Lead Solution Architect – Australian Secret Intelligence Service
📌 Vacancy Fact Sheet
- Reference Number: VN-0770552
- Agency: Australian Secret Intelligence Service
- Job Title: Lead Solution Architect
- Position Number: .
- Classification: Executive Level 2
- Closing Date: Monday 13 July 2026
- Job Type: Full-Time, Ongoing
- Location: Canberra ACT
- Future Merit Locations: Canberra
- Salary: $171,497 – $202,365
- Office Arrangement: On Site (Canberra office based)
About Australian Secret Intelligence Service
ASIS is Australia’s overseas secret intelligence collection agency. Its mission is to protect and promote Australia’s vital interests
through the provision of intelligence services as directed by the Government. Its work can involve collecting intelligence relating to
national security, international relations and economic issues. It also contributes to Australia’s coordinated national efforts against
terrorism, proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, and trans-national issues such as people smuggling.
Duties
- Role responsibilities
- Own partnerships with cross-functional technology and design teams to ensure consistent,
- beneficial client interaction and solution delivery.
- Provide architectural leadership and guidance for sound decision-making by providing expert
- advice that considers business processes to achieve ASIS objectives.
- Provide solution recommendation that are fit for purpose, adhere to enterprise architecture
- principles, standards and patterns, leverage reusable components, and are coherent with
- wider technology domains.
- Collaborate with Enterprise Architecture in developing and maintaining technology strategy,
- pattern and reference, business process and planning.
- Support the division strategic technology program and related activities that translate into
- clear architectural direction and guidance on reducing technical debt.
- Participate in architecture governance assurance process to ensure all technology solution
- design are in alignment with the Division’s Enterprise Architecture, consensus and agreed.
- Foster effective collaboration across the National Intelligence Community.
- Core skills
- We encourage applicants with the following skills and attributes to apply:
- SFIA Skill Categories Code Level Guidance Notes
- Enterprise and Business
- Architecture
- STPL 6 Leads the development and communication of strategies
- and architecture to support enterprise goals.
- Solution Architecture ARCH 6 Leads development of solution architectures in complex and
- business-critical environments.
- Innovation INOV 6 Champions and initiates the investigation and adoption of
- innovative technologies and practices
- Information Systems
- Coordination
- ISCO 6 Aligns information systems strategy with broader
- organizational goals.
- Consultancy CNSL 6 Provides strategic guidance on complex architecture issues
- to senior stakeholders.
- Technical Strategy &
- Planning
- ITSP 6 Leads development of technical strategies aligned with
- business needs
- Governance GOVN 6 Define governance frameworks and ensures compliance
- across solution architectural domain.
- Education and qualification requirements
- The following education, qualifications and/or experience will be highly regarded:
- 10+ years of experience in the IT industry, with at least dedicated to solution or 5+ years
- system architecture and must possess significant depth and expertise.
- Tertiary qualification in a technology field is desirable.
- TOGAF 9/10 Foundation or Practitioner is highly regarded.
- AWS Cloud solution architecture experience is desirable, but not essential.
Eligibility / Notes
- To be eligible for a role you must:
- · Be an Australian citizen
- · Be assessed as suitable to hold and maintain a TOP SECRET-Privileged Access security
- clearance
- · For more information on eligibility please see the Protective Security Policy Framework which
- is publicly accessible at protectivesecurity.gov.au, section 12 provides information on Eligibility
- and suitability
How to Apply
Position Contact Not provided, Not provided
Agency Recruitment Site https://www.asis.gov.au/Careers/Current-Vacancies/
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that the names of successful applicants will also be notified in all formats of the electronic Public Service Gazette
applicants found suitable may be offered similar employment opportunities by other Australian Public Service agencies
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