Technical Architect

Lead Microservices & AI Technical Architect contract opportunity

Your new company
Joina consultancy supporting a major Federal Government department at the forefrontof digital transformation and innovation. You'll play a pivotal role inestablishing enterprise-scale microservices and AI-enabled engineeringcapabilities that will shape how digital services are delivered across theorganisation.

Your new role
As the Lead Microservices & AI Technical Architect, you will provide strategic technical leadership and architectural governance across a significant business transformation program. Working closely with senior stakeholders, engineering teams and delivery partners, you will drive the adoption of cloud-native architectures, modern engineering practices and AI-enabled delivery capabilities.Key responsibilities include:

• Leading architecture design and governance for cloud-native and microservices platforms
• Driving adoption of AI-enabled engineering practices and enterprise AI capabilities
• Establishing DevSecOps, CI/CD, observability and platform engineering standards
• Influencing enterprise technology decisions and transformation initiatives
• Leading multidisciplinary engineering teams and providing technical mentorship
• Supporting platform modernisation, integration and containerisation programs
• Building organisational capability through knowledge transfer and engineering governance

What you'll need to succeed

• Extensive experience designing and governing enterprise-scale microservices and event-driven architectures
• Strong cloud architecture experience, ideally within Azure environments
• Deep expertise across AI engineering, machine learning, semantic search or enterprise AI solutions
• Proven leadership experience delivering large-scale transformation programs
• Strong background across DevSecOps, CI/CD, platform engineering and software delivery practices
• Experience with container platforms such as Kubernetes, OpenShift, AKS, EKS or GKE
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and executive communication skills
• Baseline clearance preferable but open to Australian Citizens able to obtain and hold security clearance

What you'll get in return

• Long-term Federal Government contract
• Initial 12-month engagement with 2 x 12-month extension options
• Flexible hybrid working arrangements
• High-profile architecture leadership position
• Opportunity to shape enterprise AI and microservices strategy within a major government department

What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV to holly.powell@hays.com.au , or call us now.
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