Principal Architect
Job No.: 676197
Location: Blackburn Road, Clayton
Employment Type: Full-time
Duration: 2 x 3-year fixed term appointments
Remuneration: A competitive remuneration package will apply
- Amplify your impact at a world top 50 University
- Work in a team that is committed to your personal and professional development
- Enjoy our hybrid working model and work up to two days a week from home
The Opportunity:
As a Principal Architect, you will be a senior technical lead responsible for providing strategic systems oversight and advisory for enterprise platforms. In this role, you will be responsible for guiding, designing, implementing and maintaining solutions across the University’s enterprise system landscape, with specific emphasis on supporting the Student Management System Transformation program(SMS) in the first instance.
The Principal Architect will collaborate with technical teams, including domain specialists, cybersecurity, Quality Assurance, product and project management and change, alongside university stakeholders. They will provide expert guidance to align technology solutions with university priorities, ensuring agility and seamless integration with existing systems.
To be successful in this role, the candidate will need:
- Deep expertise in architectural design, system implementation and integration with the Callista Student Management System to support Monash’s SMS Transformation program.
- Demonstrated technical architecture experience in at least one of SAP, BMC Remedy, Moodle or Salesforce within a Higher Education setting.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to bridge business and IT at all levels, including senior executives, in a complex university environment.
- Extensive experience in enterprise-scale architecture, planning tools, and technology solutions, with a deep understanding of higher education systems, business processes, and data flows across core platforms.
- Strong analytical and conceptual skills, with the ability to identify opportunities and develop innovative solutions to complex university needs
- Demonstrated collaborative ways of working with technical and university stakeholders, contributing to positive team culture and ways of working.
If you are a strategic thinker with a passion for enterprise technology in higher education, we invite you to join Monash and make a lasting impact.
About Monash University
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Monash supports flexible and hybrid working arrangements. We have a range of policies in place enabling staff to combine work and personal commitments. This includes supporting parents.
To Apply
To apply, simply submit your CV along with a Cover Letter detailing your suitability for the position. A document addressing the Key Selection Criteria is required. Please refer to "How to apply for Monash Jobs".
Monash University seeks applicants for this opportunity who are able to demonstrate and present valid and current Australian work rights.
Diversity is one of our greatest strengths at Monash. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, culturally and linguistically diverse people, people with disabilities, neurodivergent people, and people of all genders, sexualities, and age groups.
We are committed to fostering an inclusive and accessible recruitment process at Monash. If you need any reasonable adjustments, please contact us at hr-recruitment@monash.edu in an email titled 'Reasonable Adjustments Request' for a confidential discussion.
Your employment is contingent upon the satisfactory completion of all pre-employment and/or background checks required for the role, as determined by the University.
Enquiries: Tiffany Tzatzakis, Senior Recruitment Consultant, tiffany.tzatzakis@monash.edu
Position Description: Principal Architect
Closing Date: Tuesday 4 March 2025, 11:55pm AEDT
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