About the role The NHVR presents as a great opportunity to make a significant impact with your architecture skills and ability to quickly assimilate information. We have a truckload of work ahead of us, and we would love to find the right team mate to join us on the trip! As the Solution Architect, you will be responsible for providing thought leadership, analysis and design. You will support development of technology solutions that are fit for purpose across platform, infrastructure and applications. Being the translation layer between business outcomes and technical requirements, you will have an engaging and influential approach to ensure solutions are robust, well architected and documented. Key responsibilities of this role are to: Translate business and technical requirements into a solution design to achieve business objectives, and document all architecture, design and analysis work in the agreed toolset. Understand business drivers and business capabilities (future and current state) and determine corresponding enterprise solution designs and changes required to drive NHVR''s targeted outcomes. Support product managers in end-of-life product decisions to maintain, refresh or retire services, or systems, including applications, technologies, processes, and information. Create architectural designs to guide and contextualize solution development across products, services, projects, and systems, including applications, technologies, processes, and information. Facilitate the evaluation and selection of software product standards and services, as well as the design of standard and custom software configurations. Consult with application and infrastructure development projects and products to fit systems or infrastructure to architecture and identify when it is necessary to modify designs to accommodate the solutions architecture. Provide deliverables like standard definitions, reference models and architecture designs to support architectural governance to assess the impact of new and ongoing technology investment on the business and IT landscape. The Data and Technology (D&T) Division provides strategic engagement, delivery and operational stability across Information Technology, Analytics, Data, and Digital applications across all NHVR. To learn more, the position description can be found on the NHVR Careers site - About You To be successful in this role you will possess: Bachelor''s degree in computer science, information-technology, engineering, system analysis or a related study, or equivalent experience. Minimum of five years experience in at least two IT architecture domains. Exposure to multiple, diverse technologies, platforms, and processing environments including on-prem and cloud. Good understanding of strategic and emerging technology trends, and the practical application of existing and emerging technologies to new and evolving business and operating models. Good understanding of product management, agile principles and development methodologies and capability of supporting agile teams by providing advice and guidance on opportunities, impact, and risks, taking account of technical and architectural debt. Why join us? The National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR) commenced operations in 2013 as the national entity responsible for regulating all vehicles in Australia over 4.5 tonnes gross vehicle mass. The NHVR minimises the compliance burden on the heavy vehicle transport industry, reduces duplication and inconsistences across state and territory borders, and ultimately for the heavy vehicle business with government in Australia. We are headquartered in Brisbane and employ more than 1000 people across the ACT, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria. We offer A competitive salary package from $161,808.27 + superannuation Monthly RDO and paid leave over Christmas closure. Hybrid working environment up to 2 days per week from home. Up to15.25% superannuation through a co-contribution scheme Leave loading 17.5% Wellbeing programs discounted fitness through Fitness Passport, Discount health insurance, flu vaccine, financial programs including discounted banking products, finance information sessions. Salary packaging options including novated lease. Discounted IT products including Microsoft and free family password security plan. Ongoing training and professional development support Professional membership Application Process Please apply with your CV and cover letter addressing the essential requirements of the role. Applications close: 5.00pm 3rd November2025 (applications may close earlier than the listed closing date if suitable candidate/s are identified prior). If you have any questions, please dont hesitate to contact the NHVR recruitment team at [email protected]. Successful applicants will be required to complete standard pre-employment checks including a national police and work rights check. Please Note: We will not require any support from Recruitment Agencies at this time and kindly request no contact is made. Only direct applications will be considered. We are committed to being an inclusive, diverse and flexible workplace where differences are valued. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, experience and abilities. #J-18808-Ljbffr
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Solution Architect