Capgemini

Principal Solution Architect

Capgemini
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8 days ago
Canberra, AustraliaStaff+

Responsibilities

  • Define and maintain the account technology vision, architecture strategy, and roadmap.
  • Serve as the senior architecture authority across Capgemini-delivered programmes, projects, and technology domains.
  • Establish architecture governance, standards, principles, and review processes.
  • Lead architecture communities and ensure consistent solution practices across engagements.
  • Advise client executives and technology stakeholders on strategic planning, transformation roadmaps, and investment priorities.
  • Review and assure complex enterprise-scale solutions across applications, integration, APIs, data services, digital platforms, and security architectures.
  • Resolve cross-domain architecture challenges and manage strategic technology risks and dependencies.
  • Support major bids, renewals, proposals, business cases, and technology-led account growth.
  • Provide architecture oversight through discovery, design, implementation, and operational transition.
  • Mentor Solution Architects, Domain Architects, and Technical Leads and support capability growth, recruitment, succession planning, and professional development.

Requirements

  • Significant experience in Solution Architecture, Enterprise Architecture, or Technology Leadership roles.
  • Experience leading architecture across complex, multi-vendor, enterprise-scale environments and working with software partners.
  • Experience as a lead architect, account architect, or chief architect for strategic clients.
  • Strong background in cloud platforms, application modernisation, software engineering, integration and API architectures, digital platforms, and data services.
  • Demonstrated ability to engage with and influence senior client executives.
  • Strong commercial acumen and experience supporting large pursuits, business cases, and account growth activities.
  • Experience leading architecture governance and assurance activities.
  • Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and presentation skills.
  • Experience in Defence, Government, Critical Infrastructure, Energy, Utilities, or similarly regulated industries is highly desirable.
  • Bachelor’s degree in technology, Engineering, Computer Science, or a related discipline.
  • TOGAF, SAFe, Azure, AWS, or equivalent architecture certification is preferred.
  • Must be an Australian Citizen and ideally hold, or be willing to obtain and maintain, an AGSVA clearance; must already be based in Canberra.

Benefits

  • Flexible remote work and working hours to support work-life balance.
  • Career growth programmes and opportunities across diverse professions.
  • Support for certifications in technologies such as AWS and Microsoft Azure.
  • Safe and inclusive workplace supported by staff-led community groups.
  • Support and reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process for candidates with disabilities.

Tech Stack

Categories

Solutions Engineering
Capgemini

About Capgemini

10,000+ employees

Capgemini is a global IT services and consulting firm that delivers strategy, cloud, AI, software engineering, and managed services to large enterprises and public-sector clients. Founded in 1967 and headquartered in Paris, it is publicly traded on Euronext Paris and operates in 50+ countries. The group expanded its engineering capabilities by acquiring Altran in 2020, now operating as Capgemini Engineering.

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