Optus

Job Summary

The primary role of the Project Architect is to craft the solution architecture for Core Systems (CS) led Programs/ Projects and oversee all design aspects of the development and delivery of the CS systems. This role reports into the Associate Director – E2E Solutions and will be responsible for new development and enhancements to the applications within the CS, alignment of solutions across other IT domains and ensuring their end-to-end operability in accordance with SingTel/Optus IT’s strategic standards. The Project Architect is required to have a detailed understanding of enterprise as well as CS domain strategy and ensure that the CS projects conform to these roadmaps. A Project Architect will also be required to provide a mentor role for solution designers within the domain.

Key Responsibilities

Craft and develop the E2E Solution Architecture and ensure it is aligned with business goals and objectives.

• Oversee all solution architecture aspects of the development and delivery of the program
• Review requirements and ensures system functionalities & capabilities are future proofed and extensible
• Ensure alignment with Optus standards and industry best practice on cyber security and operational resilience
• Translate the business requirements/processes into system qualities and hence into high level application component/interface design specifications and strategies
• Compiles & design architecture models for CS that includes a decomposition of the system into separate modules along with rules that enables these clean decomposition so that individual modules may be defined and built by

specialists in their specific fields

• Manage dependencies between application components (within and external to CS) design
• Analyse impact of change requests, including recommendations
• Sets design goals and review application designs
• Ensure quality of design and operational control characteristics
• Establish volumetric requirements and performance goals; ensure design meets the requirements and goals set
• Governs and reviews data schema for CS, including design guidelines relating to data reuse & balancing the need

for centralisation and replication

• Establish transition architecture for migration period
• Participate in drafting of Service Level Agreements post implementation

Experience and Qualifications

• Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Software Engineering or equivalent field
• At least one Architecture Certification across AWS, GCP, Pega, Salesforce
• Large-Scale Architecture Design (3years+)
• Large Enterprise IT Solution Design and
• Architecture experience (8years+)
• Telecommunications (or similar industry) experience (5years+)
• Experience with SDLC process
• Waterfall and Agile Delivery methodologies
• Mastering of one or more architecture and design area – business model / process, application, data, integration, MicroService design, infrastructure

We understand that flexibility means different things to different people. We're proud to offer a variety of options to work in different ways, such as our Blended Ways of Workingwhich lets our people work across home and our offices. Please talk to us about how we can make this role work for you.

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