Solution Architect – Data & Integration (AWS, Kafka)

About the role

The Solution Architect will design and evolve mission‑critical data and integration platforms, ensuring reliability, performance and scalability for the ASX’s clearing, risk management and collateral processes.

Key responsibilities

• Architect and evolve mission‑critical systems supporting the data & integration platform.
• Lead design and development of solution architecture across multiple large‑scale projects.
• Represent and champion solution architecture in governance forums and with stakeholders.
• Provide technical leadership for solution designs, functional specifications and documentation.
• Collaborate with delivery, infrastructure, quality engineering and testing teams to ensure alignment with enterprise architecture principles.

Required profile

• At least 5 years of experience as a Solution Architect in highly regulated environments.
• Proven experience with modern AWS data platforms and event‑driven architectures.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, able to explain technology from a customer perspective.
• Experience delivering hybrid (legacy/cloud) solutions using SaaS, PaaS and IaaS.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or equivalent.

Required skills

• AWS (data services, cloud transformation)
• Kafka and event‑driven architecture
• Solution architecture design and documentation
• Hybrid cloud environments (SaaS, PaaS, IaaS)
• Agile and traditional SDLC methodologies