Solution Architect
Solution Architect – AI at Qantas: shapes and governs the airline's enterprise AI architecture, designing the GenAI platform and AI/ML workbench on AWS (Bedrock, SageMaker) and Snowflake, embedding AI governance, and steering generative/agentic and predictive ML initiatives through architecture review. Permanent, full-time, on-site at Qantas Head Campus in Mascot, Sydney.
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- The Rocks, Sydney
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Not specified
- Employment
- Full time
- Experience
- Not specified
- Category
- Architecture
- Posted
Must have
- At least 7 years in solution or enterprise architecture, with recent hands-on AI/ML production experience on AWS (Amazon Bedrock, Bedrock Agent Core, SageMaker AI)
- Practical depth in generative and agentic AI patterns: RAG, fine-tuning, agent frameworks, evaluation, guardrails and inference cost management
- Experience with MLOps and model lifecycle management within broader program governance
- Strong data management foundations: data quality, master/reference data, lineage and cataloguing
- Working understanding of Australian Privacy Principles (incl. cross-border disclosure) and Australian Government AI guidance
- Ability to explain AI trade-offs (hallucination risk, RAG vs fine-tuning, cost) to executive audiences
- Sound judgement under ambiguity; experience in a large matrix organisation across agile and traditional delivery
- Knowledge of TOGAF or an equivalent framework
Nice to have
- Snowflake experience, including Cortex AI (LLM functions, Cortex Analyst, Cortex Search) and Snowpark ML
- Experience with event streaming (Kafka or Confluent) for real-time inference and model triggering
- Experience with Alation or a similar data catalogue
- Background in aviation, transport or another regulated, safety-critical industry
Full description
Shape and maintain Qantas AI architecture and capability. Lead architectural governance, embedding standards and guardrails across domains. Permanent, Full-time opportunitylocatedQantas Head Campus in Mascot Technology is at the heart of how the Qantas Group delivers for our customers, people and shareholders. As we modernise, simplify and invest in the future, the right architectural foundations are critical to enabling safe, reliable and scalable solutions across the Group. As a SolutionArchi…