Solution Architect

Description:

As an experienced Solution Architect, you will collaborate with vendors and stakeholders to procure products and provide design expertise, enhancing user experience by improving usability, accessibility, and desirability of the solutions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Define and manage functional and non-functional requirements to meet business expectations.
• Develop and select effective design solutions, collaborating with vendors and stakeholders.
• Create and implement system integration strategies and plans.
• Provide specialist advisory on architectural standards, governance frameworks, and emerging technologies.
• Enhance user experience by improving usability, accessibility, and desirability of design solutions.
• Identify and assess risks, making informed decisions using our risk management framework.
• Engage and manage a diverse range of internal and external stakeholders.

Capabilities & Expectations:

• Requirements Management: Understands business expectations and operational concepts, manages changes to requirements.
• System Design & Selection: Transforms requirements into design solutions, evaluates and selects design solutions.
• System Integration: Develops integration plans, assembles and integrates systems, resolves integration issues.
• Technology Architecture Governance & Advisory: Develops architectural standards, provides advisory and expertise, identifies emerging technologies.
• User Experience Design: Facilitates ideation, conducts user needs research, develops design prototypes and solutions.
• Troubleshooting & Problem Solving: Determines root causes, selects problem-solving tools, evaluates multiple solutions.
• Risk Management: Identifies and assesses threats, makes risk-informed decisions, uses risk frameworks, builds a risk-aware culture.
• Stakeholder Management: Identifies key stakeholders, understands their needs, manages expectations, leverages relationships.

Additional Requirements:

• Understanding of mining and resource extraction business operations and processes.
• Familiarity with IT and operational technology from a design, implementation, and run perspective.
• Willingness to learn about systems engineering frameworks.

Requirements:

This role requires the candidate to be located in Adelaide, South Australia.

Skills Required:

• Positive attitude and self-driven with the ability to handle large, technically complex projects.
• Strong problem-solving abilities at both business and technical levels.
• Strategic thinker, open to new ideas, and effective communicator.
• Ability to convey information to non-technical colleagues clearly and concisely.
• Demonstrated ability to work under pressure and maintain effective performance in stressful conditions.

Experience & Qualifications:

• Over 3 years of experience in Solution Architecture roles, focusing purely on designing high-level solutions across all areas of infrastructure, rather than technical implementation.
• Minimum of 2 years in an architecture role within a similar industry or process.
• STEM degree (highly desirable).
• Proficient in ArchiMate for modeling business processes and high-level infrastructure designs.
• Experienced in TOGAF for developing and managing enterprise architecture frameworks and methodologies.
• Cloud Platform Solution Architect Certification (e.g., AWS, Azure) required (at least Foundation level).
• Additional certifications such as CISSP, SABSA, GIAC, or vendor-specific technology certifications are a plus.

Conditions:

• A competitive daily rate, on a rolling contract (12 months +).
• Join a forward-thinking team where your expertise will directly contribute to the success of projects.
• Opportunity to build on your career in a top-tier mining company.

If you are ready to take on a challenging role and are currently located in South Australia, Adelaide (or willing to relocate at your own expense), please apply or reach out to Lia Bormolini at liabormolini@michaelpage.com.au or 0414 093 854.