Design Authority endorsement, to ensure design consistency and application of architectural standards across the program and planned solutions

2. Demonstrated architectural experience delivering capability in an organisation utilising structured technical and delivery methodologies such systems engineering lifecycle or SAFE Agile framework.

3. Strong administrative and time management skills, with the ability to effectively prioritise work, allocate tasks and work independently when required.

Desirable Criteria

1. Tertiary qualifications in IT and/or related industry certifications, eg: PSCA (ISC)2 CISSP, CISCO, AWS, MICROSOFT Certifications as desirable.

2. Excellent understanding and demonstrated application of current architectural design patterns, standards, technologies and techniques including Architectural frameworks such as DoDAF, ToGAF or similar models.

3. SAFe Agile delivery experience