Canberra ACT | NV1 minimum (NV2 preferred) | Hybrid
The Opportunity
Our Client is seeking a Lead Architect – Cloud to join a high-performing Sovereign IT services and consulting business delivering complex, secure cloud transformation initiatives.
This is a senior, high-impact role leading end-to-end Azure migration programs across large-scale, mission-critical environments. You’ll operate across strategy, architecture, and hands-on delivery, ensuring architectural integrity from initial discovery through to post-migration optimisation.
If you’ve genuinely delivered large-scale cloud migrations — not just designed them — this role offers the opportunity to lead from the front.
What You’ll Be Doing
You’ll own architectural outcomes across full lifecycle migration programs, including:
- Leading end-to-end Azure migration architecture (discovery -> design -> migration -> optimisation)
- Designing secure, CAF-aligned landing zones
- Driving workload rationalisation (8Rs) and migration wave planning
- Governing architecture through design authorities and review boards
- Providing hands-on guidance to engineering teams during delivery
- Designing secure cloud environments aligned to ISM, PSPF & Essential Eight
- Supporting IRAP readiness and compliance alignment
- Acting as a trusted technical advisor to senior stakeholders
- Mentoring architects and contributing to pre-sales and solution design
This role is about proven delivery, not just certifications.
- 10+ years experience in enterprise / solution architecture
- Demonstrated experience leading Azure cloud migrations end-to-end
- Deep understanding of the Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF)
- Hands-on capability - able to troubleshoot complex technical issues directly
- Experience applying ISM, PSPF, and Essential Eight in real environments
- Confidence engaging with senior stakeholders
- Experience working across multi-disciplinary delivery teams
- Experience in Federal Government or Defence environments
- IRAP exposure or assessment support
- Hybrid cloud, networking, and security architecture depth
- NV2 clearance
You’ll work across a modern, enterprise-grade stack including:
- Azure (IaaS/PaaS), M365, VMware
- Azure Migrate, Terraform, Bicep, DevOps pipelines
- Entra ID (IAM, PIM, Conditional Access)
- Azure Firewall, WAF, ExpressRoute, SASE
- Azure Virtual Desktop & End User Compute
- Monitoring, SIEM, and operational tooling
- Lead large-scale, mission-critical cloud migration programs
- Operate in a role that blends strategy and hands-on architecture
- Work within a high-performing, technically strong team
- Influence enterprise cloud strategy and transformation outcomes
- NV1 clearance (minimum) required
- NV2 highly preferred
If you’re a delivery-focused Cloud Architect ready to lead complex migration programs in secure environments, we’d like to hear from you.
We are an inclusive employer committed to fostering a diverse and accessible workplace. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disabilities, LGBTQIA+ individuals, people of all ages, and those from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
