Infra Architect

Job description

This globally recognised Financial Services company has recently been through a large period of growth and transformation.  With this in mind there is an opening for a technology driven infrastructure Architect to come on board and join their team.  In this role you will play a pivotal role working with key stakeholders throughout the business and act as the glue towards ensuring all technologies are working at a high standard.
 
Responsibilities will include:

• Be aware of IT strategy and to appropriately align effort with this direction
• Ability to understand IT strategy and align the development of solutions to achieve the outcome
• Throughout the life-cycle of a project own the design process from requirements development through to detailed designs
• Provide solution leadership to the project manager and delivery team to ensure that solutions have integrity and are in line with broader project constraints, such as time and cost
• Ensure that solutions are considered end-to-end in business terms and requirements are well understood by suppliers and the project team
• Ensure requirements are managed to balance business benefits and solution constraints in order that projects scope is fit for purpose
• Define documentation standards and coverage for technical solutions to ensure consistency and quality
• Contribute to the development of artefacts that support to the overall architecture practice
• Shape the early stages of projects to ensure that the project’s architecture is appropriately aligned with strategic direction
• Monitor and review technical progress against the roadmaps to anticipate and resolve any issues so that the IT strategy objectives are met

               
To be successful for this position you will need to display:

• Experience of working in a change environment within a large-scale organization
• Significant solution design and delivery experience
• Significant experience in ensuring that infrastructure designs and subsequent implementations conform to architectural principles (e.g. supportability, future-proofing, consolidation), standards and strategy
• Experience of working with third party service supplier / outsource providers
• Understanding and experience with managing and operating complex infrastructure platforms, in real world operational environments

 
If you have the above experience and want to join a fun, fast paced passionate team please forward your resume to julians@charterhouse.com.au or call me on 9641 2453.