Job description
Systems Architect
The System Architect plays a critical role in shaping the technical direction of an organisation and ensuring that its systems are robust, scalable, and aligned with business objectives. This role requires a combination of technical expertise, leadership skills, and the ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholder.
Duties
DFP welcomes applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds and people with disability. In addition, DFP will provide reasonable adjustments for individuals with disability throughout the recruitment process. If you identify as a person with disability and require adjustments to the application, recruitment, selection and/or assessment process, please advise via adjustments@dfp.com.au or 1300 337 000 and indicate your preferred method of communication (email, phone, text) so we can keep in touch and meet your accessibility needs.
- $110 / Hourly / Ex Super
- City location
- 12 – month contract
The System Architect plays a critical role in shaping the technical direction of an organisation and ensuring that its systems are robust, scalable, and aligned with business objectives. This role requires a combination of technical expertise, leadership skills, and the ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholder.
Duties
- Develop and design the overall architecture of complex systems, including hardware, software, networks, and data.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to gather and analyse system requirements, ensuring alignment with business objectives whilst providing technical guidance to development teams, ensuring the implementation of the architectural vision.
- Assess and select appropriate technologies, platforms, and tools to build and maintain the system and ensure seamless integration between various system components, including third-party software and services.
- Design for scalability and performance, considering factors like load balancing, caching, and distributed computing with implementing robust security measures to protect the system from vulnerabilities and cyber threats.
- Create and maintain comprehensive documentation of the system architecture, design decisions, and best practices ensuring that the system architecture complies with industry standards, regulations, and best practices.
- Lead efforts to identify and resolve complex technical issues that may arise during implementation or operation and develop detailed work-based structures for the delivery of the projects.
- Extensive knowledge of various technologies, including programming languages, databases, cloud platforms, and networking protocols.
- Expertise in architectural patterns and design principles, such as microservices, service-oriented architecture (SOA), and event-driven architecture.
- Convey complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders with advanced problem-solving skills.
- Deep understanding of security best practices and the ability to integrate security measures into the system architecture.
- Applicants must hold Australian citizenship and an active NV1 security clearance or having the ability to obtain.
- Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related field is required.
- 7 + years of experience in software development and system architecture, with a track record of designing and implementing complex systems.
- Applications close 03/12/2023
DFP welcomes applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds and people with disability. In addition, DFP will provide reasonable adjustments for individuals with disability throughout the recruitment process. If you identify as a person with disability and require adjustments to the application, recruitment, selection and/or assessment process, please advise via adjustments@dfp.com.au or 1300 337 000 and indicate your preferred method of communication (email, phone, text) so we can keep in touch and meet your accessibility needs.