Job Description:

DXC Technology (NYSE: DXC) is a leading enterprise technology and innovation partner delivering software, services, and solutions to global enterprises and public sector organizations — helping them harness AI to drive outcomes at a time of exponential change with speed. With deep expertise in Managed Infrastructure Services, Application Modernization, and Industry-Specific Software Solutions, DXC modernizes, secures, and operates some of the world’s most complex technology estates. Learn more on dxc.com

DXC is seeking an experienced, security cleared Enterprise Architect to support major Canberra-based programs delivering complex transformation in secure, regulated environments. You will work across business and technology stakeholders to shape target architectures, guide delivery teams, and ensure all solution designs align to enterprise strategy, security requirements, and governance standards. This role is ideal for an architect who thrives in ambiguity, can influence at senior levels, and can bridge strategy to execution across platforms, applications, data and integration.

Key Responsibilities

Enterprise Architecture & Strategy:

• Develop and maintain Enterprise Architecture artefacts, including:current state, target state and transition architectures
• roadmaps, capability models, principles and standards
• Translate business objectives into technology strategy and investment direction
• Shape and govern architecture decisions across programs and portfolios including the pre-sales function

Architecture Governance & Assurance:

• Lead architecture governance through design forums such as:Architecture Review Boards (ARB) / Design Authorities
• Produce or contribute to:Architecture Blueprints, HLDs, SADs, ICDs, security design artefacts
• Provide architectural assurance across delivery phases (initiation → implementation → sustainment)

Security, Compliance & Risk

• Ensure architecture outcomes align with applicable frameworks and controls (as relevant to the environment), including:PSPF, ISM, Essential Eight
• secure-by-design principles and threat-informed architecture
• Identify and manage architecture and security risks, including mitigation strategies and residual risk acceptance pathways

Stakeholder Engagement

• Partner closely with customer executives, delivery leadership, engineering teams, and vendor partners
• Communicate complex technical topics to senior stakeholders clearly and credibly
• Drive outcomes through influence, pragmatic decision-making, and trusted relationships

Delivery Enablement

• Support delivery teams with architecture guidance and decision support
• Ensure solution design patterns are reusable, scalable, resilient and supportable
• Collaborate with Product Owners, Scrum Masters, Engineers and SMEs to enable successful implementation

Required Skills & Experience:

• Proven experience operating as an Enterprise Architect (or senior Solution Architect working at enterprise level)

• Minimum NV1 Clearance is required

• Demonstrated experience delivering architecture within Defence / Federal Government or similarly regulated environments

• Strong capability across enterprise domains including:applications and platforms

• integration and APIs

• data and information architecture

• infrastructure and cloud patterns

• identity and access management concepts

• Strong governance discipline and comfort operating within multi-year transformation programs

• Strong written skills producing high-quality architecture artefacts and executive documentation

Desirable Experience (Highly Regarded)

• Architecture frameworks and methods (e.g., TOGAF, Archi Mate, SABSA)
• Experience with secure cloud / hosted environments:AWS, Azure, Protected environments (or similar)
• Familiarity with the following is advantageous:

Zero Trust concepts:

• cyber security architecture patterns
• integration platforms / API management (Mule Soft, Boomi, Axway, etc.)
• modern engineering practices (Dev Sec Ops, CI/CD, automation)

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