Solution Architect

• Employment Type: 12-month fixed term, full time role
• Solution Architect (AI) role within our AI and Innovation directorate within UNSW IT
• Starting Salary $ plus generous superannuation and leave loading
• Location: Kensington campus in NSW (Hybrid Flexible Working) 2-3 days in the office

About UNSW:

UNSW isn't like other places you've worked. We're a large organisation with a diverse and talented community; a community doing extraordinary things. Together, we are driven to be thoughtful, practical, and purposeful in all we do. Taking this combined approach is what makes our work matter. It's the reason we're one of the top 50 universities in the world and a member of Australia's prestigious Group of Eight. If you want a career where you can thrive, be challenged and do meaningful work, you're in the right place.

The Solution Architect will oversee the design and communication of high-level structures to enable and guide the design and development of integrated solutions that meet the needs of the business. The role will also provide high level advice and recommendations to the business in shaping solutions, based on their specialist expertise and experience. The Solution Architect reports to the Enterprise Architect with no direct reports.

Specific accountabilities for this role include:

• Partner with our Architects and Engagement Teams to ensure Strategic Alignment or initiate new strategic directions where necessary.
• Partner with our internal infrastructure teams as well as vendors to define the requisite infrastructure environments.
• Assist in the development of Procurement Strategy, RFx and evaluation criteria
• Partner with our Business Analysts to understand customer requirements and lead their articulation as functional and logical designs.
• Oversee and facilitate technical steering groups as part of formal or informal consultancy / project agreements.
• Work with the Enterprise Architecture competency centre to establish and apply standard methods, tools, templates, processes and practices
• Use appropriate tools and frameworks, including logical models of components and interfaces, to develop systems architectures in specific business or functional areas.
• Produce detailed component specifications and translates these into detailed designs for implementation using selected products.
• Provide specialist advice on technical aspects of system development and integration (including requests for changes, deviations from specifications, etc.) and ensures that relevant technical strategies, policies, standards and practices (including security) are applied correctly.
• Oversee technical teams to optimal solutions to meet business requirements.
• Review others' systems designs to ensure selection of appropriate technology, efficient use of resources, and integration of multiple systems and technology.
• Make substantial contribution to policy for selection of architecture components.
• Evaluate and undertake impact analysis on major design options and assess and manage associated risks.
• Ensure that the system design balances functional, service quality and systems management requirements.

Who you are:

• Relevant tertiary qualification as well as a minimum of five years' professional experience in software development including at least three years' in a solution architecture role.
• Well-developed solution architecture and system design skills.
• Exposure to building and designing Power Platform or Azure AI solutions.
• Working with technical teams, cyber, data and architecture to ensure solution meets the need of business stakeholders.
• An understanding of industry recognised architectural frameworks.
• Demonstrated understanding of procurement practices.
• An understanding of various delivery lifecycles and where and why they should be used.
• An understanding of cloud, managed service and on-site deployment and integration architectures.
• A well-developed appreciation of the relationship between solution architecture and enterprise architecture.
• Strong presentation skills, both written and verbal, and the ability to structure and articulate messages to different audiences at all levels.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, ensuring that the underlying problem is understood and a robust approach / solution is developed.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to work with different levels in an organisation.
• Ability to maintain knowledge of leading and emerging practices in solution architecture and provide detailed advice regarding their application and execution in practice.
• An understanding of and commitment to UNSW's aims, objectives and values in action, together with relevant policies and guidelines.
• Knowledge of health & safety (psychosocial and physical) responsibilities and commitment to attending relevant health and safety training.

Benefits and Culture

• Flexible Working Options (work from home, flexible hours etc) 
• Career development opportunities
• 17% Superannuation contributions and additional leave loading payments 
• Additional 3 days of leave over Christmas period
• Discounts and entitlements (retail, education, fitness)

For further details on the benefits, please visit 

How to Apply: please apply through the portal, we would like you to submit a full application including resume and addressing the who you are section.

 Applications close:  Monday 23rd of Feb at 11.30pm

Pre-Employment Checks
Aligned with UNSW's focus on cultivating a workplace defined by safety, ethical conduct, and strong integrity preferred candidates will be required to participate in a combination of pre-employment checks relevant to the role they have applied for.

These pre-employment checks may include a combination of some of the following checks:- 

• National and International Criminal history checks
• Entitlement to work and ID checks
• Working With Children Checks
• Completion of a Gender-Based Violence Prevention Declaration
• Verification of relevant qualifications
• Verification of relevant professional membership
• Employment history and reference checks
• Financial responsibility assessments/checks.
• Medical Checks and Assessments

Compliance with the necessary combination of these checks is a condition of employment at UNSW.

Get in Touch:

Jen MacLachlan

Talent Acquisition Partner – UNSW IT

Please apply through the application portal and not via the contact above.

UNSW is committed to equity diversity and inclusion. Applications from women, people of culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, those living with disabilities, members of the LGBTIQ+ community; and people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, are encouraged. UNSW provides workplace adjustments for people with disability, and access to flexible work options for eligible staff. The University reserves the right not to proceed with any appointment.