Senior Solutions Architect
Contract role placed by labour-hire firm Moraitis Consulting with a client's Strategy and Architecture team in Darwin: leads enterprise-wide solution and technology architecture, produces secure designs, standards and investment cases, and governs solution reviews with executive stakeholders. Requires 10+ years' experience, a relevant degree, architecture certifications, and AUSCheck/AGSVA NV1 cle
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Darwin NT
- Work setup
- Onsite
- Seniority
- Senior
- Employment
- Contract
- Experience
- 10+ years
- Category
- Architecture
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Minimum 10 years' relevant technical experience incl. leading solution and technology architecture development, design, governance, strategy and implementation
- 3 or 4-year degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering or related field
- Broad architecture capability across business, application, information, technology, security and governance domains plus deep solution architecture expertise
- Demonstrated application of solution architecture best practices
- Experience defining and implementing ICT strategies, plans, frameworks and standards
- Strong experience translating business requirements into secure, supportable technology solutions
- Experience analysing capital and operational costs, total cost of ownership and financial benefits of technology solutions
- Ability to develop and communicate strategies and architectures using analytical and visual techniques
- Exceptional written, verbal and interpersonal communication with executive/senior stakeholder engagement skills
- Excellent strategy, technical, analytical and project management skills; strong leadership, influencing, collaboration and facilitation
- Relevant industry-recognised architecture certifications
- Genuine people-first approach to business and technology delivery
- Ability to work primarily on-site in Darwin, Northern Territory
- Ability to work eight hours per day, five days per week, excluding NT public holidays
- Ability to commence within four weeks of contract award
- Evidence of passing an AUSCheck or obtaining an AGSVA Negative Vetting Level 1 clearance within the required timeframe
- Compliance with ICT usage, confidentiality, cybersecurity, data handling, procurement and data management requirements
Nice to have
- ICT Architect experience in the utilities sector or similar industry
- Experience working with Operational Technology (OT) environments
- Industry-recognised cyber security certification such as CISSP
- IT Service Management qualifications such as ITIL
- Experience applying architecture and security methodologies/frameworks such as TOGAF, SABSA and NIST
- Commitment to ongoing professional learning and development
Full description
Salary: Competitive Rates depending on experience
About Us
Winners! 2025 NT Local Business Awards "Outstanding Consultants".
As a reputable consulting, recruitment, and labour‑hire provider across the Northern Territory, Queensland and beyond, Moraitis Consulting (trading as Moraitis Engineering AU) stands as a trusted partner to Government and industry. We deliver strategic leadership and specialised talent that enable organisations to achieve their goals and drive sustainable success. Beyond recruitment and labour hire, Moraitis Consulting provides a comprehensive suite of ICT consulting services, including digital transformation, strategic advisory, business analysis, project management, cyber security, ICT policy development, and project administration. These capabilities enable us to deliver superior outcomes for our clients and our people.
About the Opportunity
Our client is seeking an experienced Senior Solution Architect to join its Strategy and Architecture team and provide strategic leadership across solution and technology architecture.
The role will be responsible for developing, documenting and implementing architecture and security solutions that align technology investment and delivery with enterprise architecture standards, strategic objectives and compliance obligations.
This is a senior strategic and technical role suited to an experienced architect who can operate across business, application, information, technology, security and governance domains while engaging effectively with executive leaders, business stakeholders, technology teams and delivery partners.
Scope of Work
The Senior Solution Architect will:
- Lead the development and implementation of long-term, enterprise-wide solution and technology architecture strategies aligned with organisational priorities.
- Develop future-state architectures, principles, strategies, standards, patterns and frameworks that support secure, sustainable and integrated technology environments.
- Translate complex business requirements into secure, supportable and architecturally sound application, technology and infrastructure solutions.
- Develop fit-for-purpose solution and technology designs and govern solution designs through architecture review processes.
- Shape technology investment decisions by evaluating business requirements, ICT processes, solution options, lifecycle risks, technical debt, costs and business value.
- Develop and maintain enterprise capability and technology maps, identifying dependencies, lifecycle risks, costs and technical debt.
- Drive platform rationalisation and simplification across the application landscape to improve efficiency, supportability and security.