1 Lead Microservices and AI Technical Architect

• ACT Government.
  

• 12-month contract with 2 x 12-month extension options.
  

• Hybrid working arrangement with remote/WFH flexibility.
  

• Hours: Up to 40 hours per week
  

• Security Clearance: Must be able to obtain Baseline.
  

Our client is an ACT Government department seeking a Lead Microservices & AI Technical Architect to join their team in Canberra ACT.

This role will provide technical leadership across cloud-native microservices event-driven and AI-enabled platforms. The successful candidate will influence architecture and engineering decisions drive technology modernisation establish modern engineering practices and support the adoption of AI across the software delivery lifecycle.

• Provide technical leadership and architectural direction for cloud-native microservices event-driven and AI-enabled platforms.
  
• Lead the adoption of modern engineering practices including DevSecOps CI/CD automated testing observability and platform engineering.
  
• Drive technology modernisation containerisation enterprise integration and reusable architecture patterns.
  
• Lead multidisciplinary technical teams and support engineering capability uplift through knowledge transfer and governance.
  
• Engage with senior stakeholders and delivery partners to translate complex business requirements into practical technology outcomes.
  

• Extensive experience designing and governing cloud-native microservices and event-driven architectures within complex enterprise environments.
  
• Demonstrated expertise in AI engineering and AI-enabled solution delivery including enterprise AI capabilities semantic search and responsible AI practices.
  
• Strong software and platform engineering capability including DevSecOps CI/CD automated testing observability and security by design.
  
• Proven experience leading technology modernisation and transformation initiatives and influencing enterprise architecture decisions.
  
• Exceptional stakeholder engagement communication and leadership skills including experience leading multidisciplinary teams and engaging senior executives.
  

• Kubernetes OpenShift AKS EKS or GKE
  

• Azure cloud platform
  

• Platform engineering and SRE
  

• Observability and enterprise-scale automation
  

• Agile delivery and geographically distributed teams
  

• AI/ML engineering and operationalisation
  

On offer is a contract opportunity with the ACT Government a highly sought-after public sector environment with a highly competitive hourly rate.

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