Solution Designer in Sydney

AJQ Consulting is a leading provider in the delivery of Information Technology & Professional Services. Our success is built on our team. We are proud to be partnering with a leader in Wealth Management Solutions on a major transformation initiative and are looking to place a Solution Designer to join our team on a 6 months contract basis, with the possibility to extend. This key program represents a significant portion of the organisation’s strategic investment for the year ahead. As an early joiner, you’ll directly influence the architecture and direction from day one. If you're a skilled Solution Designer eager to shape a high-impact growth transformation, we’d love to hear from you.

The Role:

• Responsible for validating solution designs for a third-party white-labelled platform to ensure seamless integration, security and strict alignment with enterprise architecture standards.
• Partner with external vendors and internal teams to review, refine and validate solution designs.
• Assess and validate solution designs to ensure scalability, performance and seamless integration across platforms.
• Define and design technology solutions to assist the business in meeting their business objectives including technology solutions and changes to service, process and/or operating models.
• Develop and implement technology solutions to ensure solutions are implemented as expected and to agreed timeframes.
• Deliver High Level Designs (HLDs), Detail Level Design (DLDs), Technical Maintenance Plans (TMPs) associated with the assigned solution.
• Facilitate the creation of governance, assurance and standards to guide decision making.
• Control technical scope and apply solution consistency across technology components throughout initiatives and themes.
• Strong understanding of web/cloud-based solution eco systems and Azure.
• Remain current on industry trends and developments in technology, wealth management solutions.
• Maintain up to date knowledge of the organisation’s strategic business plans and possible impacts on enterprise architecture.
• Provide expert technical advice to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Facilitate workshops with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders, including customers, senior executives and third parties.
• Authoring policies and procedures as they relate to the solution architecture domain.
• Ensure all relevant documentation is completed, filed and distributed in an efficient and timely manner.

To Be Successful in this role you will have:

• Minimum 10 years experience working in a technology role in a large enterprise environment.
• Minimum 5 years experience in wealth or financial services.
• Strong design/architecture and development experience, ideally within the wealth sector.
• Experience in designing and implementing solutions that meet business needs.
• Experience working in cloud environments and hands-on experience with cloud native technologies.
• Expert in eliciting requirements and requirement management.
• Highly skilled in stakeholder management.
• Expert-level knowledge across a broad range of technologies, platforms and different vendor offerings.
• Expert in communicating complex technological concepts at a level appropriate to the intended audience.
• Outstanding written and oral communication skills.
• High degree of understanding of IT security principles and how to incorporate best practices into architectural solutions.
• Detailed understanding of data privacy and privacy law and how they relate to technology solutions.
• Proven ability to work effectively in a team environment and independently as required.
• Strong organisational and time management skills.
• Strong customer service skills and a commitment to excellence.

AJQ strives to be an inclusive workplace for all people. We recognise that we operate in a diverse community and welcome and encourage applications from all suitably qualified applicants.