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Lead Principal Architect - Cloud, AI & Platform Engineering

Lead Principal Architect - Cloud, AI & Platform Engineering

Saltus Group • Canberra, AU
18 days ago
Job description

We're seeking an experienced Lead Principal Engineer to provide technical leadership on a major Federal Government technology transformation program. This is an exciting opportunity to shape enterprise architecture, influence engineering decisions, and drive the adoption of modern cloud and AI capabilities across large-scale platforms.

Key Responsibilities

  • Provide technical leadership and architectural direction for cloud-native, microservices-based and AI-enabled platforms
  • Lead the adoption of AI-enabled Software Development Lifecycle (AI SDLC) practices
  • Drive modern engineering practices including DevSecOps, CI/CD, automated testing, observability and platform engineering
  • Lead enterprise technology modernisation, including containerisation, reusable architecture patterns and enterprise integration
  • Establish engineering governance, standards and capability uplift across multidisciplinary teams
  • Mentor engineers and ensure knowledge transfer to support long-term organisational capability
  • Extensive experience designing and delivering cloud-native, microservices and event-driven architectures within complex enterprise environments
  • Strong experience in AI engineering, including enterprise AI solutions, semantic search, machine learning and responsible AI practices
  • Deep expertise across modern software engineering including:
    • DevSecOps
    • CI/CD
    • Security by Design
    • Automated Testing
    • Observability
  • Proven success leading large-scale technology transformation initiatives and influencing enterprise architecture decisions
  • Outstanding stakeholder engagement and leadership skills, with experience working alongside senior executives, delivery partners and multidisciplinary teams

Highly Desirable

  • Kubernetes, OpenShift, AKS, EKS or GKE
  • Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)
  • Observability tooling
  • Agile leadership and coaching geographically dispersed teams

Location: Canberra (Hybrid with flexible working arrangements)

Occasional interstate travel may be required

Start: October 2026

Contract: 12 months + 2 x 12-month extension options

Security Clearance: Baseline

This is an outstanding opportunity for a senior technology leader passionate about AI, cloud engineering, enterprise architecture and modern software delivery to make a significant impact within a large-scale Federal Government transformation program.

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Lead Principal Architect - Cloud, AI & Platform Engineering • Canberra, AU