Senior Solution Architect

What's the role?

As a Senior Solution Architect, you will design and implement solution architectures aligned with the organisation's enterprise architecture. In this role, you will create robust, scalable, and efficient technology solutions that meet business needs while adhering to core architectural principles. You will play a critical part in driving innovation, identifying reusable components, and ensuring the effective procurement of technology assets.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with business, development, and architectural stakeholders to design scalable, secure, highly performant, and maintainable cloud-first and web-platform solution architectures aligned with enterprise standards.
• Evaluate emerging technologies, frameworks, open-source principles, and tools to select optimal technology stacks, driving informed decisions based on cost, compatibility, long-term viability, user/business needs, and leading RFx evaluations.
• Partner seamlessly across development, infrastructure, and technical teams to guide solution integration, lead user-centered service delivery in agile environments, and exercise expert verbal and written communication skills.
• Demonstrate deep expertise in software development processes, infrastructure and engineering design, efficient DevOps practices, and hands-on solution construction and management.
• Apply proficient business analysis and database management skills while ensuring robust system security measures and strict adherence to architectural guidelines.
• Identify and manage technical and business risks with exceptional detail orientation to ensure long-term viability and seamless integration across all enterprise components.

Who are you?

You hold a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or possess equivalent practical experience. You have significant end-to-end design and broader digital transformation experience within a large, complex corporate environment (media industry experience being desirable). You have a broad understanding of enterprise technology and emerging AI trends, combined with deep expertise in the core tools critical to this role. You excel at bridging the gap between business and technical teams, designing holistic solutions that seamlessly integrate people, processes, and technology. You are an articulate communicator with elite stakeholder management skills, adept at tailoring complex technical information to win confidence at all organisational levels, right up to senior leadership.

Why News Corp Australia

Join a culture where innovation is our operating rhythm. You'll work on a diverse portfolio of Australia's most loved brands and play a pivotal role in leading the technological shift in how we create commercial content. Our vibrant, hybrid work environment and dynamic, values-driven culture empowers you to push boundaries, collaborate as one unified team, and make a positive, measurable impact for all Australians. News Extras Benefits is a commitment to our people for their valued contribution to News, our audiences, clients and communities.

Benefits

• Exclusively ours - Access to publications and products from across the News Corp family
• Perks & discounts - Exclusive offers across a range of products and services that deliver genuine cost savings and benefits
• Health & well being - Advice, support and facilities for healthy minds and bodies (including an onsite gym at our Adelaide, Brisbane & Sydney offices)
• Time off - News offers a range of leave options to support your personal needs and moments that matter in life: Parental leave, Birthday leave, Volunteer leave, Career break and Compassionate leave.
• Financial well being - Support on making the most of your money
• Helping you grow - Access tailored development opportunities, including leadership programs, to cultivate your skills and support your career
• Giving back - Make a difference to our communities through volunteer opportunities and company-organised charity drives
• Workplace Inclusion and facilities - Engage with your passions through various employee-resource groups and accessibility to multi-faith quiet rooms & parents' rooms

Who are we?

News Corp Australia is the nation's most influential media organisation, operating more than 150 household-name brands across print, digital and multimedia. We lead the way in travel, fashion, food, health, homes and lifestyle, and we are the largest publisher across print and digital, reaching more than 16 million Australians each month.

Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Diversity strengthens our national teams and newsroom as we seek to tell stories that represent the communities of Australia. Our people make us unique, and so we are committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, religion, sexual orientation, age, disability or gender identity. Applicants of diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply! We are committed to ensuring an accessible and supportive recruitment process. If you require any adjustments or accommodations at any stage, please do not hesitate to let us know here. Category: Technology, Digital and Data We are proud to be Australia's most impactful media group, we're even prouder of what we stand for: Together, we inform, advocate and inspire all Australians, for a better Australia. With over 150 brands across news, sport and lifestyle, backed by a team of more than 5,000 dedicated people across the country, News Corp Australia is trusted by over 17 million Australians a month to provide the information and inspiration they seek across multiple digital, video, audio and print platforms. Renowned for world-class journalism and marketing services nationally and internationally, we are passionate, creative and dynamic. We offer a fast-paced environment that encourages individuals to take control of their future and challenge themselves in ever-changing fields.