Infrastructure Solution Architect

Infrastructure Solution Architect - Brisbane

Your New Company: Join the largest city council as part of a major digital infrastructure transformation program. You will work within a large and complex technology environment, contributing to the modernisation of critical network, security, cloud and infrastructure services while helping shape a resilient and future-focused digital ecosystem.

Your New Role:

As the Infra Solution Architect, you will provide strategic and technical leadership across network modernisation and infrastructure transformation initiatives. Working across key infrastructure programs, you will assess current-state network capabilities, develop future-state architectures, define transition strategies, and establish technology roadmaps, standards and governance frameworks. This is a hands on architecture position requiring you to operate effectively at both strategic and technical levels.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Developing current-state and future-state enterprise network architectures.
• Leading network modernisation strategy, architecture frameworks and technology roadmaps.
• Designing complex network, security and cloud connectivity solutions.
• Developing architectures for core networking, Internet-first environments, Zero Trust networking and secure access.
• Producing high level and detailed solution designs for routing, Internet edge, Zscaler, Azure hybrid connectivity, network segmentation and resilience.
• Undertaking assessments across WAN, Internet connectivity, routing, Zscaler, secure access, monitoring and observability.
• Developing technology standards, reference architectures, design principles and architecture decision records.
• Providing architecture assurance, governance and technical leadership across network modernisation projects.
• Reviewing implementation plans and providing design validation and engineering guidance.
• Supporting Priority 1 and Priority 2 incidents where specialist architecture expertise is required.
• Working closely with Security, Cloud, Infrastructure, Operations and Engineering teams.
• Providing technical mentoring and helping uplift capability across network engineering teams.

What you will need to succeed:

• Strong hands on experience across enterprise networking, infrastructure and cyber security.
• Proven experience designing solutions within large and complex digital infrastructure environments.
• Strong knowledge of enterprise routing, WAN, Internet connectivity and core network architecture.
• Experience with Zscaler, secure access architectures and network security.
• Experience designing Azure hybrid connectivity and cloud integrated network solutions.
• Strong understanding of Zero Trust, network segmentation, security zoning and resilient network design.
• Experience across public, private and hybrid cloud platforms.
• Knowledge of data centres, compute, storage, fibre, connectivity, monitoring and observability technologies.
• Strong understanding of cyber security controls, identity and access management, disaster recovery and business continuity.

What you will get in return:

• This is an excellent opportunity to play a key role in shaping the future network architecture of the largest city council and contribute to significant enterprise wide infrastructure transformation initiatives.
• 12 month contract with possible extension
• Brisbane CBD location
• Opportunity to work across major network modernisation and legacy infrastructure transformation programs
• Exposure to complex enterprise networking, cyber security and cloud environments
• Opportunity to influence future state network strategy, standards and architecture
• A highly technical role combining strategic architecture with hands on design and engineering leadership.