Solution Architect – Australian Secret Intelligence Service
📌 Vacancy Fact Sheet
- Reference Number: VN-0770554
- Agency: Australian Secret Intelligence Service
- Job Title: Solution Architect
- Position Number: .
- Classification: Executive Level 1
- Closing Date: Monday 13 July 2026
- Job Type: Full-Time, Ongoing
- Location: Canberra ACT
- Future Merit Locations: Canberra
- Salary: $145,137 – $169,572
- Office Arrangement: On Site (Canberra office based position)
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.
- 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 4-5 Support the organsation by translating business strategies
- into actionable architectural models.
- Solution Architecture ARCH 5 Uses appropriate tools, including logical models of
- components and interfaces, to contribute to the development
- of systems architectures in specific business contexts.
- Innovation INOV 5 Actively monitors and identifies opportunities for innovative
- technologies and practices to improve project delivery.
- Systems Design DESN 5 Specifies and designs large or complex systems. Selects
- appropriate design standards, methods, and tools.
- Consultancy CNSL 5 Takes responsibility for understanding client requirements,
- collecting data, delivering analysis, and advising on solution
- options.
- Technical Strategy &
- Planning
- ITSP 5 Mentors and supports teams in the execution of technical
- strategies and plans aligned with business needs.
- Governance GOVN 4 Support and operationalises the governance frameworks
- governing technical solutions.
- Education and qualification requirements
- The following education, qualifications and/or experience will be highly regarded:
- 7+ years of experience in the IT industry, with at least dedicated to solution or 3+ years
- system architecture.
- Tertiary qualification in a technology field is desirable, but not essential.
- Familiarity with architecture frameworks such as TOGAF 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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