Head Of Strategy & Architecture

The Organisation

Our client is one of the most advanced workplaces in Australia with its responsibilities being paramount to the safety and protection of Australians. Our client continues to advance itself to be amongst the global leaders in the technology, research, and science space.

With a major focus on the future and further advancements, this company is making a significant difference for the better.

With many large complex projects set to commence in the near future, we are looking for an experienced Head of Strategy and Architecture to unite and empower a continually growing team.

The Role

This role represents an incredible 12-month opportunity to work with an organisation that is making a significant difference behind the scenes and working on many of the most important and exciting projects set for 2024 and beyond. As the Head of Strategy &
Architecture your responsibilities will be broad but not limited to:

• Engagement with key stakeholders across multiple different business units.
• Leading and growing a diverse group of technical architects.
• Designing and working with stakeholders in the business to drive key projects.
• Developing high level and low-level documentation that will then be executed.
• Educating and innovating in the delivery of Technology services to develop the wider business.
• Developing roadmaps and capability statements.
• Ensuring project management and delivery is completed on-time and at an exceptional standard.
• Managing multiple strategies at one time.
• Enabling and introducing emerging technologies into the business.

Your Profile

The ideal candidate will be someone who will:

• Be an experienced Head of Strategy &
  Architecture who has run and led teams of Enterprise and Solutions architects with the development and coordination of roadmaps and then delivering on the infrastructure.
• Have exceptional communication and stakeholder engagement and management skills that will see you talk across all lines of business to shape and share visions across a large audience.
• Be able to analyse and problem solve a variety of novel tasks that have never been done before and being able to deliver the outcome within tight timeframes.
• Someone who considers themselves as technology agnostic.
• Have the ability to understand and learn about new ways to deliver technology services.
• Expert knowledge across the full SDLC.
• Experience architecting in a multi technology-driven environment.
• Strong experience with business process design and re-engineering.

Having an understanding and experience in multiple of these environments would be advantageous:

• Be experienced with Wintel, Linux and High-Performance Computing (HPC).
• Storage systems VMWare, Net Apps, OnPrem Infrastructure and Private Cloud.
• Networks:
  Cisco and PaloAlto.
• Software:
  VB.Net, SQL, Java, C-Sharp.

Due to the sensitive nature of this position, we can only accept candidates who are Australian citizens and security clearance will need to be earned. We are happy to accept candidates based in Melbourne or Adelaide.

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