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Seeking a Lead Infrastructure Architect with experience in leading an organisational migration to cloud
Job details
Infrastructure Architects design, implement and evolve the infrastructure (on-premises and/or cloud) that support an organisation's IT systems.
Seeking an Infrastructure Architect to join our Enterprise Architecture practice to help drive our transition to a Cloud First organisation. Define the roadmap for the department's transition to Cloud and provide technical oversight and leadership from inception to delivery. Identify key challenges for the departments cloud migration and provide optimal solutions.
Work closely with Enterprise Architecture peers to analyse business strategy, trends and change to derive the future state technology architecture. This includes defining the requirements, principles and models that guide technology decisions for the enterprise.
Maintain in-depth knowledge of IT infrastructure technologies and provide specialist advice to leadership.
Key duties and responsibilities
Microsoft Azure, including the Azure Well-Architected Framework. Microsoft IaaS PaaS SaaS technologies: Azure Entra ID Exchange Online SharePoint Online System Center Suite Security technologies, including Microsoft Sentinel and Defender Enterprise backup and disaster recovery platforms
Essential criteria
Security Required: Must have a Baseline security clearance
Location -ACT, NSW, QLD, SA, VIC and Hybrid Based - Hybrid working is on offer. 3 days a week in the office. They must start and finish work within our standard working hours (7am to 7pm).
How to Apply
Please upload your resume to apply. Candidates will need to be willing to undergo pre-employment screening checks which may include, ID and work rights, security clearance verification and any other client requested checks
Closing date: Wednesday 12 March 2025 by 9am
Call Joanne Finchett on 0480 002454 or email Joanne@whizdom.com.au for any further information
Lead Infrastructure Architect
| Job title : | Lead Infrastructure Architect |
| Contract type : | Contract |
| Location : | Canberra |
| Sectors : | |
| Salary : | $150 - $180 per hour |
| Start date : | 2025-02-26 |
| Duration : | 6.0 MONTH |
| Job Reference : | V-50263 |
| Contact name : | Joanne Finchett |
| Contact email : | joanne@whizdom.com.au |
| Job published : | 7 days ago |
Job details
Infrastructure Architects design, implement and evolve the infrastructure (on-premises and/or cloud) that support an organisation's IT systems.
Seeking an Infrastructure Architect to join our Enterprise Architecture practice to help drive our transition to a Cloud First organisation. Define the roadmap for the department's transition to Cloud and provide technical oversight and leadership from inception to delivery. Identify key challenges for the departments cloud migration and provide optimal solutions.
Work closely with Enterprise Architecture peers to analyse business strategy, trends and change to derive the future state technology architecture. This includes defining the requirements, principles and models that guide technology decisions for the enterprise.
Maintain in-depth knowledge of IT infrastructure technologies and provide specialist advice to leadership.
Key duties and responsibilities
- The Infrastructure Architect will be responsible for:
- Defining the infrastructure strategy and roadmap, in particular its cloud migration plans away from on-premises data centres.
- Defining a cloud-based backup and disaster recovery roadmap.
- Advising on the transition of legacy corporate systems to the cloud
- Maintain the enterprise infrastructure reference architecture on a periodic basis.
- Develop and maintain Infrastructure security architecture artifacts (e.g., models, templates, standards and procedures) that can be used to leverage security capabilities in projects and operations.
- Prepare specifications for procurement of IT infrastructure products and services and contribute to evaluation of market.
- Collaborate with the solutions and application architects to address IT infrastructure concerns during the development of information systems.
- Ensure that solution architectures are fit-for-purpose, scalable and secure.
- Coordinate with and advise projects to ensure strategic alignment with the infrastructure roadmap.
Microsoft Azure, including the Azure Well-Architected Framework. Microsoft IaaS PaaS SaaS technologies: Azure Entra ID Exchange Online SharePoint Online System Center Suite Security technologies, including Microsoft Sentinel and Defender Enterprise backup and disaster recovery platforms
Essential criteria
- Demonstrated experience in leading an organisational migration to cloud.
- Knowledge and experience with Microsoft Cloud services
- Demonstrated ability to engage with stakeholders and to shape and influence them.
- Communication skills; demonstrating an ability to communicate at the technical, business and personal levels.
- Tertiary qualifications in an ICT related field or applicable industry certifications.
Security Required: Must have a Baseline security clearance
Location -ACT, NSW, QLD, SA, VIC and Hybrid Based - Hybrid working is on offer. 3 days a week in the office. They must start and finish work within our standard working hours (7am to 7pm).
How to Apply
Please upload your resume to apply. Candidates will need to be willing to undergo pre-employment screening checks which may include, ID and work rights, security clearance verification and any other client requested checks
Closing date: Wednesday 12 March 2025 by 9am
Call Joanne Finchett on 0480 002454 or email Joanne@whizdom.com.au for any further information