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UNSW IT is part of UNSW’s Finance and Operations Division and provides reliable, cost effective and state of the art IT services. The Division was established in recent years to provide corporate services in support of the Faculties and Divisions. As part of this change the UNSW IT team continues to evolve as it works toward its ambition of being a world class technology delivery and support team enabling the University with world class solutions and capabilities. UNSW IT is guided by the UNSW Technology Strategy which has identified key strategic goals and capabilities for UNSW technology. The primary purpose of the Enterprise Architect (AI) is to lead the development of target state architecture and strategy for specific business or technology domains for Artificial Intelligence (AI) and to ensure that the program of work is delivered in alignment to this target state. The role will lead the development of policies, standards, frameworks and architectural roadmaps to guide the planning, selection, design and implementation of solutions within these domains, and will also support IT governance. The incumbent will build collaborative relationships with senior stakeholders, vendors and application teams in the divisions and faculties, to understand and effectively translate diverse business needs and the capabilities of our strategic partners into sustainable IT solutions. This role reports to the Director, Strategy and Architecture.

Specific accountabilities for this role include:

• Be the primary enterprise architecture connect point between Research and Teaching Faculties in UNSW.
• Work closely Research faculty and IT Domains on Roadmap and Strategic scaling of compute and data.
• Work closely with teaching faculties and IT domains on Roadmaps and consolidation and simplification approaches.
• Translate the Enterprise IT Strategy and objectives into a strategy, blueprint and roadmap for the evolution of AI within UNSW core domains.
• Lead the development and advocate for the adoption of technology solutions aligned to our Enterprise Architecture principles, driving the evolution of the UNSW AI architecture to provide flexibility and scalability while minimising the Total Cost of Ownership and Cost to Serve.
• Guide and mentor Solution Architecture to produce Solution Architectures that align to Enterprise Architecture while meeting business needs and maximising benefit.
• Lead the development of Domain specific technical solutions working with the Domain “Heads Of” and their teams, building long term plans and roadmaps for the integration and adoption of cloud services.
• Create and maintain architectural standards, frameworks and principles for AI to ensure solutions are designed in alignment with IT enterprise architecture standards and frameworks.
• Develop the Architecture practice and governance with the Head of Architecture and Architecture team.
• Involve and align critical stakeholder groups behind the technology strategy. Including business leaders, strategic partners, AI Program Lead and internal partners. Drive collaboration across the ecosystem and foster an open, constructive environment where partnerships are built.
• Provide expert specialist advice to support transformation programs, providing strategy and architecture services to support the resolution of conflicting demands and/or designs and initiatives that continue to mature this capability.
• Undertake Investment and lifecycle planning to ensure that the underlying asset base that supports the domain, are sustainable and supports the development and maintenance of planning budgets.
• Support the development of business cases to progress opportunities to invest more broadly for greater business benefit.
• Advise on the technical aspects of IT changes in the operational environment, participate in the change evaluation process, providing guidance, recommendations and approvals within the change process.
• Evaluate and provide assurance over supplier solution designs and proposals.
• Support and participate in IT governance forums that oversee and approve enterprise and solution level architectures and provide technical direction.
• Working as part of the Leadership Team, collaborate with the business and IT stakeholders to jointly lead the uplift in service delivery of the IT organization.

Who you are:

• Tertiary qualifications in a relevant field or equivalent service experience providing architecture and consulting.
• Extensive experience in AI solution architecture and design.
• Proficiency in AI-related technologies and programming languages.
• Ability to engage effectively with business and IT stakeholders, understand demand for technology services, distil complex business issues into easily understood messages and successfully communicate opportunities for greater business efficiency and effectiveness.
• Significant experience in one or more of the following architecture layers, Technology - including Cloud, Networking & Infrastructure, Applications – including Higher Education applications, Data & Integration, Business Architecture, Artificial Intelligence.
• Extensive knowledge of higher education needs for research and faculty compute, systems and IT support.
• Excellent written and verbal presentation and negotiation skills, with the ability to structure and articulate messages to different audiences at all levels.
• Experience in leading the design while supporting the planning and delivery of transformation and migration to cloud based solutions.
• Experience in Asset Lifecycle Management, shaping strategy and architecture outputs to communicate and develop support for the required investment.
• Extensive experience and knowledge of enterprise architecture and design, creating and maintain blueprints, reference models, and lifecycle models for technology solutions.
• Demonstrated experience in performing technical governance in a complex environment.
• Demonstrated understanding of procurement practices.
• Recognised as a subject matter expert, able to give specialist advice to others and with experience of driving technology change.
• An understanding of and commitment to UNSW’s aims, objectives and values in action, together with relevant policies and guidelines.
• Knowledge of health & safety (psychosocial and physical) responsibilities and commitment to attending relevant health and safety training.