Lead Microservices and AI Technical Architect

Location: Canberra, ACT (Hybrid working – remote candidates considered; offices nationwide)

Duration: 12 months initially + likely extensions

Security: Must be able to obtain Australian Baseline security clearance (the agency will sponsor); Must be Australian citizen

Start Date: 1 October 2026

A major Australian federal agency is undertaking a significant technology transformation and is establishing its first enterprise microservices and AI-enabled platform architecture.

They are looking for an experienced Lead Microservices and AI Technical Architect to provide technical leadership, establish architectural standards and help drive the adoption of AI across the service delivery lifecycle.

In this role, you'll be a key technical authority, helping shape how the organisation designs, builds, operates and evolves modern cloud-native platforms. This is a senior technical leadership and architecture role, with a focus on direction and influence rather than hands-on coding.

Provide technical leadership and architectural authority for cloud-native, microservices-based and AI-enabled platforms, aligned with enterprise architecture and security objectives

Lead the adoption of modern engineering practices, including DevSecOps, CI/CD, platform engineering, automated testing and observability

Drive technology modernisation, containerisation and microservices implementation to enhance scalability, resilience and operational performance

Build organisational capability and technical maturity through knowledge transfer, mentoring and leadership of multidisciplinary teams

Provide technical direction on the integration of AI throughout the software development lifecycle, from inception through to operationalisation

✓ Extensive experience designing, implementing, and governing cloud-native, microservices, and event-driven architectures within complex enterprise environments

✓ Demonstrated expertise in AI engineering and AI-enabled solution delivery (semantic search, machine learning, responsible AI practices)

✓ Strong platform engineering capability: modern frameworks, DevSecOps, CI/CD, automated testing, security by design

✓ Proven ability to lead enterprise technology transformation initiatives and influence architecture decisions

✓ Exceptional stakeholder engagement, communication, and leadership skills

✓ Container platform experience (Kubernetes, OpenShift, AKS, EKS, GKE)

✓ Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) and platform engineering at enterprise scale

✓ Experience leading delivery in Agile environments with geographically dispersed teams

If you have experience leading microservices, cloud and AI transformation at enterprise scale and are interested in helping shape the technology direction of a major Australian federal agency, please send your CV to ***email_hidden***