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Melbourne
IT & Telecomms Software - Architect
- Attractive and competitive daily rates
- Initial 5-month contract
- Hybrid work arrangement
About the client:
Our client is a local council in western suburbs of Melbourne committed to delivering exceptional services to our community. Located in the heart of one of Australia’s fastest-growing regions, prioritizing sustainable development, innovation, and community engagement.
About the role:
Our client is seeking an experienced Principal Architect to lead the architectural design and integration. This role ensures that all program components – including ERP, CRM, integration platforms, and legacy system transition – are designed and delivered in alignment with the endorsed Enterprise Architecture principles, the Integration Strategy, and organisational priorities.
Working closely with the CIO, Program Director, and vendors, the Principal Architect ensures technical decisions support long-term sustainability, security, and service delivery improvements.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead the architectural vision ensuring strategic alignment with enterprise goals and long-term ICT roadmap.
- Oversee architectural design and integration across modules such as Finance, HR, Property, Rates, Customer, and Regulatory Services.
- Ensure future-state design accommodates legacy systems and data migration plans, minimising disruption and supporting continuity.
- Work closely with project teams, technical experts, solution architects and business leaders to ensure integration solutions are smoothly implemented and align with strategic goals.
- Lead and facilitate workshops for assessing, analyzing, developing, documenting, and planning changes to the current and future integration environment.
- Accountable for tracking decisions and managing the development, publication, implementation and compliance of deliverables and related standards and procedures.
- Provide expert recommendations on process design and change management to ensure smooth integration of new systems.
- Champion data, security, and performance standards across systems.
Required skills and qualifications:
- Proven expertise in system integration, data architecture, and cloud-based design patterns.
- Familiarity with enterprise platforms such as TechnologyOne, Salesforce, or similar.
- Strong understanding of API-based integration, middleware, and legacy decommissioning strategies.
- Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills, with the ability to influence outcomes and present to executive stakeholders.
- Demonstrated ability to manage architectural dependencies and decisions across a multi-year change program.
Does this sound like you? If you have the skills and experience we’re looking for please click ‘Apply Now’, or please send your updated CV to su*********@*****om.au
Alternatively, please call 03 9643 3720 for a confidential discussion about the role