Senior Solution Architect

Solution Architect – Digital Platforms - 6 Month rolling contract

Daily rate: $1100-1300p/d

Sydney | Hybrid Working | Multi-Year Programme

We are partnering with a leading Australian organisation undergoing a major digital transformation to recruit an experienced Solution Architect with a strong software engineering background.
This is a long-term contract opportunity, initially 6 months with rolling extensions and an expected programme duration of multiple years.
The ideal candidate will come from a hands-on software engineering background, with strong experience designing distributed systems, cloud-native applications and enterprise integrations.
The Role

• Lead end-to-end solution architecture across large-scale digital platforms and transformation initiatives.
• Design scalable, reliable solutions using modern software engineering principles and cloud technologies.
• Work closely with engineering teams to define technical architecture, integration patterns and solution designs.
• Contribute to the development of microservices, APIs and event-driven architectures.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance across engineering teams, ensuring solutions are scalable, secure and maintainable.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across engineering, product and delivery to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
• Support architectural decisions across greenfield development and existing platform modernisation.

Skills & Experience

• Proven experience as a Solution Architect with a strong background in software engineering.
• Previous hands-on development experience with Java, Kotlin, .NET or similar backend technologies.
• Strong understanding of microservices, distributed systems, REST APIs and event-driven architecture.
• Experience designing cloud-native solutions, ideally within GCP, AWS or Azure.
• Exposure to Kubernetes, containerisation and modern CI/CD practices.
• Experience working across large-scale digital, eCommerce or customer-facing platforms.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to work closely with engineers and technical stakeholders.
• Previous experience within media, advertising technology, eCommerce or high-volume digital environments would be highly regarded.