About us 

The Department of Government Services (DGS) was established on 1 January 2023 to improve everyone's experience of doing business and interacting with the Victorian government. We bring important day-to-day services together in one department to make things easy and seamless for Victorians and businesses. We are doing this by connecting and digitising our systems and platforms across state and local government as well as streamlining our corporate and procurement services.  
 

About the role 

Common Corporate Platforms (CCP) program team are looking for an experienced and highly motivated Lead Architecture, who will be responsible for the overall architecture for the CCP program. The Lead Architect provides leadership, direction and governance to information, platform, and application design for CCP cloud platforms (ServiceNow/SuccessFactor/Oracle etc). This role will also play a lead role in the Whole of Victorian Government architecture community, exchanging information with the community and showcasing the CCP architecture.

About you 

To be considered for the role, you must be able to demonstrate: 

• Extensive experience in the definition and practical application of information architecture for data integration and security domain.
• Experience with DevOps in large scale complex organisations.
• Ability to work with senior leadership to present and communicate the CCP architecture strategy and design.
• Ability to lead a team of developers/architects to implement data models, integrations and security best practices in the CCP program.
• Solid understanding of Identity & Access Management in cloud platforms and systems.

This position is only open to applicants with relevant rights to work in Australia. 

How to apply 

Apply before the advertised closing date 11:59pm on 12th September 2024. All applications should include: 

• a resume; and 
• a cover letter which addresses the key selection criteria (within three pages) 

In accordance with the Jobs and Skills Exchange Policy, Victorian Public Service employees are required to apply via the JSE for primary consideration access. 

Other relevant information 

The department is committed to providing and maintaining a working environment which is safe and without risk to the health of its employees and clients and consistent with the department's obligations under the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 (OH&S Act), to support this DGS has a COVID-19 Vaccination policy which strongly recommends all DGS employees be fully vaccinated.  

 Preferred candidates will be required to complete a Pre-employment Declaration and Consent Form. Employment of successful candidates will be subject to a National Police Check.  DGS actively promotes diversity, inclusion and an equal opportunity workplace. We welcome applicants from all diverse backgrounds, including people with disabilities and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. All roles at DGS can be worked flexibly, however it may differ from role to role.