Date: 26 Sept 2025
Location:
Brisbane, QLD, AU
Department: Technology & Transformation
Description:
Job Requisition ID: 39123
Senior Consultant – Engineering Strategy & Architecture
Flexible work arrangements
Global opportunities
Salary packaging
Wellbeing and mental health programs
Professional development pathways
Inclusive culture and employee networks
About the Team
Our Engineering Strategy & Architecture team partners with clients to align technology strategy, enterprise architecture, cloud adoption, and operating models with business objectives—shaping technology-enabled transformations that deliver measurable outcomes. We lead with insight and pragmatism, translating ambition into executable roadmaps, robust architectures, and value-focused delivery models.
We are at the forefront of Generative AI, helping clients accelerate innovation, reimagine business models, and deliver human-centred solutions responsibly. We design governance, risk, and architecture patterns that enable trustworthy adoption and tangible value, informed by Deloitte’s global research, alliances, and delivery experience.
You will join a collaborative, high-performing team that values innovation, inclusion, and continuous learning. As a Senior Consultant, you will lead workstreams, coach juniors, and remain a hands-on delivery contributor within advisory-led programmes.
We are hiring for expertise in:
Technology strategy and operating model design
Enterprise and solution architecture
Cloud strategy and transformation
Business case and TCO modelling
Architecture governance and tooling
Engineering enablement and DevOps advisory
Location & Experience
Location: Flexible across Australia
Experience: 4+ years of relevant experience preferred (flexible based on capability and potential)
What will your typical day look like?
You will collaborate with clients and Deloitte teams to design strategies, operating models, and architecture roadmaps that unlock business value. You will leverage Generative AI responsibly day-to-day, applying Deloitte’s guardrails and frameworks to ensure trustworthy outcomes.
Project Delivery
Lead a workstream, shaping technology strategies and enterprise/solution architectures into executable roadmaps, value cases, and KPIs.
Facilitate design decisions across cloud, data, integration, security, and GenAI—balancing feasibility, risk, compliance, and speed-to-value.
Build and present business cases (TCO/NPV/ROI), including options, scenarios, and considerations; make explicit, evidence-based recommendations.
Support with scoping and management of projects throughout their delivery lifecycle.
Participate and support with establishing and running governance for design and implementation work to de-risk execution.
Business Development
Co-develop pursuit strategies and stakeholder maps; contribute value hypotheses aligned to client priorities and sector trends.
Lead RFP/RFQ responses with support from senior team members, crafting win themes, storylines, estimates, and orals materials that articulate clear outcomes.
Produce thought leadership and perspectives on technology strategy, cloud modernisation, and responsible GenAI; present to client leaders.
Engage alliance partners to shape differentiated solutions and accelerators; curate relevant assets and references for pursuits.
As a Senior Consultant, you bring project delivery experience and are progressing towards autonomous stream leadership. Prior experience across the capabilities below is highly valued.
Core Consulting Capabilities
Proposal Writing: Lead RFP/RFQ responses with the support of senior team members; craft win themes and coordinate inputs to produce tailored, high quality, value-led proposals.
Financial Modelling (ROI/TCO): Build and review business cases with TCO/NPV/ROI, scenario and considerations, and value realisation plans.
Strategic Thinking: Translate business strategy into actionable technology roadmaps, investment priorities, and measurable outcomes.
Communication & Facilitation: Design and run structured workshops; synthesise complex topics into executive-ready narratives and storyboards.
Problem Solving: Use hypothesis-driven methods; test with data; frame trade-offs; synthesise clear, evidence-based and outcome-focused recommendations.
Stakeholder Management: Map and manage stakeholders; drive alignment; build strong relationships.
Technical Capabilities
Delivery Management: Own workstream plans, scope, and schedule; maintain RAID; run ceremonies; ensure quality and sign-offs.
Architecture Design: Develop capability models; perform architecture assessments; design current/future states, solution patterns, and integration contracts; define non-functional requirements and traceability.
Cloud Platforms Knowledge: Apply AWS/Azure/GCP services and landing zones to client scenarios; balance cost, performance, and security; understand FinOps considerations.
Data, Integration, and Security: Shape data platform and integration strategies (API-led, event-driven); zero-trust and privacy-by-design; align with regulatory obligations.
GenAI & Automation: Apply responsible AI governance, model/agent and RAG patterns, prompt/control patterns, and platform enablement to safely scale use cases.
Domain Exposure
Experience in one or more sectors such as financial services, energy and utilities, public sector, health, consumer, or TMT, ideally including regulated environments.
Nice-to-have
Certifications: TOGAF or equivalent architecture, AWS/Azure/GCP associate or professional, and foundational AI/ML or Responsible AI credentials.
Tooling: Architecture tooling (e.g., LeanIX, Orbus), cloud design tooling, Jira/Confluence, value-modelling tools, and high proficiency with Microsoft PowerPoint.
Methods: Familiarity with SAFe/Agile delivery concepts and frameworks, FinOps, DevOps/Platform Engineering practices, and cost-optimisation approaches.
Why Deloitte
We foster an inclusive culture and support flexible working arrangements so you can do your best work. Deloitte combines deep engineering expertise with leadership in Generative AI, working with global alliances to deliver responsible innovation and measurable outcomes. Our practitioners draw on proven assets, accelerators, and governance frameworks to reduce risk and accelerate time-to-value—ensuring technology investments are ethical, sustainable, and aligned to strategy. Join a team recognised for trusted advice, execution excellence, and the ability to help clients transform with confidence.
By applying for this job, you’ll be assessed against the Deloitte Talent Standards. We’ve designed these standards so that you can grow in your career, and we can provide our clients with a consistent and exceptional Deloitte employee experience globally. The preferred candidate will be subject to background screening by Deloitte or by their external third-party provider.
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