One of our Federal Government Clients is seeking to engage a Lead Application Architect - EL2
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Contract Duration: 03 Years (12 Months initially + 24 Months extension)Work Location: Canberra (Hybrid – 03 Days Office / 02 Days home each week)Eligibility: You must need to have NV1 Security Clearance or above.Tentative Start Date: 1st July 2026
Position Description:
The Lead Application Architect provides critical technical and architectural leadership across digital initiatives supported by the Digital Business Division. The role ensures systems and solutions are designed in a consistent, secure, and sustainable way, aligned to departmental strategy and enterprise architecture. Without this role, there is an increased risk of fragmented solutions, duplication of capability, and reduced assurance over long‑term cost, risk, and integration impacts.
Key duties and responsibilities:
Provide strategic architecture leadership across digital delivery and systems sustainment activities.Lead and coordinate system, solution, and business architects to ensure consistent design practices.Define, maintain, and enforce architecture principles, standards, and guardrails.Provide architecture oversight and assurance for programs, projects, and major system changes.Chair or contribute to architecture and design governance forums as required.Ensure solutions align with enterprise architecture and can be integrated into the broader departmental environment.Identify and manage architectural risks, technical debt, and long‑term sustainability issues.Advise senior leaders on technology options, trade‑offs, risks, and impacts.Engage with internal and external stakeholders to ensure alignment across initiatives and agencies.Support capability uplift and mentoring of architecture and technical staff.Facilitate and drive the implementation of the department’s Digital Strategy.
Required Skills and Experience:
Extensive experience providing architecture leadership across complex digital environments.Strong understanding of enterprise, solution, and system architecture, including integration and cloud-based solutions.Demonstrated experience defining and applying architecture principles, standards, and governance.Proven ability to provide clear, trusted advice to senior executives and governance bodies.Experience balancing strategic objectives with delivery and operational constraints.Strong stakeholder engagement and influencing skills across technical and non‑technical audiences.Ability to assess technology options and manage architectural risk over the full system lifecycle.Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including preparation of clear architecture artefacts and briefings.Deep understanding of the Australian border regulatory processes, particularly biosecurity.
Technical skills:
Relevant tertiary qualification in information technology, engineering, or a related discipline.Postgraduate study or professional certification in architecture or digital delivery.Experience working in large, complex government or regulated environments.
Key Skills and Experience
Demonstrated experience providing senior architecture leadership in complex digital environments.Demonstrated experience establishing and applying architecture principles, standards, and governance.Demonstrated ability to engage effectively with senior leaders, delivery teams, and technical specialists.Demonstrated ability to assess technology options, balance short term delivery needs with long term sustainability, and identify risks, dependencies, and cost impacts across the system lifecycle.
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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