Enterprise Architect

About us 

At Datacom, we combine technology, expertise, and talented people to help organisations thrive in a rapidly changing world. As one of Australasia's leading technology providers, we work with customers across industries to solve real-world problems and deliver meaningful outcomes.  

Whether we're supporting governments, enterprise organisations, or growing businesses, we're committed to creating meaningful outcomes for our customers, communities, and each other. 

Are you an architect who thrives at the intersection of strategy, technology, and business impact? 

At Datacom, we're looking for a Senior Enterprise Architect to help shape the technology futures of some of the region's most significant organisations. This is a rare opportunity to operate at the highest levels of architecture practice — working with customer executives, influencing strategy, and seeing your decisions come to life through real delivery. 

About the Role 

Are you an architect who thrives at the intersection of strategy, technology, and business impact? 

At Datacom, we're looking for a Senior Enterprise Architect to help shape the technology futures of some of the region's most significant organisations. This is a rare opportunity to operate at the highest levels of architecture practice — working with customer executives, influencing strategy, and seeing your decisions come to life through real delivery. 

This is a hands-on leadership position for an architect who is equally comfortable sketching solutions on a whiteboard with a CIO as they are designing reference architectures, running governance reviews, and mentoring delivery teams through implementation. 

As a Senior Enterprise Architect, you'll be a trusted advisor to Datacom's customers and a strategic partner to our sales and delivery teams, shaping architectural direction across Business, Data, Application, and Technology domains, and identifying opportunities that drive real growth across the organisation. 

What You'll Do 

Shape Architecture Strategy 

• Develop and evolve enterprise architecture strategies, principles, standards, and roadmaps across all architecture domains 

• Lead architecture governance — including review boards, design authority participation, and standards compliance 

• Define reusable patterns and reference architectures that accelerate delivery and raise the quality bar across engagements 

• Evaluate emerging technologies and trends to keep Datacom — and our customers — ahead of the curve 

Deliver Technical Excellence 

• Design complex, end-to-end solutions spanning hybrid cloud, multi-cloud, on-premises, and edge environments 

• Conduct architecture assessments of customer environments, surfacing risks, technical debt, and modernisation opportunities 

• Develop business capability models, current and future state views, gap analyses, transition roadmaps, and integration strategies 

• Provide authoritative recommendations through options papers, architecture decision records, and formal consultancy 

Drive Customer Engagement & Growth 

• Build and sustain trusted advisor relationships with customer stakeholders from the C-suite to delivery teams 

• Lead discovery workshops, strategic planning sessions, and architecture assessments that uncover real business challenges 

• Support pre-sales activity — contributing to proposals, RFP responses, and statements of work with architecture narratives and effort estimates 

• Identify and generate pipeline opportunities across Datacom's managed services, cloud, security, data, and software engineering practices 

Mentor & Collaborate 

• Mentor and upskill junior and mid-level architects, fostering a culture of architectural thinking and practical excellence 

• Collaborate across solution architects, delivery leads, and engineering teams to ensure architectural intent is preserved through to implementation 

• Represent Datacom's architecture capability at industry events, customer forums, and thought leadership engagements 

What You'll Bring 

Experience 

• 10+ years of IT experience with a strong enterprise architecture background spanning multiple domains 

• A track record of delivering architecture outcomes in complex, multi-stakeholder environments — enterprise or government 

• Practical experience producing real architecture artefacts: reference architectures, roadmaps, ADRs, standards documentation 

• Hands-on experience in customer-facing roles — discovery, pre-sales, workshops, and executive presentations 

• Experience designing for hybrid and multi-cloud environments and translating architecture decisions into commercial context 

Knowledge 

• Strong working knowledge of TOGAF or equivalent EA frameworks, applied pragmatically in real-world engagements 

• Solid grasp of modern application architecture — microservices, event-driven, API-first, containerisation, and serverless 

• Working knowledge of data architecture principles — data governance, data mesh, lakehouse, MDM, and analytics platforms 

• Deep knowledge of at least one major cloud platform (AWS, Azure, or GCP) with working familiarity across others 

• Understanding of zero-trust security principles, IAM, and security-by-design practices 

• Commercial acumen — including software licensing, TCO analysis, business case development, and FinOps thinking 

Skills 

• Exceptional ability to decompose complex problems into structured, actionable decisions 

• Outstanding communication skills: Able to translate technical complexity for C-suite executives and technical teams alike 

• Strong facilitation and presentation skills: Confident leading workshops, steering committees, and executive briefings 

• A collaborative mindset: Able to influence without authority and rally diverse teams around a shared architectural vision 

Qualifications 

• Bachelor's degree in IT, Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or a related discipline — or equivalent practical experience 

• Desirable: TOGAF certification, cloud platform certifications (AWS Solutions Architect Professional, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, or GCP Professional Cloud Architect), and postgraduate qualifications 

If you're an enterprise architect who wants to make a real impact, not just write documents, but shape decisions, build relationships, and drive outcomes  we'd love to hear from you. 

Note: This role requires the successful candidate to hold or be able to obtain an NV-1 Clearance

Benefits

Culture and benefits 

Join a team where you'll be supported to grow your career, prioritise your wellbeing, and make a genuine impact. From industry-leading learning and development opportunities to parental leave, wellbeing support, and employee benefits, we're committed to helping our people thrive both professionally and personally 

We're passionate about creating a workplace where people feel supported, empowered, and inspired to do their best work. Whether you're developing new skills, tackling complex challenges, or collaborating with some of the best minds in the industry, you'll be part of a team that values curiosity, innovation, inclusion, and making a genuine difference. 

Why you will love working here 

• Paid parental leave 

• 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme (DataCare) 

• Ongoing learning, certifications, and career development opportunities 

• Access to industry-leading learning platforms and future skills training 

• Recognition programmes that celebrate great work 

• Great employee discounts and financial wellbeing benefits 

• Meaningful work that makes a real impact 

Eligibility criteria and conditions may apply to some benefits.