Enterprise Cloud and Platform Architect

About the role

Leidos Australia is hiring an Enterprise Cloud and Platform Architect in Melbourne to join its Defence Digital Modernisation (DDM) team. You will shape the architecture, governance and evolution of enterprise hosting, cloud, virtualisation, identity and platform services supporting Defence and national security customers, working across complex hybrid environments and guiding platform modernisation initiatives.

Key responsibilities

• Develop enterprise cloud and infrastructure architectures, technology roadmaps, reference architectures and design patterns aligned with customer objectives.
• Design and govern hybrid cloud environments spanning AWS, Microsoft Azure and other platforms, including landing zones, migration strategies, integration patterns and operating models.
• Guide the modernisation of enterprise hosting and virtualisation services, including container platforms, software-defined infrastructure and the transition from legacy technologies.
• Partner with customer stakeholders, engineering and service delivery teams, security specialists, technology vendors and senior leaders to run architecture workshops, technical reviews, governance and assurance activities.

Required profile

• At least seven years' experience in cloud and platform engineering and/or architecture.
• Bachelor's degree or relevant qualification in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering or a related discipline.
• Ability to engage senior customer stakeholders and partners and to explain technical concepts to executives.
• Australian citizenship and an NV-1 security clearance.

Required skills

• Experience designing hybrid cloud environments with AWS and/or Microsoft Azure, including migration, transformation, governance, security and operating models.
• Experience with enterprise data centre and hosting environments such as VMware vSphere, virtualisation, workload migration and storage, compute and networking architectures.
• Capability in technology roadmaps, architecture artefacts, design patterns and reference architectures.
• Experience in architecture governance, design reviews and technical assurance.
• Advantageous: Kubernetes, Nutanix, container platforms, software-defined infrastructure, DevSecOps, infrastructure-as-code, Oracle Cloud or Google Distributed Cloud, Active Directory, Microsoft Entra, identity federation, privileged access management, security architecture in regulated environments, Agile and DevOps, and AWS or Azure architecture certifications.

What we offer

• Flexible arrangements including Life Days (up to 12 extra days off per year), part-time, job sharing and compressed hours.
• Free access to Headspace and MeQuilibrium, plus wellness spaces.
• Over 120,000 on-demand courses and professional development opportunities.
• Work on nationally significant projects with growth opportunities.