Digital Enterprise Architect

Overview

Join APM Group's Digital & Technology team as a Digital Enterprise Architect, focusing on business applications. This pivotal role involves linking business strategies with effective IT direction to support digital transformation initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Create and maintain business capability models, define architecture principles, evaluate current and future state architectures, and develop actionable transition roadmaps.
• Convert business strategies, operational priorities, and user requirements into defined business application and technological directions.
• Develop target-state architecture and transformation plans for main platforms, digital applications, corporate systems, and shared business capabilities.
• Evaluate the application portfolio for performance, duplicates, technical debt, risks, costs, and alignment with strategic objectives. Provide guidance on rationalization, consolidation, modernization, replacement, and retirement of applications.
• Provide architectural leadership throughout concept development, options evaluation, procurement, implementation, and transition to operations.
• Ensure solution designs incorporate security, privacy, accessibility, resilience, performance, interoperability, and maintainability considerations.
• Advocate API-first, event-driven, modular, and reusable design practices to enhance integration, flexibility, and speed of change.
• Collaborate with specialists in data, integration, cybersecurity, infrastructure, cloud, and AI to develop cohesive end-to-end architecture solutions.
• Lead and participate in architecture governance boards, design authorities, and exception assessment processes.
• Mentor architectural staff, foster best practices, reuse patterns, and nurture communities of practice in business application architecture.

Qualifications & Experience

• Relevant tertiary qualification in Information Technology or equivalent professional experience.
• At least 10 years of experience in technology architecture, with substantial senior enterprise architecture exposure.
• Proven capability in developing enterprise strategies, business capability models, and target-state architectures.
• Extensive knowledge of enterprise business applications, application portfolio management, platform rationalization, and modern solution architectures.
• Experience with major enterprise platforms such as ERP, CRM, case management, and digital experience systems.
• Familiarity with Microsoft Azure, cloud architecture principles, identity management, security, resilience, monitoring, and contemporary application delivery methods.
• Practical understanding of generative AI and AI-enabled application features, considering privacy, security, and data protection.
• Experience setting architecture principles, governance frameworks, design assurance processes, and advising on technology investment.
• Strong communication, facilitation, and influencing skills at the executive level to articulate complex architectural decisions in clear business terms.
• Demonstrated leadership through influence, mentoring, and collaboration across multidisciplinary teams.

Why Work at APM?

• Enjoy work-life balance with no requirement for weekend work.
• Option to purchase additional annual leave.
• Access to discounted health insurance plans.
• Availability of novated car leasing schemes.
• Paid parental leave benefits.
• Recognition through service awards programs.
• Opportunities for career advancement within APM's extensive health and human services network.
• Continuous learning and professional growth supported.
• A welcoming, collaborative, and inclusive workplace culture.

Diversity Commitment

APM values diversity and is dedicated to fostering an inclusive environment where all individuals feel respected and valued. Applications are welcome from diverse backgrounds including all ages, cultural identities, abilities, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, LGBTQIA+ community members, and persons with disabilities.

How to Apply

If you are an enterprise architect ready to drive digital transformation and contribute your expertise to an impactful organization, please submit your resume and cover letter for consideration.