Lead Solution Architect
- Full time, 6 month fixed term position
- Geelong office location, with flexible hybrid working (3 day office attendance required per week)
- Offering a competitive base circa salary of $178,000 plus super and benefits
Care in Action
With a career at the TAC, you’ll be helping us look out for the lives of everyone who travels on Victoria’s roads. That’s care in action.
Find out more about our shared purpose, and what drives every one of us.
Right now, we’re seeking a Lead Solution Architect who will play their part in this shared purpose, while also supporting the progress of clients and colleagues so they can achieve great things. That’s truly rewarding work that will help us continue to deliver life-critical services where it matters.
About the role
The Lead Solution Architect provides strategic and technical leadership for the design and delivery of complex solution architectures across enterprise-wide transformation initiatives. This includes core platform modernisation, digital uplift, cloud migration and enterprise integration. The role demands independent thinking and strong architectural judgement — not just following instructions — to shape solutions that meet business, security and compliance requirements while enabling delivery teams to remain agile and adaptive. Success requires balancing innovation with legacy realities, influencing senior stakeholders by clearly articulating architecture decisions in business terms.
You may also lead other solution architects within major programs or cross-cutting initiatives, acting as a senior technical authority and mentor. You’ll play a critical role in stakeholder engagement, technical decision-making and managing architectural interdependencies across systems and vendors.
About the Team
Reporting to the Principal Enterprise Architect this role sits within the Enterprise Architect Branch in the Enterprise Transformation Division. You’ll join a strategic, collaborative team of architects and engineers, who combine insight and technical depth to design future-ready solutions.
We value independent thinkers who challenge assumptions, adapt quickly to shifting priorities and work transparently to deliver outcomes that align with business strategy. Our architects enable teams to move fast without compromising compliance, security or quality.
What we’re looking for
Significant architecture experience, including leading solution design for complex programs as well as:
- Architecture leadership: experience leading solution design across the full delivery lifecycle (inception to implementation), managing dependencies and risks.
- Technical expertise: deep understanding of enterprise integration patterns, cloud native and hybrid architectures, multi-cloud delivery and system decomposition.
- Business alignment: Exposure to business architecture practices such as capability modelling, value streams, and strategy alignment
- Influence and communication: proven ability to engage senior stakeholders, articulate architecture decisions in business language, and guide cross-functional teams toward strategic outcomes.
- Leadership and coaching: demonstrated experience leading other solution architects or technical designers, uplifting practices and influencing across architecture, engineering and business domains.
Demonstrated experience leading other solution architects or technical designers within large programs or multi-disciplinary delivery teams.
Strong leadership and coaching capability, with the ability to uplift architecture practices and influence across architecture, engineering and business domains.
Strong stakeholder engagement skills
Proven ability to influence at senior levels and lead cross-functional teams
Why you’ll love it here
There’s more to work than a competitive salary and amazing employee benefits. As our newest Lead Solution Architect you’ll also:
Be rewarded for great work
We value our people, offering a service delivery payment, salary packaging and a reward and recognition program.
Grow and go places
We’re invested in your progress. When you work for one of Victoria’s largest and leading workplaces, you’ll receive extensive internal opportunities for development and access to the LinkedIn Learning Digital Hub.
Achieve, together
We’re a collaborative and empathetic workplace. Work alongside your team to make a truly positive difference to people’s lives.
Ready to put care in action? We’d like to hear from you.
Click apply to submit your Cover Letter and Resume. If successful, you’ll progress to an interview. All applicants will be advised of the outcome of their application.
For more information, read the attached Position Description or contact Tamika Russell – Shared Services Specialist via tamika_russell@tac.vic.gov.au for a confidential discussion. Applications for this role will be accepted up until 11:55pm on Sunday 9th November 2025.
If we can do anything to help make applying for this role easier, please let our People, Culture & Engagement Team know at People_Culture_Engagement@tac.vic.gov.au. If over the phone is better for you, our number is 5225 7500.
A safe place to work
We’re committed to the health, safety and wellbeing of employees. This extends to inclusion, diversity and accessibility in our employment practices. We encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, men, women and gender diverse people, culturally diverse and LGBTIQA+ people to apply for our roles.
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