Who Are We?

Beyond Blue is a leading not-for-profit organisation, seeking to support everyone in Australia, to help them achieve their best possible mental health, whatever their age and wherever they live.

What is the Role?

Beyond Blue is in a period of substantial growth and transformation. We are currently recruiting for an experienced Solution Architect to join our growing team. The portfolio of projects is an exciting one and will directly benefit Beyond Blue in helping to support the Australian Community. This is a terrific opportunity to work within an organisation that is in a growth phase and be part of shaping the future outcomes for the community.

This is a 2-Year, Fixed-Term Contract role.

Where is the Role?

Beyond Blue is located in Melbourne’s CBD. However, Beyond Blue headquarters are considered a “Hub”, and have been specially designed to enable staff to work flexibly and dynamically, wherever best suits them. We welcome people working onsite from our beautiful CBD Hub, from home remotely, or in a hybrid combination. Whatever suits you and the work best.

Beyond Blue offers competitive salary which includes the option for Salary Packaging – a key benefit available in the Not-for-Profit sector.

What Will You Be Doing?

The Solutions Architect will have a deep understanding of business goals, objective and business outcomes, business capabilities, value-streams, and business processes. You will provide the necessary leadership, analysis, and design skills to support the development of technology solutions, ensuring solutions meet business need while aligning with architectural governance and standards.

You will create deliverables that define the organisation's portfolio of "to be" and "as is" solutions — including systems (applications, processes, and information), shared infrastructure services and, shared application services and components to enable and drive targeted business outcomes.

You will be well versed in digital enabling technologies, their varying options and solutions in areas such as CMS, Identity (CIAM) and SSO, CRM and integration.

You will be capable of establishing a Solution Architecture practice, including relevant frameworks, governance structures, identification of and alignment to industry standards as well as an ability to build-out a Solution Architecture team/business function as required.

Tertiary qualified with a master’s or bachelor’s degree in business, computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering or system analysis, you will have a solid understanding of application development methodologies and infrastructure and network architecture. Your strong knowledge of digital architectures and enabling technology like Identifying Management and integration (API) management solutions and knowledge of Content Management Systems (CMS) will enable you to work with developers in an in-and-out outsourced environment.

We would love to hear from you if you have:

• Excellent verbal and written skills
• Excellent analytical, planning, organisational and technical skills
• Excellent understanding of the SDLC
• Experience in modern architecture design patterns and principles for Security, Integration, Data, Infrastructure and Web
• Experience with Cloud platforms (Azure {preferred}, AWS, GCP).

To apply, applications should include a current CV with a cover letter that addresses why you would consider yourself to be a strong cultural addition to Beyond Blue, and how your skills and experience would be attributes to the position.

Beyond Blue values Collaboration, Respect, Enthusiasm, Excellence, Innovation, and Integrity. If you are interested in using your expertise in support an organisation doing important work for the Community, we welcome your application.

Beyond Blue is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive work environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability or age. We strongly encourage people from all cultural backgrounds to apply, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Applicants are encouraged to view the Beyond Blue Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan 2020-2022.

For detailed information about this position including the closing date, please refer to the careers page on our website - https://www.beyondblue.org.au/about-us/careers.

Download position description here.

Preferred candidates will be required to undertake pre-employment screening, including a National Police Check, and where required a Working with Children Check.

NOTE: Short-listing of candidates will commence prior to the closure of this role, so please do not delay submitting your application.