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About the job Are you a deep technical architect with a passion for designing robust infrastructure solutions that drive control, compliance, and resilience in regulated environments? We're seeking a Senior Solution Architect to help shape and deliver highly secure, compliant, and resilient technology platforms underpinning national infrastructure. Key responsibilities... Lead solution architecture design, high-level designs and impact assessments for critical bank systems and infrastructure initiatives. Own and deliver Conceptual & Solution Architecture documentation. Collaborate closely with BAs, PMs, and stakeholders to ensure solutions align with enterprise architecture and compliance mandates. Drive architecture certification processes and approvals. Work across on-premise and hybrid infrastructure environments (no cloud). Design solutions that improve controls, patching, deployment automation, and manage risk in line with COBIT 2019 and ISO 27001 standards. Identify, document, and communicate technical dependencies and risks across multiple systems and programs. About you... Strong experience as a Solution Architect or Infrastructure Architect within banking, payments, or financial services. Deep expertise across application + infrastructure layers in a controlled/on-prem environment. Experience with payment systems such as SWIFT, NPP, FSS or similar. Demonstrated success designing solutions for regulated institutions (e.g., ASIC, ASX, APRA, Big 4 Banks). Proven background improving security and operational controls through architecture. Comfortable working with automation toolsets (Puppet, Terraform, Chocolatey, Packer, vRA) and CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps, Artifactory, Gitlab). Familiarity with core infrastructure systems (AD, SQL Server, VMWare, SAN, Sterling) and cert lifecycle tools (Venafi, Hashicorp Vault). Strong communicator - able to influence and engage with senior leadership and demanding stakeholders. Sounds like your next step? I would love to discuss this opportunity further - Please click apply and email a copy of your CV to [email protected].