• Full time ongoing position
• Salary range: $131,154 - $155,000 plus superannuation
• Up to $15,900 in salary packaging, flexible hybrid work arrangement

About the role

The Integration and Migration Architect is Victoria Legal Aid's (VLA) authoritative lead for enterprise integration and migration architecture and assurance. The role establishes and governs enterprise integration and migration standards across VLA's digital ecosystem and provides critical architectural oversight for major transformation initiatives, enterprise system change, and cross-platform interoperability. 

The role sits within the Outcomes and Evidence unit and works closely with Digital Transformation and Technology teams, solution designers, business owners and project teams. It ensures VLA's systems can interoperate effectively, support reliable reporting and operational needs, and meet sector and partner integration expectations.

This role is based at our Melbourne CBD office on Wurundjeri Country. 

About you

As our ideal candidate, you will possess:

• Extensive experience leading enterprise-scale integration architecture and complex data migration assurance across diverse interconnected environments comprising legacy and contemporary platforms.
• Demonstrated experience establishing and governing enterprise integration and migration architecture standards, including integration patterns, migration methodologies, reconciliation controls, data validation frameworks, and transition assurance.
• Proven ability to assess and approve integration and migration designs, including reviewing vendor artefacts, identifying risks, and ensuring alignment with governance, data quality, security, privacy and information management requirements.
• Ability to balance competing architectural, operational and compliance requirements to support practical, sustainable solutions.
• Exceptional architectural judgement and demonstrated ability to provide authoritative enterprise-level advice and decision-making within architecture governance, solution design, transformation, and data governance forums.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with digital delivery teams, vendors and diverse stakeholders to ensure consistent and compliant integration and migration outcomes.
• Experience in regulated or government settings, or other environments with formal compliance, privacy or information management requirements.
• A knowledge of the general business of VLA and a commitment to our vision and values. 

Don't meet every requirement? At VLA, we understand that your work and life experiences can be just as valuable. If your CV doesn't align perfectly with our job description, we strongly encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate.

About VLA
We offer legal representation, family dispute resolution and non-legal advocacy to those who need it most. With over 1400 staff employed in 16 offices across Victoria, we help people with their legal problems by providing information, advice and education with a focus on the prevention and early resolution of legal problems. 

Our clients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds and foster a work culture that's inclusive as well as diverse. Your unique ideas and perspectives are valued so that we best represent the people we serve. 

Employee benefits

• A focus on work-life balance, including flexible working arrangements
• Hybrid work from home & office model 
• Generous leave benefits, including:
  • Three days paid seasonal leave (to be taken between Boxing Day and New Year's Day public holidays)
  • Paid gender affirmation leave
  • Five days both paid reproductive and fertility leave per calendar year
• Annual 3% salary increase each December plus performance-related salary incentives
• Attractive salary packaging options including General Expenses up to $15,900, Meals & Entertainment up to $2,650 PLUS Novated Leasing
• Discounted annual Myki public transport passes 
• Individual learning and professional development opportunities, tailored to your role and career goals
• Free annual flu vaccinations
• Access to gym and end-of-trip facilities at our CBD office
• Access to our Employee Assistance Program, including confidential counselling and access to a range of mental health and wellbeing resources.

How to apply
To be considered for this role, please submit your current resume and a cover letter summarising how your skills and experience meet the expectations of this position. 

If you require adjustments to the recruitment and selection process or need an alternative format to any of the application material, please don't hesitate to get in touch with our team. 

For further information, please review the attached position description. For general queries please reach out to us at recruitment@vla.vic.gov.au.

No agency applications will be accepted. 

Applications close by 11.59pm on Thursday 16 July 2026. 

Other relevant information

It is a requirement that staff attend for office-based days at their primary work location. In line with this requirement, interstate applications will be considered only where the candidate is able and willing to relocate to Victoria, unless part of a border community. 

VLA is committed to putting the safety and wellbeing of children first.