Principal Solutions Architect in Melbourne

Shape the technology landscape of a rapidly scaling Australian business. Genuine autonomy, greenfield opportunities and the freedom to make an impact.

The Opportunity

We're partnering with one of Australia's fastest-growing businesses, an ambitious, technology-driven organisation that has experienced extraordinary growth in recent years. Operating within a traditionally established industry, this business is anything but traditional in its approach. Innovation is embedded in its culture, with significant investment in emerging technologies, AI and digital transformation to challenge conventional ways of working.

Despite its impressive scale, the organisation has retained an entrepreneurial mindset. Ideas are encouraged, decisions are made collaboratively, and people are empowered to take ownership rather than navigate layers of unnecessary bureaucracy.

With an exciting technology roadmap ahead, they're now looking for a Principal Solutions Architect to help shape the next chapter. This is a rare opportunity to combine the strategic influence of Enterprise Architecture with the hands-on ownership of Solutions Architecture, working in an environment where your decisions will have a direct and visible impact.

Why This Role?

• Genuine autonomy and ownership: Take the lead on architectural decisions, establish best practices and influence the direction of technology across the business.
• Greenfield opportunities: Play a pivotal role in shaping new architecture frameworks, cloud environments, AI capabilities and future enterprise platforms.
• A culture that embraces innovation: Join a business actively investing in AI, automation and emerging technologies, with the appetite and backing to turn ideas into reality.
• High visibility and influence: Work closely with senior leadership, including the CTO, with the opportunity to shape technology strategy and business outcomes.
• The best of both worlds: Enjoy the scale, investment and complexity of a large organisation, without losing the agility, creativity and entrepreneurial spirit of a smaller business.
• An opportunity to build: Help establish the architectural foundations, processes and standards that will support the organisation's next phase of growth.

Joining a lean, collaborative technology team, you'll take ownership of architecture across cloud, applications and security, while helping establish a more mature enterprise architecture function. You'll think strategically, engage with the business and remain close enough to delivery to see your ideas through to implementation.

We're looking for a mix of the following:

• Experience in Solutions Architecture, Enterprise Architecture or a combination of both.
• Strong hands-on expertise across Microsoft Azure, cloud architecture, application design and security.
• Experience defining architectural standards, roadmaps and governance without creating unnecessary complexity.
• An understanding of modern application integration, cloud platforms and emerging AI technologies.
• The ability to balance long-term architectural thinking with pragmatic, delivery-focused solutions.
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with the confidence to influence senior business leaders.
• A collaborative, proactive approach and the ability to thrive in an evolving environment.
• Experience with Microsoft Fabric, Copilot, AWS Bedrock, generative AI platforms or large-scale transformation initiatives would be highly regarded.

More important than ticking every technical box is your ability to see the bigger picture, challenge conventional thinking and turn ideas into meaningful outcomes.