Principal Architect
We are seeking an experienced Principal Solution Architect with extensive enterprise-level expertise in application, enterprise architecture and infrastructure, within complex organizations.
About the Opportunity
The Principal Architect will be responsible for providing design guidance and expertise required to positively influence informed business outcomes that align to strategy for proactively leading and supporting Enterprise Services Strategy and Architecture activities.
Key Responsibilities:
* Ensure alignment between business strategies and the portfolio of IT projects and ensuring capability and technology improvements are appropriate and aligned to identified business or customer needs.
* Develop and maintain high-level architectural roadmaps, providing oversight on integration, infrastructure, networking, and solution design to ensure alignment with business objectives.
* Oversee the development of enterprise strategies and roadmaps to provide a cohesive framework for organizational initiatives.
* Cross-Functional Team Leadership: Coach, develop and manage staff by providing subject matter expertise to maximise team performance and drive objectives that are aligned to programme goals.
* Apply broad architectural expertise to provide direction across multiple areas of IT, adapting to various project needs, from solution designs to enterprise-wide initiatives.
* Ongoing development of the maturity of the architecture practice.
* Support the creation and review of architectural artifacts, ensuring compliance with BAE's architecture governance.
* Proactively managing resourcing requirements to maintain a balanced commitment to strategic and operation architecture project delivery.
* Experience with complex projects.
* Be at the forefront of technology innovation and bring in relevant insights as part of setting the architectural direction for Enterprise Services.
* Building relationships with key business and technology stakeholders and setting direction together and maintaining key Architecture artefacts, e.g. Architecture / Solution Overview.
About You
We are looking for someone with:
* Proven knowledge and experience in architecture and design method and practice.
* Experience with establishing and managing Enterprise (Business, Information Application, Technology) practices.
* Application development leveraging cloud-native technologies, ideally Azure IaaS/PaaS.
* Experience in analysing large, complex domains and associated design.
* Familiarity with AI, high performance compute is desirable.
* Cloud certification and network experience is desirable.
* Experience creating presentations for senior-level executives and technical audiences.
* Stakeholder engagement and exceptional presentation skills to senior-level executives.
* Experience in demand and capacity management and resource forecasting.
About Us
You will be joining a workplace that truly cares about your wellbeing.
Our people are diverse and we value the variety of perspectives this brings; we know that a culture that is inclusive and fosters a sense of belonging is a place we can all make the most of our unique talents and be our best.
As Australia's largest defence company in a rapidly growing sector, you will be connected into a global team and encouraged to explore where your career might take you whether that is a traditional career path or squiggly one, there are infinite possibilities for you at BAE Systems Australia.