The smart, career focused and determined people who work for NRI flourish in a culture that empowers them to achieve customer outcomes and gives them a sense of ownership for the development of the company as a whole. Together we form a highly motivated, customer-focused workforce.
Role Overview
Join our team as a trusted Cloud & Infrastructure Solutions Architect and work closely with clients to design, implement, and optimise innovative IT solutions. This Canberra-based role focuses on providing architectural expertise, contributing to both presales and project delivery, and supporting the continuous improvement of IT services within a Managed Service Provider (MSP) environment. YOU WILL NEED TO HOLD A FEDERAL GOVERNEMNT SECURITY CLEARANCE TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS ROLE.
Key Responsibilities
* Client Partnership: Act as a trusted advisor to clients, engaging proactively to understand business drivers, identify IT solutions, and foster ongoing collaboration.
* Solution Development: Contribute to and develop end-to-end IT solutions, including high- and low-level designs, solution briefs, proposals, statements of work (SOW), SOPs, and bills of materials.
* Architectural Governance: Provide architectural oversight across business-as-usual (BAU) and project delivery, ensuring alignment with operational and security standards.
* Presales & Technical Delivery: Perform presales activities, supporting solution development from concept to execution, and deliver technical guidance during project implementation.
* Process & Technical Improvement: Drive continuous improvement of technical processes and solutions for both client and internal engagements.
* Cross-Team Collaboration: Work closely with internal and external architecture teams to support solution delivery across on-premises and cloud environments, including Azure and AWS.
* Security & Compliance: Oversee the integration of security standards (e.g., ISM, Essential Eight) into architectural solutions, ensuring compliance with security objectives.
* Documentation & Handover: Ensure comprehensive documentation of solutions and facilitate smooth handovers to BAU teams.
Required Skills & Experience
* Proven Expertise: Minimum 5 years' experience as an Infrastructure Architect with strong capabilities in cloud design, particularly in Azure and AWS.
* Cloud & Infrastructure Knowledge: Extensive experience in Azure (IaaS, networking, storage, security), Office 365, and Microsoft Wintel platforms, with relevant certifications preferred.
* Managed Services Background: Experience working within an MSP environment, delivering secure and compliant solutions to clients.
* Technical Expertise: Strong skills across public/private cloud technologies, virtualisation, server, storage, and networking environments.
* Security Standards: Solid understanding of ISM, Essential Eight, and security best practices, with the ability to incorporate them into architecture designs.
* Documentation & Stakeholder Engagement: Excellent documentation, communication, and stakeholder management skills to ensure clear and effective solution delivery.
* Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity: Experience in designing and implementing DR solutions and business continuity planning.
Certifications (Preferred):
* Cloud: Azure and/or AWS Certifications
* Microsoft: Office 365, Wintel, SQL, Desktop
* ITIL: Strong understanding of ITIL processes and practices
WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU?
In exchange for your exceptional technical skills, customer focused performance & out of the box thinking you’ll be rewarded with a career changing experience only consulting can provide.
* Diverse and challenging project work
* Flexible public holiday benefits and option to purchase up to 2 additional weeks leave per year
* Training and development opportunities
* Salary sacrifice, motor and novated leases
* Committed health & wellbeing plan including Employee Assistance Program
* 12 weeks paid parental leave, increasing to 20 weeks for 5+ years service
* Corporate partnerships
DIVERSITY & INCLUSION
We celebrate the diversity of people, and we pride ourselves on ensuring everyone belongs. As an equal opportunity employer, we want to create opportunities for everyone and will consider all applications without bias.
We value our collaborative culture and work together to support a variety of community organisations and social issues.
Transformative digital solutions take more than IT expertise. They take a partner you can count on. With an eye for precision and the vision to help you progress. Who can move quickly to find the right ways forward – so that you’re always ahead of tomorrow.
We’re that partner for countless businesses. Designing, implementing, and managing digital solutions that are as personalised as they are progressive. That open the doors to greater digital success – across business, government and beyond.
We deliver everything from business strategy and consulting through to infrastructure and managed IT services. We’re backed by a global reach that makes us a truly game-changing alternative in the digital services space – with local decision-making and authority. And we’re powered not just by technology, but by passionate people who are fearlessly committed to getting it right for our customers.
Transformative digital solutions take the right team, making the right moves at the right time. You’ve found yours with NRI
If you're an experienced Infrastructure Architect with a passion for secure, high-impact IT solutions, apply now to be part of our dedicated team.