Principal Solution Architect
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Job Summary
Our Architecture Services team provides Architectural services that clients sales and other internal business units can consume. The team is responsible for creating maintaining and overseeing the integrity of end-to-end technology designs and solutions ensuring they address specific opportunity and project business requirements. The work within the team predominantly consists of client-facing pre-sales and project-related activity.
With growth in our team we are now seeking a Principal Solution Architect to take on a key role in our Canberra team.
Candidate Profile
The ideal candidate will be a highly accomplished Principal Solution Architect with deep experience shaping designing and leading complex ICT solutions within the Australian Federal Government environment. The ideal candidate brings a strong blend of business acumen broad technical expertise and excellent stakeholder engagement skills with a proven ability to influence outcomes across multidisciplinary teams and highstakes programs.
This role will suit a seasoned architect who thrives in customerfacing environments excels in complex bid responses and can act as a trusted adviser to senior publicsector stakeholders. You will be the strategic design authority across major opportunities working closely with sales delivery architecture vendors and Federal Government clients to develop compelling commercially sound endtoend solutions.
Applicant must be an Australian Citizen with and be eligible for or currently hold an Australian Government Security Clearance
Core Responsibilities
- Lead the development of endtoend technical solutions for major Federal Government opportunities and projects.
- Work collaboratively with customers account teams technical SMEs and delivery leaders to define business and technical requirements.
- Produce highquality solution architectures cost models and bid content for proposals tenders and major programs.
- Guide and mentor other architects and technical specialists helping uplift capability across the team.
- Serve as the Technical Lead during presales engagement. Shaping strategy solution direction and customer messaging.
- Ensure solutions comply with Federal Government security policy and procurement requirements.
- Manage complex stakeholder environments resolving challenges and aligning diverse teams around a unified solution approach.
Key Strengths & Attributes
- Demonstrated success architecting and positioning solutions for Federal agencies including experience navigating government procurement processes tendering and compliance frameworks.
- Able to engage credibly with SESlevel stakeholders shape business requirements and influence strategic decisions.
- Strong crossdomain knowledge spanning cloud (AWS Azure) networking security data centre managed services workplace and emerging technologies.
- Confident leading virtual teams across sales architecture and delivery during major pursuits and proposal development.
- Adept at balancing technical suitability with financial delivery and risk considerations to build robust value propositions.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to articulate complex concepts simply and compellingly.
Required Skills and Experience
- 10 years architectural experience designing and delivering complex ICT solutions.
- Extensive presales consultancy and solution leadership experience within enterprise or government environments.
- Deep familiarity with major Federal Government programs long sales cycles and structured bid methodologies (e.g. Miller Heiman).
- Proven ability to develop persuasive proposals and presentations for senior decisionmakers.
- Strong working knowledge of Managed Services including operating models service architectures and transition approaches.
- Demonstrated capability guiding teams through highpressure bidding environments with tight deadlines and multiple contributors.
- Certifications with major vendors (AWS Microsoft Azure Cisco HPE Aruba Fortinet) highly regarded
- TOGAF or equivalent architecture certification highly regarded
- ITIL certification (service management understanding).
- Tertiary qualifications in Information Technology Engineering or related disciplines.
Our Company
NEC is a leading global software and solutions technology business. Over the last 50 years of business here in Australia NEC has helped future-proof organisations in a dynamic and fast changing business environment driving growth and efficiencies through smart technology solutions manage risk solve workforce issues and help businesses improve their customer and employee experience. Working with government agencies and private enterprise NEC streamlines and simplifies the complex technology requirements working in areas including health transport construction manufacturing emergency services corrections and law enforcement and many more.
At NEC we offer an outstanding working environment and the opportunity to be part of a high performance team. We place great emphasis on our staff satisfaction and have a fantastic corporate culture and a highly responsive management team.
Please apply online now!
NEC is committed to achieving a diverse workforce and strongly encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders.
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About Company
NEC Group under the Solution for Society principle delivers safety, security, fairness and efficiency to our society with our partners around the globe.
